BIRDS OF COLORADO. 
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though this was the middle of one of the severest winters ever 
known in Colorado, with the temperature many degrees below 
zero. Several were said to have been seen, and also a smaller, 
darker kind that was probably Carolina. Has been seen by Mr. 
Baker in the Wet Mountain valley at over 8,000 feet. 
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Page 63. 214. Porzana Carolina. Sora. 
Taken by Mr. Carter at Breckenridge, and breeds from 
Middle Park up the Blue river to about 9,000 feet. 
Page 63. Add. [215. Porzana noveboracensis. Yellow Rail. 
“Chiefly eastern North America, north to Nova Scotia, Hudson Bay, 
etc., less commonly west to Nevada and California.”—(A. O. U.) Thus by im¬ 
plication Colorado is included in its habitat, but it has not yet been found 
here. Known as not uncommon in Kansas and Nebraska.] 
Page 63. 221. Fulica americana. American Coot. 
Breeds in Middle and South Parks, but known by Mr. Car¬ 
ter at Breckenridge only in migration. 
Page 63. 223. Phalaropus lobatus. Northern Phalarope. 
Mr. Carter saw several in Middle Park at 7,000 feet, May 26, 
1884. He has taken them at Breckenridge in migration. 
Page 63. 224. Steganopus tricolor. Wilson’s Phalarope. 
Two pairs were taken near Glenwood Springs during the 
spring of 1898. Mr. Carter has taken them in migration in both 
Middle and South Parks, but not at Breckenridge. On Septem¬ 
ber 1, 1885, he took a young-of-the-year at timber line. 
Page 64. 225. Recurvirostra americana. American Avocet. 
At the same places where Aiken found them breeding in 
the San Luis valley in 1875, the present writer found them 
breeding in 1898. Mr. Carter says that he has found them 
breeding in South Park, and has taken them in migration at 
Breckenridge. 
Page 64. 230. Gallinago delicata. Wilson’s Snipe. 
Mr. L. B. Gilmore reports it as remaining nearly every 
winter around Sweetwater Lake at 8,000 feet. About Januarv 
20, 1900, he saw nine at one time. It also breeds sparingly in 
that vicinity. At Breckenridge it has been noted only in migra¬ 
tion. 
Page 65. 233. Mlcropalama hlmantopus. Stilt Sandpiper. 
Several more records have come to hand of this rare Sand¬ 
piper. Mr. Aiken took one at Colorado Springs, May 14, 1884. 
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