THE NIDOLOGIST . 65 
Some Birds New to Colorado. 
Wiru Notes On OTHERS OF LITTLE KNOWN 
DISTRIBUTION IN THE STATE. 
BY HORACE G. SMITH. 
( Continued.) 
Ajaja ajaja, Roseate Spoonbill.—A specimen 
in very worn plumage was brought in for 
mounting about August 8, 18go, said to have 
been taken near Pueblo. 
Guara alba, White Ibis.—In 1890 one was 
shot at Barr Lake, on the Burlington and Mis- 
souri River Railroad, east of Denver. I be- 
lieve it has not been previously recorded. 
Plegadis guarauna, White-faced Glossy Ibis.— 
Occasionally reported by sportsmen. I have 
examined at least four specimens, three of which 
came from Marston’s Lake, the other from the 
vicinity of Pueblo. Other specimens have 
been purchased in the market. 
Ardea candidissima, Snowy Heron.—One shot 
at Marston’s Lake in the fall of 1887 has been 
examined, and several others are reported as 
having been shot at same place. 
Nycticorax nycticorax nevius, Black-crowned 
Night Heron.—An additional specimen was 
shot on the Platte River, about three miles be- 
low Denver, May 15, 1889. 
Philohela minor, American Woodcock.—Two 
further records of this species have come under 
my notice. 
The first was seen during the fall of 1887 by 
Mr. John Bentley, crouching by a pool of water 
by the railroad track, near Boulder. Mr. 
Bentley is well acquainted with the bird, and 
assures me there could be no mistake in the 
identity. A more recent one was shot near 
Fort Lupton, and mounted by Mr. Toden- 
warth. 
Micropalama himantopus, Stilt Sandpiper.— 
An additional record is one shot by Mr. Dean 
W. Park, in the fall of 1888, at a small lake in 
South Denver. 
Calidris arenarvia, Sanderling.—May 16,1888, 
I examined a recently mounted specimen shot 
at Sloan’s Lake but a few days before. 
Charadrius squatarola, Black-bellied Plover. 
—Saw a specimen at the curio store of E. P. 
Fortune in this city. It was also a young bird, 
like the original one recorded (AwA, Vol. III, 
No. 2), and was said to have been taken in 
Colorado some time prior to 1887. 
Arenaria interpres, Turnstone.—An adult 
was shot at Sloan’s Lake April 26, 1890, and 
mounted by Mr. Todenwarth. I beheve it has 
not been previously recorded: 
Columba faciata, Bandtailed Pigeon.—In the 
fall of 1887 Mr. John Bentley, who is some- 
thing of a naturalist sportsman, told me of his 
experiences with some Pigeons at Dome Rock, 
on the Denver and Southern Pacific Railroad, 
in Platte Canyon. He said that the birds used 
to roost near his camp, but as he had a rifle 
only he did not shoot ary of them. The fol- 
lowing summer he promised to look out for 
them, and his search was rewarded with the 
capture of several specimens, some of which 
were young birds evidently reared in the vicinity. 
The locality abounds in scrub oak, and the 
birds may have been attracted by the acorns. 
(To be continued.) 
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Notes From Michigan. 
(Department Edited by Dr. Morris Gibbs, Kalamazoo, 
Mich.) 
N issuing monthly notes from Michigan, the 
| editor of the NipoLoGist has fully con- 
sidered the requirements of his readers. 
The Great Lake Region, as a whole, is well 
summed up in this centrally located State, and 
observations will be of interest to all. It is 
hoped that notes of worth to the readers will be 
sent in. 
A recent issue of the American Field contains 
an article on an outing on the St. Mary’s River, 
and refers to the Bay-breasted and Blue War- 
blers in that region, and tothe Ruby-crowned 
Kinglet, as if these rare summer birds were 
common in northern Michigan. Notes from 
the pens of angling outers are rarely to be re- 
lied upon, as it will be found that everything, 
good and bad, goes in to fill space. 
An article on the Passenger Pigeon in the 
November number of the Chautauguan is re- 
markably well written. It is from the pen of 
Simon’ Pokagon, an educated full-blooded In- 
dian, Chief of the Pottawatomies. Many inter- 
esting points are touched upon, and the nesting 
habits are described with the clearness which 
could not result from an attempt by an unob- 
servant writer. Among other points he describes 
the clutch as a single egg, which agrees with the 
observation of all reliable collectors in the Great 
Lake Region. Chief Pokagon denounces the 
exterminators of the Wild Pigeon and other 
game, and especially does he speak severely of 
the netters. The article is the best that I have 
ever read from an Indian, and the style, though 
simple, but the better expresses the research and 
observation of a reliable, thoughtful child of the 
forest. Every Ornithologist should read it. 
It could not be improved upon. 
The second annual meeting of the Michigan 
Academy of Sciences was held at Lansing, De- 
cember 26-27, 1895. Fifteen papers were read, 
of which two were upon the subject of birds. 
Mr. L. Whitney Watkins presented “ Michigan 
