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Vol. xn' 
Phasianus torquatus. Admitted by Cooke in 1898 and omitted by Sclater 
in 1912. Sclater’s action is correct as the bird was an introduced species, — 
thougli both Cooke and Sclater admit the English Sparrow to the State list. 
Buteo lineatus elegans. Omitted by Sclater since it was based on a sight 
identification. 
Otus asio asio. C)mitted bv Sclater. This sjiecies was admitted to the 
to lorack list ■ n the strength of the statement lyv Snyder that he had once cap- 
tured one in the mettled phase near Greeley. .\s dichromatism is not known in 
cither of the screech owls that are resident in Colorado, a bird in the red phase 
would seem necessarily to be referred to asio. The lately ascertained fact that 
nia.ywclliac inhabits the plains to eastern Yuma County, while aikciii ranges east 
to the Kansas line (Holly, June 2, 1908), makes the ])robability much less that 
asio \\f uh! ever occur in Colorado. 
Sphyrapicus varius. Omitted by Sclater. 'I'liere w'as a specimen in the 
Maxwell collection that was identified by Ridgway as the eastern form. At that 
time it was claimed that every specimen in the collection had been taken in Col w 
rack', but it has since been learned that some of them wee bought from outside 
collectors and it may well be that this particular specimen had been so obtained. 
.\11 other records for the eastern form in Colorado are now known to l)e errors 
and Sclater is nndoubtedly justified in dropping it from the list. 
Mu scivora forficata. Omitted by Sclater because it was based on a sight 
identiheation. The species is. however, .so i)ecnliar in sha])e and actions and w'as 
so distinctly seen hy the observer that there cannot well be a mistake in the iden- 
tification. 
Otocoris alpestris praticola. Omitted by Sclater, though its claim to a 
place in the list is e.xactly the same as that of ciithymia which is admitted. 
Junco hyemalis oreganus. Omitted by Sclater. though the specimen was 
identified by Ridgway anti the record has been ])ublished (Auk, xw, 1908. 187: 
.\uk xx\i, 1909, 417). 
Junco hyemalis montanus. 
Junco hyemalis annectens. Both omitted by Sclater on the ground that 
they are probably hybrids instead of geographical races. Wdiile the present writer 
frankly admits that the last word on the junco question has not yet been written 
and that this final judgment probably will be radically dififerent from the treat- 
ment of the subject in the present edition of the A. O. C. Check-List, yet the 
tendency of the later discoveries in regard to breeding ranges is strongly against 
the theory of hybridization. 
Vermivora celata lutescens. Omittetl by Sclater who considers that all 
Colorado orange-crowned warblers should be included under the name cclafa. 
Wdiile probably all the breeding birds of the State are the same form, yet it 
would be strange if some of the more western breeding birds of hitescciis did 
not i^ass through Colorado during migration. Indeed, .specimens of such mi- 
grants have been .so identified by Ridgway (Nidologist, iii, 1896. 76). In 
this connection it is interesting to note that if Oberholser's name oresfera is ever 
adopted for the breeding birds of the Rocky Mountains, it will still be necessary 
to retain cclata in the Colorado list as a rare straggler based on a s])ecimen taken 
Seirtember 18, 1910, at Boulder by N deW. Betts and identified at the Bio- 
logical Survey. 
Geothlypis trichas. Omitted by Sclater, and correctly, for the specimen 
on wdiich Cooke’s original record was based has since been examined at the 
Biological Survey and found to be occidciitalis. 
