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BIRDS OF COLORADO. 
Page 57. 166. Oidemia perspicillata. Surf Scoter. 
Two were killed at Loveland on October 31, 1899, by Mr. 
IL A. Flynn of Denver. 
A few days before, on October 22, Mr. L. B. Meek shot a fine 
male at Barr Lake near Denver. The female was with it, but 
was not secured. Three other specimens were known at the 
same place within the next week. 
Page 57. 167. Erismatura jamaicensis. Ruddy Duck. 
At Breckenridge, Mr. Carter knows them only as migrants, 
though they nest but a little lower down toward the Park. 
Page 58. 169. Chen hyperborea. Lesser Snow Goose. 
Once seen by Mr. Carter in Middle Park. 
Page 58. 169a. Chen hyperborea nivalis. Greater Snow 
Goose. 
One was killed by Mr. John F. Campion of Denver, at 
Boyd’s Lake near Loveland, April 9, 1899. It was a female and 
is now in the capitol at Denver. 
Page 58. Add. [169. 1. Chen caerulescens. Blue Goose. 
“Interior of North America, breeding on eastern shores of Hudson Bay 
and migrating south, in winter, through Mississippi valley to Gulf coast.”— 
(A. O. U.) “Interior of North America east of the Rocky Mountains.”— 
(Goss.) Noted from Kansas and Nebraska as not uncommon in fall and 
winter.] 
Page 58. 171a. Anser albifrons gambeli. American White- 
fronted Goose. 
There is one in the Carter collection taken in Middle Park, 
and Mr. Carter says that in migration he lias sometimes seen 
them there in quite large numbers. 
Page 58. 172. Branta canadensis. Canada Goose. 
In migration at Breckenridge and breeds in Middle Park. 
Page 59. Add. 172c. Branta canadensis minima. Cack¬ 
ling Goose. 
There is one at the capitol in Denver, killed by Mr. John F. 
Campion at Loveland, April 10, 1898, and presented by him to 
the State Natural Ilisto^ Society. 
Page 59. 180. Olor columbianus. Whistling Swan. 
One taken by Mr. Carter in Middle Park. 
Page 60. Add. 186. Plegadis autumnalis. Glossy Ibis. 
Accidental. A fine specimen of this bird in full plumage is 
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