Wyoming Birds. 



this sparrow has not yet found its way, Professor B. C. 

 Buffum replied that there seem to be hone of these spar- 

 rows in some of the smaller interior towns, such as Ten- 

 sleep and Nowood. Mrs. Eva G. Lambertson of Lander, 

 Wyoming, reports that there were no English Sparrows in 

 that town ten years ago, but that they are rather numerous 

 now, having come mostly during the past five years. 



Forty-five species of birds new to the state have been 

 reported since the publication of Professor W. C. Knight's 

 bulletin. It is hardly possible that these have all come into 

 the state since that time. Most of them had probably been 

 overlooked before. 



The following quotations are extracts from letters re- 

 ceived in reply to questions sent out by the writers, and are 

 representative of the numerous letters received from the 

 people who have had wide experience in the state. 



QUOTATIONS I'ROM LETTERS RECEIVED. 



t. From William Richard, Taxidermist, Cody, Wyo- 

 ming : 



"It has been my opinion for several years that the birds 

 are on the increase, excepting the sage hens, ducks, and 

 eagles, which seem to be decreasing." 



2. From Louis Knowles, Forest Supervisor, Sundance 

 National Forest, Sundance, Wyoming: 



"There has been a marked increase in the number of 

 birds in this region during the last ten or fifteen years. 

 The increase has been in numbers and not in species. The 

 increase is undoubtedly due to the gradual increase of cul- 

 tivated areas." 



3. From John Hunton, Fort Laramie, Wyoming : 

 "The Quail or Bobwhite first made its appearance in the 



Wyoming section of the Platte Valley at the Wyoming- 



