S92 Colorado College Publication 



Dumetella carolinensis. Catbird. 



Summer resident; common. Arrives from the 7th to the 

 14th of May. Leaves in September, the 16th being the latest 

 sure date, though one was thought to have been seen October 

 2, 1913. 



^ The Catbird is common in the thickets along the streams, 

 but does not penetrate far into the foothills and mountains. 

 There are many in Monument Valley Park. An occasion of 

 special abundance was June 1, 1907, when Aiken estimated 

 that he saw 100 at the Skinner Ranch. 



Toxostoma rufum. Brown Thrasher. 



Summer resident; not common. Arrives about the first 

 week in May, from the 4th to the 14th. 



The Thrasher is found along the valley streams and 

 gulches but does not go far into the mountains. It is of rather 

 letiring habits and so escapes observation, but at best it is 

 not at all common in El Paso County. Aiken noted a brood 

 of young at Ramah, July IS, 1897. 



Toxostoma bendirei. Bendire's Thrasher. 



But one record for the County, and possibly for the 

 State, a specimen taken at Austin's Bluffs, May 8, 1882, by 

 Allen and Brewster. 



Salpinctes obsoletus obsoletus. Rock Wren. 



Summer resident; common. Arrives about April 16-20, 

 but does not become abundant until several days after. Latest 

 autumn date, September 23, 1907. 



Rock Wrens are common about rocky places, and are also 

 found in the arroyos with steep banks on the plains. They 

 reach an altitude in the mountains of some 9,000 feet. They 

 breed wherever found, in holes in the banks or in crevices in 

 the rocks. The song of the Rock Wren is singularly like that 



