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188!). Tlie nest was in a cane, six feet from 

 the ground, in a large swamp. The female 

 bird was sitting, but the eggs were fresh. 

 They are of normal shape and color, altliough 

 tliey are smaller than usual, as tliey only 

 measure; .70 X .55; .71 X .57; .71x.58; .12 x. 'A); 

 .70 x .57. (The largest egg of tiiis species that 

 I have seen measures. 84 x .58, and thesnuillest 

 .68X.52). 



I have never heard of more tluxn foureggs of 

 this bird being found in t)ne nest, and tlie set 

 referred to above must be considered the 

 largest (in number) on record. ./. P. N. 



A List of the Birds of Colorado. 



[CoiitiiHit'cl.] 



204. Leiicostlcfe atratu (Ridgw.). Black 

 Leucosticte. Winter visitant; found at 5,000 

 feet (Drew). Its summer range is uidcnown. 



205. Lencosticte nnstrdll.s (Allen). IJrown- 

 capped Leucosticte. Uesident; common. 

 Breeds at 1:5,500 feet and descends as low as 

 O.OOO feet in winter. I have only seen it in 

 si)ring and fall during its vertical migrations. 

 Very coninioii at these times in La Plata 

 county. 



2ti(>. Acantlii.s linaria (Linn.). Redpoll. 

 Noted by Drew only. I have in my possession 

 a wing which I refer to this, taken at or near 

 Pueblo. 



207. Splnns fristis (Linn.) American (iold- 

 tinch. (Common summer visitant; migrating 

 far soutii in winter, Mr. Anthony records it 

 as ''common at times" in the vicinity of 

 Denver, while the late Charles W. Beckham* 

 found it " very abuudant"" at Pueblo. Drew 

 says it reaches 10,000 feet in summer and 

 breeds at 0,000 feet in spring. Trippe diil not 

 find it very common in Clear Creek county, 

 and from all acounts it is much more common 

 in the southern and eastern portions (»f the 

 state than in the central and northwestern. 

 Its eggs are well-known. 



20S. Spinu.s psdltria i^iiiy.). Arkansas Gold- 

 liiich. Found as far north as Denver. Mr. 

 Authouy found it " rare, seen at intervals in 

 winter and summer." Mr. Beckham found it 

 at Pueblo where it appears to be mucli more 

 common than at Denver. 1 noted it in La 

 Plata county, where it and the next seem to 

 be about ecpially iibundant. The nidification 

 of this species is very similar to the preceding 

 but rather shows a preference for lower nest- 



» Auk, Vol. IV, No. 2, April, 1887. 



ing" sites. Drew " found several in the willow 

 bushes along the Rio Animas in October," 

 and says it "doubtless breeds." This was in 

 San Juan county, and La Plata is south and 

 west of it. 



200. Sjtiitns ji.si(lti-ii( arizmue (Coues.). Ari- 

 zona Coldtinch. Recorded by Anthony at 

 Denver as "rare in summer." 1 found this 

 species in La I'lata county where it breeds. 

 After the young are out they disappear, going 

 up into the mountains, appearing again in 

 October in abundance, when after lingering 

 with us for a few weeks it retires south. Its 

 stay is regulated at this time of the year by 

 the weather, the fall generally hanging on 

 into December and winter only coming on 

 with its heavy snows in .huuiaiy. The same 

 may be said of most of the fall migrants. 



210. Spiiins piiius (Wils.). Pine Siskin. 

 Connnon in winter at Denver, and probably 

 breeds in the high mountain ranges at 10,000 

 or 12,000 feet. It is common in the mountains, 

 coming down in winter to the plains, 

 following all the livers throughout the state. 

 It is not stationary, as many suppose, but in 

 Colorado, at least, makes regular si)ring and 

 fall vertical migrations. 



211. Plectrijplienii.r ninilis (Linn.). ,Snow- 

 tlake. Entered by Drew upon Mr. Kidgway's 

 authority. I saw it but once in Southwestern 

 Colorado, and judge it rare in tlie state, except 

 perhaps the northern mountainous portions. 



212. ('(ilrari lis (diipoiiinis (Ijiiiu.). Lajiland 

 Longsimr. A transient visitant nnd eonimon, 

 appearing in autumn and stopping through 

 the winter. Breeds far north. I would here 

 call the attention of collectors to the ijrobable 

 occurrence of ('. pirfiis (Smith's I^ongspur) in 

 the state. There can hardly be a doubt as to 

 this, but no one has yet ri'ported or noticed it. 



2I.'!. (Jidrnriits oniufits {l\t\\\is.). Chestnut- 

 collared Longspur. Kecorded by Drew at 

 5,000 feet. Tiiis is the only record. 



214. llliyncliitplnines utiicvowni (Laws.). .Mc- 

 Cowu's Longsiiur. Transient visitant; com- 

 mon. Noted by all the members, and found 

 everywhere east of the mmiutaius. No doubt 

 it will be found breeding ;iloiig the northern 

 border. 



215. Poocceff's (/rdiniiiriiK roDfiiiis (liaird.). 

 Western Vespi'r S[);iirow. Common summer 

 visitant, from the plains up to lli.ooo feet, and 

 breeding throughout its range. 



216. Aiiniiodraiiinx i<(iii<ltDiclieu.s!s (ilKiidiiiKti 

 (Bouap.). Western Savannah Sparrow. Ac- 

 cording til Authouy, a transient visitant; toler- 

 ably common, at Denver. I have noted it at 



