resident; western form; commonly breeds from 7,500 feet to timber-line.
728. =Red-breasted nuthatch.= SITTA CANADENSIS. Not uncommon resident;
migrant on the plains; resident in the mountains to about 8,000 feet,
sometimes 10,000.
730. =Pigmy nuthatch.= SITTA PYGMAEA. Abundant resident; mountain bird;
makes scarcely any migration; most common from 7,000 to 10,000 feet.
733a. =Gray titmouse.= PARUS INORNATUS GRISEUS. Resident; not common;
southern species, coming to eastern foothills.
735a. =Long-tailed chickadee.= PARUS ATRICAPILLUS SEPTENTRIONALIS. Not
uncommon resident; winters on plains and in foothills; breeds from 7,000
to 10,000 feet; sometimes on plains.
738. =Mountain chickadee.= PARUS GAMBELI. Abundant resident; nests from
8,000 feet to timber-line; ranges in the fall to the tops of the
loftiest peaks.
744. =Lead-colored bush-tit.= PSALTRIPARUS PLUMBEUS. Resident; not
common; western species, coming to eastern foothills.
748. =Golden-crowned kinglet.= REGULUS SATRAPA. Rare summer resident;
rather common in migration; breeds only near timber-line at about
11,000.
749. =Ruby-crowned kinglet.= REGULUS CALENDULA. Abundant summer
resident; breeds from 9,000 feet to timber-line.
751. =Blue-gray gnatcatcher.= POLIOPTILA CAERULEA. Rare summer resident;
breeds on the plains and in the foothills.
754. =Townsend's solitaire.= MYADESTES TOWNSENDII. Common resident;
breeds from 8,000 to 12,000 feet; winters in mountains, though
stragglers are sometimes seen on the plains. The author saw a pair on
plains near Arvada, in company with a young, well-fledged bird.
756a. =Willow thrush.= HYLOCICHLA FUSCESCENS SALICICOLA. Summer
resident; rather common; breeds in foothills and parks up to about 8,000
feet.
758a. =Olive-backed thrush.= HYLOCICHLA USTULATA SWAINSONII. Rare
migrant.
758c. =Alma's thrush.= HYLOCICHLA USTULATA ALAMAE. Rare summer resident;
in migration common.
759. =Dwarf hermit thrush.= HYLOCICHLA AONALASCHKAE. Rare migrant.
759a. =Audubon's hermit thrush.= HYLOCICHLA AONALASCHKAE AUDUBONI. Common
summer resident; breeds from 8,000 feet to timber-line.
759b. =Hermit thrush.= HYLOCICHLA AONALASCHKAE PALLASII. Rare migrant;
comes to the eastern edge of Colorado, just touching range of
_auduboni_.
761. =American robin.= MERULA MIGRATORIA. Summer resident, but not
common; some interesting questions arise in connection with intermediate
forms.
761a. =Western robin.= MERULA MIGRATORIA PROPINQUA. Abundant summer
resident; breeds from plains to timber-line.
765a. =Greenland wheatear.= SAXICOLA OENANTHE LEUCORHOA. European
species; a straggler taken at Boulder by Minot.
766. =Bluebird.= SIALIA SIALIS. Rare summer resident; west to base of
Rockies.
767a. =Chestnut-backed bluebird.= SIALIA MEXICANA BAIRDI. Summer
resident; not common; western form, coming east as far as Pueblo.
768. =Mountain bluebird.= SIALIA ARCTICA. Abundant summer resident;
breeds from plains to timber-line; in autumn roams up to at least 13,000
feet.
INDEX
Aerial song, 50, 51, 86, 87, 239, 268-270, 286, 287, 299-301.
Aiken, Charles E., xiii, 50, 63, 67, 118, 134, 136, 157, 161.
Arvada, 193, 194, 278, 289, 301.
Blackbird, Brewer's, 25, 98, 125, 126, 133, 139, 140, 141, 187, 215,
230, 259, 264, 266, 268, 271-274.
red-winged, 98, 142, 215, 271.
yellow-headed, 141, 142.
Bluebird, mountain, 22, 55, 67, 99, 128, 192, 231, 237, 259.
Bobolink, 286, 287, 289.
Boulder, 162, 178, 184, 186, 206, 279, 282.
Breckenridge, 259, 293, 294, 302.
Buena Vista, 32, 38, 112, 127, 132-136, 139, 146, 162, 193, 267.
Bunting, lark, 187, 285-292.
lazuli (also called finch), 25, 121, 154-159, 178, 187, 290.
Burro ride, 223-256.
Butterflies, 177, 252, 253, 266.
Canary, 127.
Canyon, Arkansas River, 43, 117.
Cheyenne, 109, 170.
Clear Creek, 184, 187, 197.
Eagle River, 117, 125.
Engleman's, 40.
Grand River, 44, 125.
South Platte, 206, 259, 278-282, 293.
Catbird, 31, 36, 121, 133, 189.
Chat, yellow-breasted, 186.
long-tailed, 186.
