Part 26

366. =American long-eared owl.= ASIO WILSONIANUS. Common resident; winters from plains to 10,000 feet; breeds from plains to 11,000 feet; eggs laid early in April.

367. =Short-eared owl.= ASIO ACCIPITRINUS. Resident, but not common; highest record 9,500 feet.

368. =Barred owl.= SYRNIUM NEBULOSUM. Resident; few records; one breeding pair found in the northeastern part of the State.

369. =Spotted owl.= SYRNIUM OCCIDENTALE. Resident; not common; a little doubt as to its identity; but Mr. Aiken vouches for its presence in the State.

371. =Richardson's owl.= NYCTALA TENGMALMI RICHARDSONI. Rare winter visitor; a northern species.

372. =Saw-whet owl.= NYCTALA ACADICA. Resident; not uncommon; occurs throughout the State below 8,000 feet.

373. =Screech owl.= MAGASCOPS ASIO. Rare resident; the eastern analogue of the next.

373e. =Rocky Mountain screech owl.= MAGASCOPS ASIO MAXWELLIÆ. Common resident; found from plains and foothills to about 6,000 feet; rare visitant at nearly 9,000 feet.

373g. =Aiken's screech owl.= MEGASCOPS ASIO AIKENI. Resident; limited to from 5,000 to 9,000 feet.

374. =Flammulated screech owl.= MEGASCOPS FLAMMEOLA. Rare resident; rarest owl in Colorado, if not in the United States; ten instances of breeding, all in Colorado; twenty-three records in all for the State.

375a. =Western horned owl.= BUBO VIRGINIANUS PALLESCENS. Common resident; breeds on the plains and in the mountains.

375b. =Arctic horned owl.= BUBO VIRGINIANUS ARCTICUS. Winter visitor; not uncommon; breeds in arctic America.

376. =Snowy owl.= NYCTEA NYCTEA. Rare winter visitor; occurs on the plains and in the lower foothills; range in summer, extreme northern portions of northern hemisphere.

378. =Burrowing owl.= SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA HYPOGÆA. Resident; abundant locally; breeds on plains and up to 9,000 feet.

379. =Pygmy owl.= GLAUCIDIUM GNOMA. Resident; rare; favorite home in the mountains; breeds as high as 10,000 feet.

382. =Carolina paroquet.= CONURUS CAROLINENSIS. Formerly resident; few records; general range, east and south; now almost exterminated.

385. =Road-runner.= GEOCOCCYX CALIFORNIANUS. Resident; not common; restricted to southern portion of the State; breeds throughout its range; rare above 5,000 feet, though one was found in the Wet Mountains at an altitude of 8,000 feet.

387. =Yellow-billed cuckoo.= COCCYZUS AMERICANUS. Rare summer visitor, on the authority of Major Bendire.

387a. =California cuckoo.= COCCYZUS AMERICANUS OCCIDENTALIS. Summer resident; not uncommon locally; mostly found on the edge of the plains, but occasionally up to 8,000 feet in mountains.

388. =Black-billed cuckoo.= COCCYZUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS. Rare migrant; only two records.

390. =Belted kingfisher.= CERYLE ALCYON. Common resident; breeds from plains to 10,000 feet; a few remain in winter.

393e. =Rocky Mountain hairy woodpecker.= DRYOBATES VILLOSUS MONTICOLA. Common resident; breeds from plains to 11,000 feet; winter range almost the same.

394c. =Downy woodpecker.= DRYOBATES PUBESCENS MEDIANUS. Visitor; rare, if not accidental.

394b. =Batchelder's woodpecker.= DRYOBATES PUBESCENS HOMORUS. Common resident; breeding range from plains to 11,500 feet; winter range from plains to 10,000 feet.

396. =Texan woodpecker.= DRYOBATES SCALARIS BAIRDI. Resident; rare and local; southern range generally.

401b. =Alpine three-toed woodpecker.= PICOIDES AMERICANUS DORSALIS. Resident; not common; a mountain bird; range, 8,000 to 12,000 feet; even in winter remains in the pine belt at about 10,000 feet.

402. =Yellow-bellied sapsucker.= SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS. Rare migrant; eastern form, scarcely reaching the base of the Rockies.

402a. =Red-naped sapsucker.= SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS NUCHALIS. Common summer resident; breeds from plains to 12,000 feet, but partial to the mountains. Author saw one at Green Lake.