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dividual may have wandered down from the north, as many 

 have been liberated in the vicinity of Denver, where they have 

 done fairly well and spread over considerable territory. 



Columba fasciata fasciata. Band-tailed Pigeon. 



No specimens of this bird have been taken in El Paso 

 County and its possible occurrence rests upon the following 

 reports : A flock was reported to Aiken as having been seen 

 in Queen's Canon, about 1880; a couple were described as 

 having been seen just west of Colorado Springs in the spring 

 of 1905. The first specimen taken in the State was killed by 

 Aiken at Del Norte, September 26, 1874. Three were seen 

 and one reported killed by Sam Keaton on Little Fountain 

 Creek in the autumn of 1910. 



Zenaidura macroura marginella. Western Mourning Dove. 



A common summer resident, arriving early in April and 

 departing early in October. Found practically over the county 

 in the more open country. Nests both on the ground and in 

 trees. Keyser found a nest near Ramah in the same tree with 

 nests of Eastern and Arkansas Kingbirds. 



