BULLETIN 
OF THE 
NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 
vol. vin. October, 1883. No. 4. 
LIST OF BIRDS OBSERVED IN THE VICINITY 
OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, DURING 
MARCH, APRIL, AND MAY, 1882. 
BY J. A. ALLEN AND WILLIAM BREWSTER. 
( Concluded from f . ibi.') 
54. Pocecetes gramineiis confinis. Grass Finch. — First 
observed April 19. They soon became abundant, frequenting 
alike the open plains and the borders of thickets. 
Colorado furnishes the most typical examples of confinis that I have 
seen. Some of our specimens actually have the bill as slender as that of 
Passerculus savanna. Were the distribution of the form limited to this 
region it would constitute a strongly characterized variety. 
55. Melospiza lincolni. Lincoln’s Sparrow. — More or 
less frequent in thickets along creeks from April 28 till about 
May 15. 
56. Melospiza fasciata fallax. Gray Song Sparrow. — 
A few were observed during the latter part of March and one 
about April 10. Rare. 
57. Junco hiemalis oregonus. Oregon Snow-bird. — 
A single specimen was taken April 26 and another the next day. 
These were the only ones observed. They were in company 
with Zonotrichia leucofhrys and Z. inter?nedia. 
Two females, taken respectively April 26 and 27, are apparently refer- 
able to Junco oregonus , although in many respects peculiar. The ashy of 
