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 94 THE C.ONDOR Vol. XVII seen last about four miles from Fairplay. The altitude at which it was seen- varied from 9,100 to 9,800 feet. .uphagus yanocephalus. Brewer Blackbird. Common everywhere and noted every day. They were always to be seen about Fairplay and Alma. I.euco-tiete australis. Brown-capped Rosy Finch. Seen September 24, 26, and 28, in South Mosquito Gulch, on Buckskin Ridge, and on Mt. Lincoln, always at high elevations, timber-line or higher. At about 12,000 feet in South Mosquito I found a flock of 15 or 20. Several of them worked down a little lower and perched in some dead trees, in the topmost branches, something l do not recall having seen these birds do before, though when at lower eleva- tions in winter I have seen them in low bushes or trees. One specimen se- cured. Fig. 37. FOXTAIL PINES IN BUCKSKIN GULCH, THREE MILES AIIOYE ALMA, AT ABOUT 11,500 FEET ALTITUDE  Spinus pinus. Pine Siskin. A few seen near Fairplay, September 20, and at least one in Mosquito Gulch, not far from Alma, September 25. Passer domesticus. House Sparrow. A flock of 20 or 30 seen in Ahna. I think they were also present at Fairplay. looct8 grgmilu8 confinis. Western Vesper Sparrow. September 17, when on the train en route to Fairplay. a good many sparrows were seen in the hayfields from the car windows. One of these was positively identified as a Vesper Sparrow. It is quite possible that some of these birds may have been Savannah Sparrows, and very likely other species were present. Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys. White-crowned Sparrow. Common in the willows along the streams near Alma and Fairplay, both adult and imma- ture birds. One of the latter collected September 25 had a little patch of black