The Birds of El Paso County, Colorado 489 



met with it in his explorations on the plains to the eastward. 

 It has, however, been reported by Hersey and Rockwell at 

 Barr, near Denver, about ninety miles north. Aiken found 

 it common in South Park, Park County, in 1872, at the Salt 

 Works in July, a^d along the road from Faii-play to Hartse! 

 in August. 



Actitis macularius. Spotted Sandpiper. 



A common summer resident along the streams, arriving 

 about May first. Aiken stated in 1872 : "Common summer 

 resident, a few remain during the winter." There is no other 

 winter record than this, but it is no doubt correct. There are 

 no actual breeding records for the County, but it undoubtedly 

 does breed. First appeared in Monument Valley Park in 

 1913, May 4, and seen regularly after that whenever the park 

 was visited, the latest date when they were seen being Septem- 

 ber 10. Two were seen at Lake Moraine, 10,250 feet, Sep- 

 tember 2, 1905, by Warren, and Aiken saw a pair there July 

 10, 1899. 



Numenius americanus. Long-billed Curlew. 



Formerly a common summer resident, breeding on open 

 prairies, now a rare migrant near Colorado Springs. Aiken 

 noted one on the Broadmoor ranch May 4, 1899. Sclater's 

 reference of the Hudsonian Curlew to El Paso County is 

 erroneous, the specimen in question proving to be an imma- 

 ture bird of the present species. 



Squatarola squatarola. Black-bellied Plover. 



A rare migrant, taken but a few times, once by Aiken in 

 1884 or 1885, and one or two others have been brought to 

 him to be mounted. 



Charadrius dominicus domlnicus. Golden Plover. 



But one known occurrence in the County, one or two taken 

 by Aiken near the Boulder Street reservoir, Colorado Springs, 

 about 1875, in the late autumn. 



