BIRDS OF COLORADO. 
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Wray the Prairie Hen is not an uncommon breeder, occurring 
there with the Sharp-tailed Grouse and Bob-white. 
Page 71. 308b. Pedioecetes phasianellus campestris. 
Prairie Sharp-tailed Grouse. 
Mr. Carter says that they breed in Middle Park, but only in 
the lower parts, not above 7,500 feet. In winter they have been 
noted up to 9,500 feet. 
Page 71. 309. Centrocercus urophasianus. Sage Grouse. 
The highest that Mr. Carter has found them breeding is at 
Dillon, about 9,000 feet. In their migration, or more properly, 
wanderings, he has taken them at Breckenridge, and has even 
seen them crossing the main range at 14,000 feet. 
Page 71. 310a. Meleagris gallopavo fera. Wild Turkey. 
As late as 1898 Turkeys were seen in Wet Mountain valley, 
and though they are entered here as belonging to the eastern 
form this is without sure proof, and the line in Colorado separat¬ 
ing the two forms has not yet been settled. 
Page 72. 310. Meleagris gallopavo. Mexican Turkey. 
The Turkey in Mr. Carter’s collection is a well marked 
specimen of the western bird, though taken on the Atlantic slope 
in South Park in January, 1878. 
Page 72. 312. Columba fasciata. Band-tailed Pigeon. 
Mr. Carter has found them nesting in South Park, but has 
never seen them at Breckenridge. The present writer saw a 
flock of eight at Mary’s Lake in Estes Park in August, 1898, and 
a single bird at the same place the next August. 
Page 73. Add. [315. Ectopistes migratorius. Passenger Pigeon. 
“Eastern North America, from Hudson Bay southward, and west to 
the Great Plains, straggling thence to Nevada and Washington.”—(A. O. U.) 
It would be strange if the true eastern Pigeon did not occur occasionally in 
Colorado, and it has several times been reported here. All of these records 
or statements, when followed up, prove to be the Band-tailed Pigeon.] 
Page 73. 316. Zenaidura macroura. Mourning Dove. 
Breeds at Breckenridge. 
Page 73. 319. Melopelia leucoptera. White-winged Dove. 
One was shot by Mr. A. D. Baker in the Wet Mountain 
valley in September, 1899. This is the fourth record for Colo¬ 
rado, and makes it probable that the bird is not a mere straggler 
to the State. 
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