Nov., 1909 
AN EARLY COLORADO ORNITHOLOGIST— WILLIAM G. SMITH 
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health he returned to England. He died at Deal, May 12, 1900, of Bright’s disease. 
It was while living at Loveland that his work among the birds created an 
epoch in the history of Colorado ornithology. I find he wrote very little about his 
achievements, seemingly content to leave that to the pens of others. From 1886 to 
1891 the following appeared from his pen: 
“Winter Birds in Larimer County, Colorado.” — Random Notes III, 1886, 
p. 13. 
“Nest of Rock Wren.” — Random Notes III, 1886, p. 17. 
“Nest and Eggs of Myadestes townsendii.” — Random Notes III, 1886, p. 25. 
“Notes from Colorado.” — Random Notes III, 1886, pp. 66 and 67. 
“Hybrid Ducks.”— O. & O. XII, 1887, p. 169. 
“Nesting of Audubon’s Warbler.” — O. & O. XIII, 1888, p. 114. 
“Nesting of Ruddy Duck.” — O. & O. XIII, 1888, p. 132. 
“Nesting of Water Ousel.” — O. & O. XIII, 1888, p. 149. 
“Breeding Habits of the Mountain Plover.” — O. & O. XIII, 1888, p. 187. 
“Nesting of Pied-billed Grebe.” — O. & O. XIV, 1889, p. 138. 
“Nesting of the Cinnamon Teal.” — O. & O. XIV, 1889, p. 77. 
“Sabine’s Gull.”— O. & O. XIV, 1889, p. 176. 
“Nesting of Eared Grebe.” — O. & O. XV, 1890, p. 140. 
“Nesting of the Flammulated Screech Owl.” — O. & O. XVI, 1891, p. 27. 
Probably the most interesting of the above articles is the record of three sets 
of the Flammulated Screech Owl, all taken in the year 1890; the first, a set of three, 
the second, a set of two, and the third, a set of four. 
He furnisht the late Major Bendire with a great many notes on the nesting 
of Colorado birds, which appeared in his “Life History of North American birds,” 
and his estimate of Smith’s work is found in Volume I in the following words: 
“Well known as a good ornithologist and a reliable collector. ” 
He was not only a student of birds, but an all-round naturalist, doing a vast 
amount of work with the insects and mammals of the locality around his home. 
Most of the specimens were sent to the National Museum, and in their publications 
several types of new species are credited to him. 
He was also an amateur painter, and some of his back-grounds for his bird 
groups were really works of art. He had several of these on exhibition at the 
Larimer County (Colorado) fair in 1887. I remember one as especially good: a 
landscape scene with a pair of Bob-whites in the foreground. However, the birds 
were his especial study, and in that line we, who are left to follow after him in our 
humble way, like best to remember him. 
Loveland , Colorado. 
THE FLAMMULATED SCREECH OWL 
By lb C. WILLARD 
WITH FIVE PHOTOS 
O N May 17, 1909, I left Tombstone for the Huachuca Mountains with a 
good supply of collecting paraphernalia, a list of species whose nests Iliad 
not yet taken, and a determination to shorten this list. With this in 
mind, May 18 found me climbing every likely-looking tree and stub near the 
summit of the mountains at the head of Ramsey Canyon. 
