Chapter XI: Introduction: To Some Species (8)

675a. =Grinnell's water thrush.= SEIURUS NOVEBORACENSIS NOTABILIS. Rare migrant; appearing from plains to 8,000 feet.

678. =Connecticut warbler.= GEOTHLYPIS AGILIS. Rare or accidental migrant; one record by Mr. Aiken.

680. =Macgillivray's warbler.= GEOTHLYPIS TOLMIEI. Common summer resident; breeds from base of foothills to 9,000 feet.

681. =Maryland yellow-throat.= GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS. One taken at Colorado Springs by Mr. Aiken.

681a. =Western yellow-throat.= GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS OCCIDENTALIS. Common summer resident, almost restricted to the plains; both sides of the range.

683. =Yellow-breasted chat.= ICTERIA VIRENS. Accidental summer visitor.

683a. =Long-tailed chat.= ICTERIA VIRENS LONGICAUDA. Common summer resident; scarcely found in the mountains, but frequent in the lower foothills and on the plains; never seen above 8,000 feet.

685. =Wilson's warbler.= WILSONIA PUSILLA. Abundant summer resident; centre of abundance in breeding season, 11,000 feet; known to breed at 12,000 feet; also as low as 6,000.

685a. =Pileolated warbler.= WILSONIA PUSILLA PILEOLATA. Summer resident; not uncommon; Mr. Aiken thinks it as plentiful as preceding.

686. =Canadian warbler.= WILSONIA CANADENSIS. Rare or accidental migrant; one record by Mr. Aiken.

687. =American redstart.= SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA. Summer resident; not uncommon in eastern, rare in western, Colorado; breeds below 8,000 feet.

697. =American pipit.= ANTHUS PENSILVANICUS. Common summer resident; breeds only on summits of the mountains.

701. =American dipper.= CINCLUS MEXICANUS. Resident; common in favorite localities; one seen above timber-line in October.

702. =Sage thrasher.= OROSCOPTES MONTANUS. Summer resident; breeds from plains to nearly 10,000 feet; western species, coming east to mountain slopes.

703. =Mocking-bird.= MIMUS POLYGLOTTOS. Summer resident; common locally; mostly on plains, but sometimes reaches 8,000 feet.

704. =Catbird.= GALEOSCOPTES CAROLINENSIS. Common summer resident; from plains to 8,000 feet.

705. =Brown thrasher.= HARPORHYNCHUS RUFUS. Not uncommon as summer resident; almost restricted to the plains.

708. =Bendire's thrasher.= HARPORHYNCHUS BENDIREI. Summer resident; rare and local; south central part of State.

715. =Rock wren.= SALPINCTES OBSOLETUS. Common summer resident; breeds from plains to 12,000 feet.

717a. =Canyon wren.= CATHERPES MEXICANUS CONSPERSUS. Rare resident; one nest recorded.

719b. =Baird's wren.= THRYOMANES BEWICKII LEUCOGASTER. Rare summer resident.

721b. =Western house wren.= TROGLODYTES AEDON AZTECUS. Common summer resident; from plains to 10,000 feet; raises two broods, sometimes three.

722. =Winter wren.= ANORTHURA HIEMALIS. Rare resident; no nest found.

725a. =Tule wren.= CISTOTHORUS PALUDICOLA. Summer resident; not uncommon; breeds from plains to 8,000 feet; some remain all winter in hot-water swamps.

725c. =Western marsh wren.= CISTOTHORUS PALUSTRIS PLESIUS. Summer resident; not uncommon locally.

726b. =Rocky Mountain creeper.= CERTHIA FAMILIARIS MONTANA. Common resident; in breeding season confined to the immediate vicinity of timber-line, where some remain the year round.

727. =White-breasted nuthatch.= SITTA CAROLINENSIS. Resident; not common.

727a. =Slender-billed nuthatch.= SITTA CAROLINENSIS ACULEATA. Common 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.