410 Cooke, The Birds of Colorado. [£«* 



July 25, 1895, at Loveland. The finding of these two species by Mr. 

 Preble is one of the strange circumstances connected with Colorado orni- 

 thology. W. G. Smith and Wm. Osburn lived at Loveland and collected 

 there assiduously for years. Mr. Preble visited there one week and saw 

 two species not detected by the other collectors. 



Gallinago delicata. Wilson's Snipe. — Several nests and sets of eggs 

 found each of the past five years on the plains near Boulder (Dille). 



Ereunetes mauri. Western Sandpiper. — Not common migrant at 

 Barr (Hersey and Rockwell). 



Calidris leucophsea. Sanderling. — One May 31, 1908, and several the 

 fall of 1908 at Barr (Hersey and Rockwell). 



Helodromas solitarius cinnamomeus. Western Solitary Sandpiper. — 

 The early publications on Colorado ornithology included this species among 

 the breeding birds of the State, and the same reference has been continued 

 by subsequent writers. As neither eggs nor young birds have ever been 

 reported from the State the assumption of breeding rests on the presence 

 of the bird in pairs during the summer season. Late investigations have 

 shown that many non-breeding Solitary Sandpipers remain through the 

 summer far south of the breeding grounds, and also that the southward 

 migration of breeding birds begins soon after the first of July. In the 

 light of these facts it must be considered, that though the species probably 

 does breed in Colorado, yet the actual breeding is not yet proven. 



Bartramia longicauda. Upland Plover. — Several heard at night in 

 migration in northwestern Colorado August 6-14, 1905. One seen August 

 9, 1907, at the head of Smith Fork in the West Elk Mountains, Gunnison 

 County, was at an unusually high altitude — 7000 feet, while the record 

 is the most southwestern for the State (Gary). Eggs June 28, 1907, near 

 Barr Lake (Hersey and Rockwell). 



Charadrius dominicus. Golden Plover. — Additional records are: 

 one at Newcastle, October 5, 1902 (Bishop); one near Denver, May 17, 

 1907 (Rockwell). 



^gialitis semipalmata. Semipalmated Plover. — One April 27, 1907, 

 near Denver (Rockwell). 



.flSgialitis meloda. Piping Plover. — Added to the Colorado list by 

 the record of one taken May 16-17, 1899, at Julesburg (Dawson). 



Podasocys montanus. Mountain Plover. — The most western record 

 for the State seems to be that of a specimen taken by Henshaw June 10, 

 1873, near the site of the present town of Del Norte. 



Colinus virginianus. Bob-white. — Sixty years ago Lieut. J. W. 

 Abert spent a summer at Bent's Fort on the Arkansas and he says that 

 quail like those of the eastern United States were then to be found in that 

 neighborhood. There can be no doubt that these birds were native. 



Arenaria interpres morinella. Ruddy Turnstone. — Three at Barr, 

 September 9, 1907 (Hersey and Rockwell). 



Callipepla squamata. Scaled Quail. — Common in Baca County east 

 nearly to the Kansas line and north to Lamar. It is claimed that the birds 



