Jan., 1908 NORTHWESTERN COLORADO BIRD NOTES 21 



Rock about 12 miles above Meeker. Probably fairly common thru most of the 

 region traversed. 



18. Falco sparverius. Sparrow Hawk. First seen at Sulphur Springs April 

 20, after that common everywhere. 



19. Bubo virginianus pallescens. Western Horned Owl. One seen sixteen 

 miles below Steamboat Springs, and two near Mud Springs. 



20. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. Burrowing Owl. During the whole trip, 

 and in spite of the fact that we passed thru numerous prairie dog towns, we saw 

 but two burrowing owls, which were seen June 17, in a deserted dog town about 

 halfway between I^ay and Sand Creek, Routt County. 



21. Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. First seen at Sulphur Springs April 

 30; after that seen here and there along the Grand and Bear Rivers, and also on 

 the Eagle River. 



22. Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis. Red-naped Sapsucker. One taken at 

 Grand lyake. May 10. 



23. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. A male seen 

 June 10, about five miles below Steamboat Springs. 



24. Melanerpes torquatus. Lewis Woodpecker. Seen on Oak Creek, above 

 Steamboat Springs; at several points between the latter place and Craig; and one at 

 Green Mountain Falls, at the very end of the trip. 



25. Colaptes cafer collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. First seen at Sulphur 

 Springs, March 29, and were common by April 3. We saw them everywhere we 

 went. I saw one near Boreas Pass at about 12,000 feet elevation. 



26. Phalaenoptilus nuttallii. Poorwill. Two were collected at Craig. Their 

 notes were heard in the evening at various places along our route. 



27. Chordeiles virginianus henryi. Western Nighthawk. Seen frequently 

 from Steamboat Springs to the end of the trip. 



28. Selasphorus platycercus. Broad-tailed Hummingbird. Three males of 

 this species were taken, two near McCoy, and one at Steamboat Springs. Hum- 

 mingbirds were frequently seen, but these were the only ones collected. At Steam- 

 boat Springs, June 8, we saw a female hummer at work building a nest, just begun 

 and placed in small overhanging limbs of a cottonwood tree, close to the trunk. 



29. Tyrannus tyrannus. Eastern Kingbird. Seen ten miles above Steamboat 

 Springs, below Hayden, at Craig, and near L,ay, all in Routt County. 



30. Tyrannus verticalis. Western Kingbird. First seen May 16, between 

 Sulphur Springs and Kremmling. After that date they were seen frequently dur- 

 ing the whole trip. June 13, Frey found near Craig a nest with five well feathered 

 young in a little cavity near the top of one of the low adobe bluffs along Fortifica- 

 tion Creek. At Hiner and Jones' ranch, Big Beaver Creek, near Buford, Rio 

 Blanco County, there was a nest with young only a few days old on the end of the 

 ridgepole of the cabin we camped in. It is quite possible some of the birds seen 

 may have been T. vociferans; as none were collected there was, of course, a chance 

 for mistakes in identification, but I think there is little. doubt that the great major- 

 ity were verticalis. 



31. Myiarchus cinerascens. Ash-throated Flycatcher. Several were seen at 

 Douglas Spring; and one was seen near Dotsero, Garfield County. 



32. Sayornis saya. Say Phoebe. First seen at Sulphur Springs April 25. It 

 was seen here and there during the trip, but not as often as one would have expected. 



33. Contopus richardsonii. Western Wood Pewee. Seen at Steamboat 

 Springs, and between there and Craig. 



34. Otocoris alpestris leucolaema. Desert Horned Dark. Seen at various places 



