292 Warren, Birds of the Elk Mountain Region, Colo.[sae now be held of specific value, as no intermediate specimens are: forthcoming."It remained for M. Johan Beetz to point out the fact that there is an intermediate form between dresseri and borealis.Instead of this form.beinga new species, as M. B

The nests, with one exception, have been placed on horizontal limbs of a distance of from five to fifteen feet out from the trunk of the tree, and from seven to thirty feet high. On July 15, 1907, a nest containing young just hatched was found placed about seven feet up, and in, next to the body of

necessary for the appear- ance of a new American Bird-book.Mine must be that the only complete work on Colorado Birds is that of Cooke, which, though brought up-to-date by successive supplements, is now out of print and very difficult to obtain.Moreover, Cooke gives no descriptions or keys, so that