Birds of the RockiesKeyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)
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Birds of the Rockies
Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)
Birds; Birds -- Colorado
668. =Townsend's warbler.= DENDROICA TOWNSENDI. Summer resident; not
uncommon; western species, coming east to base of foothills and a few
miles out on plains; breeds from 5,500 to 8,000 feet in western
Colorado; in fall it is found as high as 10,000 feet.
672. =Palm warbler.= DENDROICA PALMARUM. Rare or accidental migrant; one
specimen seen.
674. =Oven-bird.= SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS. Rare breeder, on Mr. Aiken's
authority.
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. =Cañon wren.= CATHERPES MEXICANUS CONSPERSUS. Rare resident; one
nest recorded.
719b. =Baird's wren.= THRYOMANES BEWICKII LEUCOGASTER. Rare summer
resident.
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