Jan., 1908 NORTHWESTERN COLORADO BIRD NOTES 19 



tudes as far as collecting was concerned, until we got to Yarmany Creek, near 

 McCoy, in the cedar and pinyon belt, at 6,800 feet. Thence we crossed into Egeria 

 Park, and went on to Yampa, 7,700 feet. From here on, as long as we followed 

 the Bear River Valley, we gradually reached lower elevations, until at Snake River, 

 seven miles above its confluence with the Bear, we were at 5,850 feet, in a dry 

 desert country with sage brush and chico in abundance. From here we went to 

 Douglas Spring, fifteen miles farther, and in the cedars and pinyons again at 6,700 

 feet. We went there especially for the Utah Chipmunk {Eutamias dorsalis uta/i. 

 ensis), which comes into this portion of the state only. The Colorado range of 

 three other species of small mammals, namely, Eittamias minimus, Callosfermo- 

 ■philiis -wortmani, and Neotoma cinnamomea, is restricted, so far as at present 

 known, to this northwest corner. These are all pale, arid land forms. 



From Douglas Spring we back-tracked to the Snake, and then went down it to 

 the Bear River, at lyily P. O., at Mr. F. C. Barnes' ranch, where we camped 

 twenty-four hours, and then ferried the outfit across the Bear in rowboats: rather 

 a strenuous undertaking, as the wagon had to be unloaded, body and top lifted off, 

 wheels taken off, and the whole thing torn apart generally, and then everything 

 put together again on the other side; but all was taken across safely, and the horses 

 made to swim, which they did in good shape. L^ater in the season we could have 

 forded, but were in too great a hurry to wait for the river to run down. We 

 camped that night among the willows and mosquitos, especially mosquitos. 



It was a dry drive from lyily to Meeker, 60 miles, "only two or three watering 

 places along the road until we got close to the latter place. From Meeker on we 

 usually had plenty of water, sometimes too much, when it rained. The valleys of 

 the White, Grand and lower Eagle Rivers are quite similar and, what one usually 

 finds in western Colorado, fertile lands, but where not cultivated and irrigated 

 covered with much sagebrush, hills sloping down on either side, with aspens on the 

 lower slopes, and pines or spruces above. 



For certain reasons I wished to go by way of Breckenridge, and hoped to cross 

 from Red Cliff to Ten Mile Creek, and then it was but a little way to Breckenridge. 

 But we found by inquiry that this road, if not impassable, would be at best a 

 pretty tough proposition. So, instead of taking that route, we drove over Ten- 

 nessee Pass to lycadville, then turned back and crossed Fremont Pass to the Pacific 

 Slope again, thence down the Ten Mile and up the Blue to Breckenridge. And 

 then we crossed the Continental Divide once more at Boreas Pass. The airline 

 distance between Tennessee and Boreas Passes is only about 18 miles; but we trav- 

 eled several times that between them. From Boreas it was down thru the 

 South Park country, and over the Hay den Divide, and then thru the Ute Pass 

 to Colorado Springs and home, on August 12. The life zones traversed covered 

 everything from the Upper Sonoran to the Alpine. 



During all this time I devoted myself practically exclusively to mammals, and 

 birds were but a side issue, not many being collected. If we had looked more for 

 birds I have no doubt but that this list would be much longer. The early part of 

 the season was cold and stormy; it was not until the end of the first week in June 

 that we had really good settled weather. The migrations seemed late, tho my 

 notes on that subject are not of much value; traveling as we did from the higher to 

 the lower altitudes during the migrating season, we were moving in a contrary 

 direction to the migrants, and usually stopping for only a few days at each place, 

 but little could be told as to the birds' movements. 



I wish to acknowledge here my appreciation of Mr. Frey's services. Tho his 

 special duties were to look after the team and camp outfit, and to see that we had 



