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 32 THE CONDOR VoL. XII memory, I having traveled over a part of the same road this season, he says the bird was taken on the divide or mesa to the south of Copper Gulch, which is traversed by the road to the Wet Mountain Valley, and from 3 to 5 miles from where the road leaves the gulch. Mr. Aiken kept the bird alive for several days, and finally killed it when camped in the mountains near the head of the Valley, fearing it might escape from him. He sold this specimen for 1525.00, and it became a part of the collection of the late Greene Smith of Peterboro, N.Y., a wealthy dilettante collector, being numbered 1314 in that collection. He also sold the egg to the Smithsonian Institution for 1525.00, it being the first of the species ever taken. Mr. Aiken also informs me that the giving of Mosca Pass as the locality of the specimen taken by Dr. Walbridge (Ingersoll, B. N. O. C., V, p. 121,1880), is like- wise an error. That this, and also one recorded by Brewster from the same locality (B. N. O. C., VIII, p. 123,1883), were taken at what was, and still is, known as the Durkee Ranch, 15 miles southwesterly from Mosca Pass, and 10 or 12 miles southeasterly from the Medano Ranch, on the east side of the San Luis Valley. That Dr. Walbridge spent some time at this ranch, and collected in its vicinity. The other specimen was brought to Mr. Aiken in the flesh by Mrs. Ady, who was interested in, and lived part of the time at least, at the ranch. This bird had been found dead. The skin is now in the Colorado College Collection. Bub0 virginianus pallescens. Western Horned Owl. One seen in the evening at Moseo Creek, on a tree near our camp. Spe0tyt0 cunicularia hyp0gaea. Burrowing Owl. This species was seen on three occasions only; between Alder P.O. and Villa Grove; one was shot by Durand in a meadow at Medano Ranch; and two were seen a few miles south of Butte station. Ceryle alcy0n. Belted Kingfisher. One seen at Glendale and one at Westcliffe. Dry0bates vil10sus m0ntic01a. Rocky Mountain Hairy Woodpecker. A pair were taken near Poncha Pass, and one at the upper part of Madenos Creek. No Downy Woodpeckers were seen by either of us, which seems rather strange, as one usually runs across them frequently. Sphyrapicus thyr0ideus. Williamsoh's Sapsucker. Two seen, and one taken near Poncha Pass; a dead male found by the roadside on the Huerfano County side of Madenos Pass; a pair seen near our camp on Muddy Creek, and one male shot at Querida. This bird was moulting, and minus its tail, and had many new feathers coming in the wings. The Red-naped Sapsucker was not seen, though it should have been. Melanerpes erythr0cephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. Abundant near our camp at Glendale, June 5-6. Not another one was seen until we got to Pueblo, where Durand saw one in the city, and after we got about 15 miles north of that place they were very common, seen often among the trees along Fountain Creek. Melanerpes lewisi. Lewis's Woodpecker. Seen among the pines in the foot- hill country during the first two days of the journey. They were common in the pines near the road between Mosca and Madenos Creeks. One was seen a few miles east of Beulah, and they were common from Pition Station north to Colorado Springs. C01aptes c/der c011aris. ' Red-shafted Flicker. Seen at various places between Van A.ndert's Spring and Poncha Pass; at Villa Grove; near Mosca Creek, and in various places in Madenos Cation, nearly to the head; south of Rosita; at Querida and Westcliffe, and in Hardscrabble Cation, and near Buttes Station. I saw one at Mosca, January 17, 1908. Phalaen0ptilus nuttalli. Poorwill. I found one, presumably a female, with two young, on a high ridge to the northward of Madenos Pass. The young, which