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which was twenty-five inches in diameter at the base, and twenty at the nest 
hole, the latter being seven feet above the ground. The nest was eight inches 
deep, the entrance one and three-cpiarters inches in diameter ; the thickness of 
the wood on the front side of the hole was two and three-quarters inches, and 
the cavity was five inches from front to back, and three wide. There were a 
few chips in the bottom, as well as a few of the birds’ droppings. There were 
two young, about ready to fly, though 1 had no difficulty in posing them on the 
tree for pictures ; they showed little or no fear. Before we opened the nest we 
used to see them come to the hole whenever we came close to the tree, and often 
saw the parents feeding them. The whole family was collected and is now in the 
Colorado College Collection. This woodpecker is not at all common in Colorado, 
and is confined to the forests at the higher elevations, but at the same time is 
probably widely distributed over the mountainous parts of the State. This is 
the second time I have met with it myself, the previous occasion being on the 
divide between Sapinero and Currecanti Creeks, Gunnison County, at 9350 feet 
altitude. 
34. Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis. Red-naped Sapsucker. One was 
taken near our camp at Buffalo Pass sawmill, July 24. I thought I saw a female 
Williamson Sapsucker at the same place, but failed to secure it, so am not positive 
as to the identification. 
35. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. Seen but 
a few times ; at Cedar Point, at Fort Morgan, where a pair had a nest in a C'^tt 
wood stub near the fair grounds, at Fort Collins, near Golden, and at our very hwt 
camp at Arvada, just outside of Denver. 
36. Asyndesmus lewisi. Lewis Woodpecker. But few were noted, 
eight or ten being seen May 22 between Elbert and Bijou Creek, and my notes 
say that though they presumably live in the pines, almost all of them were seen 
in the open country. One was seen near Log Cabin. 
37. Colaptes cafer collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. Seen with s^ive frc- 
(juency, yet hardly as often as it should have been. It was noted at Bijou Creek 
May 22, where one had a nest, which, however, I did not investigate, near Briggs- 
dale, at Fort Collins, and between there and Home P. O, at ’Chambers Lake, at 
the Cameron Pass camp, at Hell Creek, Buffalo Pass sawmill. Steamboat Springs, 
near Phippsburg, on the Berthoud Pass road and near Arvada. 
38. Phalaenoptilus nuttalli. Poor-will. Two were seen at Cedar Pohit 
May 27. 
39. Chordeiles virginianus henryi. W’estern Nighthawk. After seeing 
the first one near Mattison. May 24, Nighthawks were seen almost everywhere 
we went except at the highest elevations. The last was seen at Steamboat 
Springs, August 1, for we did not happen to note any after that. While in the 
plains region we often saw Nighthawks perched on fence posts, and I always 
tried to photograph such birds, but they would fly before I got quite as close as 
1 wished. I persevered, however, and finally had my reward the afternoon of 
June 11, when one proved a most gratifying subject, allowing me to approach 
as close as I desired ; as near in fact as I could go and focus my Graflex with 
a fourteen inch lens, and 1 could get nearly twenty inches extension the way I 
was using it. The bird even allowed me to crawl through a wire fence a few 
feet from the post it was on, so that I might have the light from the right direc- 
tion. One could hardly ask more. We found several nests, or rather eggs; at 
