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Nov., 1909 AN EARLY COLORADO ORNITHOLOGIST--WILLIAM G. SMITH 199 health he returned to England. He died at Deal, May 12, 1900, of Bright's disease. It was while living at Loveland that his Work among the birds created an epoch in the history of Colorado ornithology. I find he wrote very little about his achievemen}s, seemingly content to leave that to the pens of others. From 1886 to 1891 the following appeared from his pen: "Winter Birds in Larimer County, Colorado."--Random Notes III, 1886, p. 13. "Nest of Rock Wren. "--Random Notes III, 1886, p. 17. "Nest and Eggs of Myadestes townsendii."--Random Notes III, 1886, p. 25. "Notes from Colorado."--Random Notes III, 1886, pp. 66 and 67. "Hybrid Dueks."--O. & O. XII, 1887, p. 169. "Nesting of Audubon's Warbler."--O. & O. XIII, 1888, p. 114. "Nesting of Ruddy Duek."--O. & O. XIII, 1888, p. 132. "Nesting of Water Ousel."--O. & O. XIII, 1888, p. 149. "Breeding Habits of the Mountain Plover."--O. & O. XIII, 1888, p. 187. "Nesting of Pied-billed Grebe."--O. & O. XIV, 1889, p. 138. "Nesting of the Cinnamon Teal."--O. & O. XIV, 1889, p. 77. "Sabine's Gull."--O. & O. XIV, 1889, p. 176. "Nesting of Eared Grebe."--O. & O. XV, 1890, p. 140. "Nesting of the Flammulated Screech Owl."--O. & O. XVI, 1891, p. 27. Probably the most interesting of the above articles is the record of three sets of the Flammulated Screech Owl, all taken in the year 1890; the first, a setof three, the second, a set of two, and the third, a set of four. He furnisht the late Major Bendire with a great many notes on the nesting of Colorado birds, which appeared in his "Life History of North American birds," and his estimate of Smith's ?ork is found in Volume I in the following words: "Well known as a good ornithologist and a reliable collector." He was not only a student of birds, but an all-round naturalist, doing a vast amount of work with the insects and mammals of the locality around his home. Most of the specimens were sent to the National Museum, and in their publications several types of. new species are credited to him. He was also an amateur painter, and some of his back-grounds for his bird groups were really works of art. He had several of these on exhibition at the Larimer County (Colorado) fair in 1887. I remember one as especially good: a landscape scene with a pair of Bob-whites in the foreground. However, the birds were his especial study, and in that line we, who are left to follow after him in our humble way, like best to remember him. Loveland, Colorado. THE FLAMMULATED SCREECH OWL By F. C. WILLARD WITH FIVE PHOTOS N May 17, 1909, I left Tombstone for the Huachuca Mountains with a good supply of collecting paraphernalia, a list of species whose nests I had not yet taken, and a determination to shorten this list. With this in mind, May i8 found me climbing every likely-looking tree and stub near the summit of the mountains at the head of Ramsey Canyon.