BIRDS OF COLORADO. 
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at Mr. A. T. Allen’s in Denver. It was shot by him near Denver 
several years ago. This is the southern form and Denver is 
many miles north of its ordinary range. Mr. Aiken writes that 
Mr. B. G. Voight of Denver shot an adult male April 12, 1898, 
along the Arkansas river, three miles west of Salida. Mr. Voight 
has the mounted specimen still in his possession. 
Page 60. 187. Plegadis guarauna. White-faced Glossy 
Ibis. 
Several more records have been received. Two specimens 
were shot on Barr Lake near Denver, October 3, 1898. Four 
were shot in the fall at Twin Lakes at an elevation of 9,000 
feet. Mr. A. T. Allen has a young-of-the-year taken near Den¬ 
ver. Mr. Carter has taken them in South and Middle Parks and 
at Twin Lakes, and there is a specimen at Glenwood Springs 
shot in the vicinity. These last two are the first records west of 
the range in Colorado. 
Page 60. 188. Tantalus loculator. Wood Ibis. 
Mr. Carter has seen the wing and bill of one taken on the 
Blue river, twenty-five miles below Breckenridge, at about 8,000 
feet. 
Page 60. 190. Botaurus lentiginosus. American Bittern. 
Found by Mr. Carter breeding in both Middle and South 
Parks. 
Noted by Mr. A. D. Baker in the Wet Mountain valley at 
8,000 feet. 
Page 61. 191. Ardetta exilis. Least Bittern. 
A mounted specimen is now in Denver, taken by Mr. 
Rudolph Borcherdt on Berkeley Lake near Denver, June 8. 1898. 
Mr. Carter has one taken in South Park, May 14, 1875, and Mr. 
A. D. Baker has seen one in the Wet Mountain valley at over 
8,000 feet. 
Page 61. 194. Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron. 
Once found by Mr. Carter, breeding in Middle Park at 
7,000 feet altitude, and it has been seen by Mr. A. D. Baker in 
the Wet Mountain valley at least a thousand feet higher. 
Page 61. Add. 196. Ardea egretta. American E(^ret. 
Rare or accidental in spring. Mr. C. E. Aiken writes as 
follows: “On May 12th, 1899, Mr. A. Gruber and Mr. F. 
Cikanck—taxidermists in my emplo}^—reported seeing a single 
bird in a tall cottonwood tree five miles south of Colorado 
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