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tricts, river bottom, common, very. 



House Finch, 519, farming districts, 

 common, very. 



Pale Goldfinch, 529a, farming dis- 

 tricts, river bottoms, 5 birds. 



Western Vesper Sparrow, 540a, 

 farming district, prairie, common. 



Western Grasshopper Sparrow, 

 546a, farming districts, 2 birds. 



Western Lark Sparrow, 552a, farm- 

 ing districts, prairie, river bottom, 

 common, very. 



Western Chipping Sparrow, 560a, 

 farming district, prairie, common. 



Western Field Sparrow, 563a, farm- 

 ing district, prairie, river bottom, com- 

 mon. 



Arctic Towhee, 588, river bottom, 

 common. 



Lazuli Bunting, 599, river bottom, 

 1 pair. 



Dickcissel, 604, river bottom, 6 birds. 



Lark Bunting, 605, farming district, 

 prairie, river bottom, common, very. 



Louisiana Tanager, 607, river bot- 

 tom, 1 bird. 



Cliff Swallow, 612, river bottom, 

 bluffs, common, very. 



Barn Swallow, 613, farming district, 

 river bottom, common. 



Tree Swallow, 614, river bottom, 

 common. 



Bank Swallow, 616, river bottom, 

 3 birds. 



Rough-winged Swallow, 617, river 

 bottom, common, very. 



Summer Yellowbird, 652, farming 

 districts, river bottom, common, very. 



Western Yellow Throat, 681a, river 

 bottom, 4 birds. 



Long-tailed Chat, 683a, river bottom, 

 1 bird. 



Sage Thrasher, 702, prairie, 1 bird. 



Catbird, 704, river bottom, common. 



Brown Thrasher, 705, river bottom, 

 common. 



Rock Wren, 715, bluffs, common. 



Canon Wren, 717a, bluffs, common. 



Western House Wren, 721a, farming 



district, river bottom, common. 



Long-tailed Chickadee, 735a, river 

 bottom, common. 



Townsend Solitaire, 754, cliffs, 3 

 birds. 



Willow Thrush, 756a, river bottom, 

 1 bird. 



Western Robin, 761a, farming dis- 

 trict, river bottom, common. 



Mountain Bluebird, 768, cliffs, 2 

 birds. 



English Sparrow, farming district, 

 prairie, river bottom, common. 



By common I mean anything over 

 a dozen birds observed on this trip 

 and birds which I know I shall meet 

 in such numbers on my trips. 



Would like to find out some good 

 forms of filed note books, and also 

 filing records of observations. My 

 records I now use are clumsy, and I 

 believe very incomplete. 



It is my desire to make an accurate 

 study of the birds of Platte, Goshen 

 and Albany counties of this state and 

 if time, etc., will allow, to extend it 

 to entire state of Wyoming. My first 

 interest in oology was through my 

 friend R. C. Harlow, of Colgate Uni- 

 versity, formerly of Penn State. 



The above list of birds I definitely 

 identified on my trip, and there were 

 others of whose identity I was not 

 sure. It came to my mind that some 

 such list might be of value to you and 

 possibly to the readers of The Oolo- 

 gist, for I find it very hard to secure 

 much authentic literature on Wyoming 

 birds. Very truly yours, 



James A. Neilson, 

 Wheatland, Wyo. 



