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memory, I having traveled over a part of the same road this season, he says the 
bird was taken on the divide or mesa to the south of Copper Gulch, which is 
traversed by the road to the Wet Mountain Valley, and from 3 to 5 miles from 
where the road leaves the gulch. Mr. Aiken kept the bird alive for several days, 
and finally killed it when camped in the mountains near the head of the Valley, 
fearing it might escape from him. He sold this specimen for $25.00, and it became 
a part of the collection of the late Greene Smith of Peterboro, X. Y., a wealthy 
dilettante collector, being numbered 1314 in that collection. He also sold the egg 
to the Smithsonian Institution for $25.00, it being the first of the species ever taken. 
Mr. Aiken also informs me that the giving of Mosca Pass as the locality of the 
specimen taken by Dr. Walbridge (Ingersoll, B. N. O. C., V, p. 121,1880), is like- 
wise an error. That this, and also one recorded by Brewster from the same locality 
(B. N. O. C., VIII, p. 123,1883), were taken at what was, and still is, known as 
the Durkee Ranch, 15 miles southwesterly from Mosca Pass, and 10 or 12 miles 
southeasterly from the Medano Ranch, on the east side of the San Luis Valley. 
That Dr. Walbridge spent some time at this ranch, and collected in its vicinity. 
The other specimen was brought to Mr. Aiken in the flesh by Mrs. Ady, who was 
interested in, and lived part of the time at least, at the ranch. This bird had been 
found dead. The skin is now in the Colorado College Collection. 
Bubo virginianus pallescens. Western Horned Owl. One seen in the evening 
at Moseo Creek, on a tree near our camp. 
Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. Burrowing Owl. This species was seen on 
three occasions only; between Alder P. O. and Villa Grove; one was shot by 
Durand in a meadow at Medano Ranch; and two were seen a few miles south of 
Butte station. 
Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. One seen at Glendale and one at Westcliffe. 
Dryobates villosus monticola. Rocky Mountain Hairy Woodpecker. A pair 
were taken near Poneha Pass, and one at the upper part of Madenos Creek. No 
Downy Woodpeckers were seen by either of us, which seems rather strange, as one 
usually runs across them frequently. 
Sphyrapicus thyroideus. Williamson’s Sapsucker. Two seen, and one taken 
near Poneha Pass; a dead male found by the roadside on the Huerfano County side 
of Madenos Pass; a pair seen near our camp on Muddy Creek, and one male shot 
at Querida. This bird was moulting, and minus its tail, and had many new 
feathers coming in the wings. The Red-naped Sapsucker was not seen, though it 
should have been. 
Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. Abundant near our camp 
at Glendale, June 5-6. Not another one was seen until we got to Pueblo, where 
Durand saw one in the city, and after we got about 15 miles north of that place 
they were very common, seen often among the trees along Fountain Creek. 
Melanerpes lewisi. Lewis’s Woodpecker. Seen among the pines in the foot- 
hill country during the first two days of the journey. They were common in the 
pines near the road between Mosca and Madenos Creeks. One was seen a few miles 
east of Beulah, and they were common from Pinon Station north to Colorado Springs. 
Colaptes cafer collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. Seen at various places between 
Van Andert’s Spring and Poneha Pass; at Villa Grove; near Mosca Creek, and in 
various places in Madenos Canon, nearly to the head; south of Rosita; at Querida 
and Westcliffe, and in Hardscrabble Canon, and near Buttes Station. I saw one at 
Mosca, January 17, 1908. 
Phalaenoptilus nuttalli. Poor-will. I found one, presumably a female, with 
two young, on a high ridge to the northward of Madenos Pass. The young, which 