Chatterers, 302.
Cheyenne Mountain, 91.
Chewink, 36.
Chickadee, black-capped, 66, 67, 76, 119.
mountain, 66, 67, 73, 76, 77, 119, 212, 231, 235, 254, 262.
Colorado Springs, 38, 42, 50, 68, 83, 89, 90, 117, 121, 155, 157, 160,
177, 178, 183, 187, 193, 210, 279.
Cooke, Wells W., 24, 51, 67, 76, 134, 184, 261.
Coot, American, 145, 146.
Cottonwood Lake, 112, 146, 162.
Coues, Dr. Elliott, 24, 76, 302, 303.
Cowbird, 271.
Coyote, 99, 100.
Crane, 146.
Crossbill, Mexican, 262, 263.
Crow, 25.
Denver, 26, 159, 177, 178, 179, 181, 183, 187, 193, 241, 263, 282, 289,
292.
Dickcissel, 36.
Dipper (_see_ water-ousel), 163-174, 209, 210.
Dove, turtle, 43, 44, 97, 122, 126, 129, 186.
Ducks, 72, 143, 146.
ruddy, 143-145.
East and West, birds of, compared, 19, 21, 23-27, 31-40, 43, 44, 54,
55, 62, 67, 69, 76, 90-95, 106, 119, 121, 125, 129-131, 133-136,
149-159, 186, 191-193, 198, 205, 215, 266, 270, 272, 286, 287.
Flicker, red-shafted, 25, 55, 73, 119, 126, 213, 231, 254, 262, 298.
yellow-shafted, 25, 55.
Flycatchers, 25, 151.
Arkansas, 95-97, 99.
crested, 95.
least, 214.
olive-sided, 73, 261.
western, 209, 215, 218.
Georgetown, 193, 197-219, 224, 238.
Glenwood, 38, 40, 109, 120-125, 129, 158, 183, 271.
Golden, 162, 184, 193, 296, 298.
Goldfinch, American, 33, 121, 202, 203, 290.
Arkansas, 32, 33, 121, 133, 290.
Grackle, bronzed, 25, 140, 271, 272.
purple, 25, 140.
Grassfinch, eastern, 99, 129.
western, 92, 99, 121, 129, 186, 192.
Graymont, 183, 230, 232.
Gray's Peak, 26, 178, 190, 193, 206, 224-256, 260, 261, 262, 270, 298.
ascent of, 241-243.
summit, 243-251.
Green Lake, 208-214.
Grosbeak, 25, 298, 299.
black-headed, 39, 290.
cardinal, 39, 127.
rose-breasted, 39.
western blue, 39, 157.
Halfway House, 47, 74, 75, 76.
Harrier, marsh, 99.
Herbert, George, 59.
Hawk, pigeon, 214.
House-finch, 119, 127, 133, 181-183, 217.
Humming-bird, 25.
broad-tailed, 73, 103-109, 112-114, 200, 209, 213, 217, 230, 260.
ruby-throated, 106.
rufous, 113.
Indigo-bird, 25, 154, 155, 178.
Jack-rabbit, 99.
Jay, blue, 24, 25, 26, 27, 149, 151, 153.
long-crested, 25, 119, 133, 149-151, 154, 189, 230, 260, 279-281.
mountain, 71, 119, 151-154, 205, 210, 233, 234, 261.
Woodhouse's, 154.
Junco, slate-colored, 75.
gray-headed, 67, 74, 75, 119, 209, 212, 231, 235, 254, 255, 259, 261.
Kelso, Mount, 232, 233, 238, 253, 254, 262.
Killdeer, 205, 270.
Kingbird, 97.
Kingfisher, 119, 282.
Kinglet, ruby-crowned, 64-66, 72, 119, 211, 216, 235, 254, 261.
Lark, desert horned, 49, 84-89, 186, 264, 268-270.
horned, 85.
pallid horned, 86.
prairie horned, 86.
Leadville, 38, 126, 127, 183, 202, 271.
Leucosticte, brown-capped, 22, 27, 59, 60, 125, 240, 241, 244, 248,
251, 252, 254, 262.
Lowell, James Russell, 59, 289.
Magpie, 25, 40-43, 72, 119, 122, 133, 188, 270.
Manitou, 31, 32, 36, 38, 47, 75, 76, 79, 140, 178.
Martin, purple, 90.
Meadow-lark, eastern, 26, 90-95.
western, 22, 26, 90-95, 133, 160, 186, 187, 192, 264, 267, 290.
Merriam, Dr. C. Hart, 113.
Migration, 19-23, 51, 52, 63, 65, 66, 124, 277, 278.
Mocking-bird, 98, 301, 302.
Moraine Lake, 61, 66-73, 146.
Muir, John, 172, 173.
Nighthawk, eastern, 191.
western, 24, 119, 129, 190, 191, 262.
Nutcracker (also crow) Clark's, 25, 67, 71, 72, 119, 122.
Nuthatch, pygmy, 119, 174, 279.
white-breasted, 119.
