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Badger Creeks, and at Fort ^ [organ. Observed near Briggsdale, and common 
between Ault and F^ort Collins. Was at the latter place and thence as far as 
Elkhorn. There were a few about Walden, and we noted it about the streams 
and flooded meadows in those parts of the North Park which we visited. It was 
seen south of Steamboat Springs and at Troublesome Creek. 
58. Sturnella neglecta. Western Meadowlark. Frequently observed 
from Colorado Springs to Home P. O. At Elbert, May 20, I heard it singing 
when it was snowing and blowing hard. June 11 we found a nest containing 
four eggs about five miles southwest of Briggsdale. The bird must have sat very 
close, for we were fooling around close to the nest some time before she flushed. 
In the first place I photographed a two-thirds grown cottontail, and when it 
started to run Durand shot it, as we needed it for supper. It had hardly been 
picked up when we discovered a very small one, about as big as one’s fist, souat- 
ting in the very same place where the other had been. Of course it had to be 
photographed, and when it had left that place I followed it about trying for more 
pictures, as it seemed absolutely devoid of fear. It was not until this was all 
over that the Meadowlark flushed, a few feet from where the rabbit had been. 
Meadowlarks were common at Walden, and almost everywhere we went in the 
Park, except of course on the mountains. It was seen at Steamboat Springs, and 
often between there and Arvada. 
59. Icterus bullocki. Bullock Oriole. Seen at Bijou Creek, Cedar Point, 
and Fort Morgan, where it was nesting. It was noted at Wild Cat Creek, north 
of Fort Morgan, Fort Collins, and Steamboat Springs. 
60. Euphagus cyanocephalus. Brewer Blackbird. Often seen between 
Colorado Springs and Elkhorn. After that not again until about fifteen miles 
south of Walden, and was common there and everywhere else in the Park. At 
Lake John, July 5, females were seen carrying food in their bills. At Walden, 
July 19, these birds were going about in flocks, showing that the breeding season 
was over and the young out of the nests. It was the most common blackbird at 
that place, with the Cowbird second. It was noted at Steamboat Springs, and 
thence as far as Vasqnez. 
61. Carpodacus cassini. Cassin Purple Finch. Seen but once, three or 
four miles south of Yampa. 
62. Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis. House Finch. Seen at Bijou 
Creek and at Fort Collins. 
63. Leucosticte australis. Brown-capped Rosy Finch. Seen on the high 
mountains about Cameron Pass, and was common about Mt. Zirkel, near and 
above timberline. 
64. Astragalinus tristis. Goldfinch. Seen at Bijou Creek and Fort 
Morgan. 
65. Spinus pinus. Pine Siskin. Seen at Bijou Creek, Cedar Point, near 
Elkhorn, at Mt. Zirkel camp, and north of Kremmling. 
66. Passer domesticus. House Sparrow. Noted at Elbert, Fondis, Ra- 
mah, Simla, River Bend, at two or three ranches between Deer Trail and Fort 
Morgan, and at the latter place, Keota, Briggsdale, and at ranches between there 
and Ault, and at that town, at about every ranch between there and Fort Collins, 
and at Fort Collins of course, at Walden, Steamboat Springs and Yampa. 
67. Pooecetes gramineus confinis. AVestern Vesper Sparrow. Common 
from Colorado Springs to Godfrey : then noted between Forks and Log' Cabin ; 
