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December 8, 24, and 28, l^lS, after the unusually heavy snow- 

 storm of that year, one or two were seen in the Park. 



Certain specimens from this region have been identified as 

 M. m. melodia, but are not typical. 



Melospiza melodia juddi. Dakota Song Sparrow. 



A Song Sparrow taken by Aiken near Colorado Springs, 

 March 20, 1898, has recently been identified by H. C. Ober- 

 . holser of the Biological Survey as Melospiza melodia juddi. 

 ■ This is the first record of this subspecies for Colorado. 



Melospiza lincolni lincolni. Lincoln's Sparrow. 



Summer resident in the mountains; common. Arrives in 

 April, there being a considerable variation in the first arrival 

 dates, from April 9, 1899 to April 30, 1898. Near Colorado 

 Springs the migration lasts until the middle of May, and June 

 4-7, 1898, Aiken found it at Ramah, still migrating. A pair 

 was noted south of Colorado Springs the first week in 

 June, 1897. 



Lincoln's Sparrow breeds in the mountains, from 8,500 

 feet possibly to timberline, though we have no exact informa- 

 tion as to the upper limit of its breeding range. It prefers 

 the willow thickets in the mountain parks. 



Melospiza georgiana. Swamp Sparrow. 



Rare, but one occurrence known in the County, a bird seen 

 near Broadmoor Ranch by Aiken, August 8, 1897. 



Pipilo maculatus arcticus. Arctic Towhee. 



' Winter resident ; not uncommon. Earliest autumn date, 

 'November 11, 1909; latest spring date. May 12, 1878. 



Most of out winter towhees are probably the Arctic 

 Towhee. They are found usually about the oak thickets at the 

 lower edge of the foothills and in the bluffs, industriously 



