BULLETIN 



OF THE 



NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 



VOL. VIII. October, 1883. No. 4. 



LIST OF BIRDS OBSERVED IN THE VICINITY 

 OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, DURING 

 MARCH, APRIL, AND MAY, 1882. 



BY J. A. ALI.KN AND WILLIAM BREWSTER. 

 (^Concluded from -p. ibiS) 



54. Pooecetes gramineus coniinis. Grass Finch. — First 

 observed April 19. They soon became abundant, frequenting 

 alike the open plains and the borders of thickets. 



Colorado furnishes the most typical examples of confinis that I have 

 seen. Some of our .specimens actually have the bill as slender as that of 

 Passerciilus savanna. Were the" distribution of the form limited to this 

 region it would constitute a strongly characterized variety. 



55. Melospiza lincolni. Lincoln's Sparrow. — More or 

 less frequent in thickets along creeks from April 28 till about 

 May 15. 



^6. Melospiza fasciata fallax. Gray Song Sparrow. — 

 A few were observed during the latter part of March and one 

 about April 10. Rare. 



57. Junco hiemalis oregonus. Oregon Snow-bird. — 

 A single specimen was taken April 26 and another the next day. 

 These were the only ones observed. They were in company 

 with Zonotrichia leucophrys and Z. intermedia. 



Two females, taken respectively April 26 and 27, are apparently refer- 

 able to Jimco oregonus, although in many respects peculiar. The ashy of 



