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and one collected at Sand Creek, 3 miles north of Medano Ranch, and one seen at 
Westcliffe. 
Falco sparverius phaloena. Desert Sparrow Hawk. Seen several times between 
Canon City and Salida, also between Villa Grove and Moffat; one was seen at 
Medano Ranch, and one near Mosca Creek, also in Madenos Canon. Some were 
seen near Westcliffe; one or two east of Querida; a dead one seen near Beulah. 
Some were seen along the road north from Pueblo, and one near Fountain, that is, 
I thought it was a Sparrow Hawk, while Durand was sure it was a Sharp-shin — it 
might well have been either in that locality. I have listed all these as Desert 
Sparrow Hawks, though no specimens were taken. 
Asio wilsonianus. Dong-eared Owl. At our camp at a deserted ranch, just 
outside the town of Hooper, Durand found the dead bodies of one adult, apparently 
a female, and three young Dong-eared Owls, and one living young bird, the latter 
perched in a tree; it was able to fly. I secured several photographs of it, all taken 
Fig. 13. YOUNG EONG-EARED OWE, PHOTOGRAPHED NEAR HOOPER, COEORADO 
on the ground. I found a pair with one young one at Sand Creek, near Medano 
Ranch, June 24, at an old Magpie’s nest. The youngster was not as well grown as 
the one at Hooper. Durand also saw an owl of this species near Westcliffe. 
Asio flammeus. Short-eared Owl. I killed one near Mosca, January 22, 1908. 
Otus flammeola, Flammulated Screech Owl. Although no specimens of this 
species were taken or seen by me, I have thought it best to include it in this paper 
in order to correct some errors of locality in previous papers. Deane, Bull. Nutt. 
Orn. Club., IV, p. 188, 1879, records a specimen taken by C. E. Aiken, June 15, 
1875, and gives the locality as Poncha Pass. In conversation with Mr. Aiken he 
tells me that this bird was not taken on Poncha Pass, and as a matter of fact he 
never was at Poncha Pass. He took the specimen, together with one egg from a 
hollow tree, while traveling by wagon from the Arkansas River, just below where 
Parkdale is now (the same place where I crossed it this year) to the Wet Mountain 
Valley. After examining the road map, and talking it over with me to refresh his 
