dt's junco.= JUNCO HYEMALIS CONNECTENS. Abundant winter
resident; most common in southern part of the State; not uncommon
elsewhere.

567.1. =Montana junco.= JUNCO MONTANUS. Winter visitor; not uncommon.

568. =Pink-sided junco.= JUNCO MEARNSI. Common winter resident;
plentiful at base of foothills in winter; in spring ascend to 10,000
feet; then leaves the State for the North.

568.1. =Ridgway's junco.= JUNCO ANNECTENS. Rare winter visitor; one
record.

569. =Gray-headed junco.= JUNCO CANICEPS. Abundant resident; breeds from
7,500 to 12,000 feet; sometimes rears three broods.

570a. =Red-backed junco.= JUNCO PHAEONOTUS DORSALIS. Rare migrant;
abundant just south of State.

573a. =Desert sparrow.= AMPHISPIZA BILINEATA DESERTICOLA. Summer
resident; not uncommon locally; found only in southwestern part of the
State.

574a. =Sage sparrow.= AMPHISPIZA BELLI NEVADENSIS. Abundant summer
resident; common on sage-brush plains of western and southwestern
Colorado; ranges as far east as San Luis Park and north to Cheyenne,
Wyoming.

581. =Song-sparrow.= MELOSPIZA FASCIATA. Rare migrant; found only at
eastern border of State.

581b. =Mountain song-sparrow.= MELOSPIZA FASCIATA MONTANA. Common summer
resident; a few remain on plains in mild winters; breeds from plains to
8,000 feet.

583. =Lincoln's sparrow.= MELOSPIZA LINCOLNI. Common summer resident;
abundant in migration; breeds from base of foothills to timber-line.

584. =Swamp sparrow.= MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA. Accidental summer visitor;
one record.

585c. =Slate-colored sparrow.= PASSERELLA ILIACA SCHISTACEA. Rare summer
resident; only three records.

588. =Arctic towhee.= PIPILO MACULATUS ARCTICUS. Winter resident; not
uncommon; comes to base of Rocky Mountains in winter; breeds in the
North, as far as the Saskatchewan River.

588a. =Spurred towhee.= PIPILO MACULATUS MEGALONYX. Common summer
resident; upper limit, 9,000 feet.

591. =Canyon towhee.= PIPILO FUSCUS MESOLEUCUS. Resident; common locally;
all records from Arkansas Valley; rare at an altitude of 10,000 feet.

592. =Abert's towhee.= PIPILO ABERTI. Rare summer resident; species
abundant in New Mexico and Arizona.

592.1. =Green-tailed towhee.= OREOSPIZA CHLORURA. Common summer
resident; melodious songster.

593. =Cardinal.= CARDINALIS CARDINALIS. Winter visitor; rare, if not
accidental; two records.

595. =Rose-breasted grosbeak.= ZAMELODIA LUDOVICIANA. Accidental summer
resident; one record.