158 BIRDS OF COLORADO. 
Page 63. 212. Rallus virginianus. Virginia Rail. 
Mr. C. E. Aiken took the nest mentioned near Fountain, 
El Paso County. 
Page 63. Add. 216. Porzana jamaicensis. Black Rail. 
Migratory; rare. Mr. David Bruce of Brockport, N. Y., 
who has done a large amount of collecting in Colorado, writes 
that he has one that he shot in May several years ago at a pond 
near Denver. He thinks he has seen similar birds sev.eral 
times, but this is the only one he has secured. The Black Rail 
is a southern species coming north regularly almost to Colorado. 
Page 63. 219. Gallinula galeata. Florida Gallinule. 
A second record is added by Mr. E. E. Berthoud, who saw 
one in 1883 at Lathrop’s Lake, twelve miles from Golden. 
Page 63. [222. Crymophilus fulicarius. Red Phaearope. 
According to the distribution of this species as given in the A, O. U. 
Check List, it should be found in Colorado, but no specimen has yet been re- 
ported. There is one in the collection of the Wyoming State University at 
Laramie City, that was taken September 14, 1897, at Seven Mile Lakes, Albany 
County, not far from the Colorado line. ] 
Page 64. 228. Philohela minor. American Woodcock. 
The classification can now be changed to — summer resi- 
dent; rare. On July 3, 1897, Mr. Harry Horner of Timnath, 
found near his home a pair of Woodcock and three young. One 
of the young was caught. They could not have been more 
than a week old. In addition to the records already published, 
Mr. E. L. Berthoud writes that he has seen them occasionally 
in Jefferson and Park Counties, while once he saw them on the 
Arkansas. 
Page 64. 230. Gallinago delicata. Wilson’s Snipe. 
Seen twice in the summer of 1897 in Middle Park at about 
9,000 feet by Mr. W. A. Sprague of Boulder. Mr. C. E. Aiken 
found them breeding July i, 1875, at the San Luis Lakes at an 
altitude of 7,500 feet. On January 16, 1898, Mr. Aiken saw five 
of these birds near Colorado Springs, and the same day two 
men shot fifteen along the banks of the Fountain Creek. 
Page 65. 240. Tringa fuscicollis. White-rumped Sand- 
piper. 
To previous records add one taken by Mr. Aiken at Colo- 
rado Springs and identified by Mr. Ridgway. 
Page 66. 248. Calidris arenaria. Sanderling. 
One was taken October i, 1897, by Mr. H. W. Nash near 
Pueblo. Mr. C. E. Aiken writes that he has known of several 
taken near Colorado Springs. 