Ohio, 21, 65, 141, 215.
Oriole, 25.
Baltimore, 33-35.
Bullock's 33-35, 97, 121, 192, 290.
orchard, 34.
Owl, burrowing, 178-180.
Phoebe, 125.
Say's, 125, 131, 270, 271.
Pike's Peak, 21, 26, 31, 38, 66, 71, 73, 83, 103, 104, 110, 129, 134,
146, 152, 159, 224, 239, 250, 252, 262, 281.
ascent of, 47, 56-58.
descent of, 49-56, 58-79.
summit, 47-49, 58, 59, 60.
Pipit, American, 27, 49-52, 125, 239, 244, 254, 262.
Ptarmigan, white-tailed, 60, 248.
Pueblo, 117, 183.
Raven, 25, 53, 125.
Red Cliff, 38, 40, 109, 117, 120, 183.
Redstart, 184.
Rexford, Eben E., 192.
Ridgway, Robert, 24, 94, 136, 285, 303.
Roberts, Charles G. D., 69.
Robin, eastern, 32, 73, 95, 127, 205, 206.
western, 22, 24, 31, 32, 55, 68, 70, 72, 73, 106, 121, 127, 129, 151,
192, 199, 200, 205-207, 210, 216, 231, 253, 270, 290.
Royal Gorge, 43, 117, 122.
Sandpiper, spotted, 51, 73, 163, 204, 271.
Sapsucker, red-naped, 211, 212.
Williamson's, 75-79, 160, 161.
Seton, Ernest Thompson, 194, 229, 272.
Seven Lakes, 55, 61, 70, 71, 72, 104, 146.
Shrike, white-rumped, 98.
Silver Plume, 183, 207, 216, 224, 226.
Siskin, pine, 128, 200, 202, 203, 210, 216, 231, 261.
Skylark, European, 87.
Solitaire, Townsend's, 261, 270, 290, 298-303.
South Park, 131, 206, 250, 259, 263-278.
Sparrow, 25.
Brewer's, 186.
chipping, western, 24, 130, 215, 216, 259.
clay-colored, 128, 203.
English, 127, 181-183.
lark, western, 24, 192.
Lincoln's, 70, 71, 73, 99, 106, 134, 187, 200, 278.
mountain song, 126, 133-135, 193, 278, 290.
savanna, western, 264, 266, 267, 274-276.
song, 92, 126, 133-135, 193, 288.
white-crowned, 21, 22, 52-55, 60, 61, 68, 72-74, 103, 126, 129, 200,
204, 213, 214, 231, 238, 239, 244, 253, 255, 256, 259, 261, 281,
282.
Swallows, 131.
barn, 279.
cliff, 99, 118, 213, 263, 266.
violet-green, 207, 208, 259, 279.
Tabb, John B., 192.
Tanager, 25, 151.
Louisiana, 39, 40, 119, 279.
scarlet, 39, 40.
summer, 39.
Thompson, Maurice, 35.
Thrasher, brown, 37, 302.
Thrush, 37, 302.
hermit, 69.
mountain hermit, 38, 68-70, 72, 73, 204, 210, 212, 215, 218, 219,
231, 235, 236, 262.
veery, 135, 136.
willow, 135, 136, 200, 230.
wood, 69.
Tillie Ann, Mount, 260-262.
Torrey's Peak, 232, 237, 239, 241, 244, 245, 250, 256.
Towhee, 36, 37.
green-tailed, 37-39, 62, 72, 98, 126, 130, 133, 185, 191, 200, 203,
204, 210, 218, 259, 278, 292-295.
spurred, 36, 37, 185, 189, 191, 200, 204, 290.
Vireo, 151.
warbling, 31, 73, 118, 198, 199, 209, 215, 218, 230, 262.
Warbler, Audubon's, 62-64, 68, 70, 126, 159, 200, 204, 208, 215, 216,
231, 235, 237, 238, 259.
Macgillivray's, 200, 205, 209.
mountain, 157.
myrtle, 62, 159.
pileolated, 63.
summer, 31, 119, 133, 157, 158, 192, 290.
Wilson's, 63, 64, 70, 72, 126, 200, 204, 213, 214, 231, 238, 244.
Water-ousel (_see_ dipper), 163-174, 185, 209, 210.
Woodpeckers, 24, 75, 160, 211, 262.
Batchelder's, 67, 72.
downy, 67.
Lewis's, 160-162, 190.
red-headed, 162.
Wood-pewee, eastern, 32.
western, 32, 119, 121, 132, 192, 261.
Wren, Bewick's, 297.
Carolina, 64, 297.
rock, 185, 186, 189, 191, 296-298.
western house, 73, 106, 117, 118, 217, 230, 278, 279.
Yellow-throat, western, 193, 290.
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Transcriber's note:
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The illustration entitled "Brewer's Blackbirds" appears to be
one of Yellow-headed Blackbirds.
Unchanged.
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000. =English sparrow.= PASSER DOMESTICUS.
This item falls between item 533 and 534. Unchanged from original.