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dental. The only record for Colorado is the one noted by 

 H. G. Smith that was shot in 1890 at Barr Lake, east of Denver. 

 (Nidologist, III. 1896, 65.) 



[185. j Guara rubra. Scarlkt Ibis. 



Accidental. A tropical species that is recorded but four 

 times from the United States. The first three were found, one 

 each, in Florida, Louisiana and Texas; the fourth and last in 

 Colorado. A finely plumaged adult male was shot in the Wet 

 Mountains, May, 1876. The mounted bird is still in the pos- 

 session of Mr. Livesey, who until 1894 resided in Pueblo. This 

 is the most wonderful record in the whole list of Colorado 

 birds, but there is no doubt whatever of its correctness. 



187. Plegadis guarauna. White-faced Glossy Ibis. 



Summer visitant; rare. Though fairly common locally in 

 New Mexico and Arizona, the Ibis seldom goes as far north as 

 Colorado. H. G. Smith says that it is occasionally reported by 

 sportsmen. He has examined three specimens from Marston's 

 Lake, near Denver, and one from Pueblo. Other specimens 

 have been purchased in the Denver market. (Nidologist, 

 III. 1896, 65.) P. B. Peabody reports one purchased at Colorado 

 Springs and killed in that vicinity. (Nidologist, II. 1895, 

 116.) There was a specimen in the Maxwell collection, and 

 Prof Wm. Osburn writes that Wm. G. Smith of Loveland had 

 one in his collection. From its occurrence in Colorado in the 

 summer Mr. Ridgway concludes that it breeds in the State in 

 the "marshes of valleys." (Bull. Essex Institute, V. 1873, 174). 

 The present writer knows of no nests that have ever been taken 

 in Colorado. 



188. Tantalus loculator. Wood Ibis. 



Summer visitant; rare. There was a mounted specimen 

 of this southern species in the Maxwell collection and this 

 seems to be the basis for the earlier references to its occurrence 

 in Colorado. When and where this specimen was taken can 

 not now be learned. There seems to be no authentic basis for 

 a certain published statement that it breeds in Colorado, except 

 the well-known fact that it ordinarily breeds throughout its 

 range. Mr. C. E. Aiken informs the present writer that he 

 knows of two specimens that have been taken in Colorado. 



190. Botaurus lentiginosus. American Bittern. 



Summer resident; common. Occurs throughout the State, 

 breeding from the plains to about 7,000 feet. Arrives late in 

 April and begins laying by the middle of May. 



