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Melospiza georgiana (Latham). 



Fairly common about the cultivated fields at nearly every locality 



visited. 



Passerella iliaca (Merrem). 



A few seen at (darks, Natchitoches, Shreveport, and Belcher. 



Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linn.). 

 Present in small numbers at nearly all localities. 



Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis (Linn.). 



Common at all localities. Thirteen specimens, which show no approach 

 to C. c. magnirostris Bangs. 



Ampelis cedrorum (Yieillot). 



Abundant at Alexandria and Natchitoches. Their principal food at 

 this season is hackberries ( Celt is), and the birds visit the hackberry groves 

 in immense numbers. They present an easy mark for the amateur gunner, 

 and in some localities thousands are shot daily for food. As I stood under 

 a tree in which a large flock of waxwings was feeding, skinned hack- 

 berries were falling to the ground like hail. The birds' mouths, gul- 

 lets and entire intestinal tracts were filled with entire hackberries. Appar- 

 ently some of the berries are swallowed whole while others are partially 

 skinned. 



Lanius ludovicianus migrans Palmer. 



Fairly common at all localities visited. Seventeen specimens, from 

 every locality excepting Clarks ; all prove to be typical migrans. 



Lanivireo solitarius (Wilson). 

 One taken January If, at Lecompte. 



Dendroica coronata (Linn.). 



Common at all localities, both in timber and fields. They have a 

 special liking for swamps, feeding in brush close to the water. 



Dendroica vigorsi (And.). 



Observed in small numbers at Clarks, Natchitoches, Mansfield, and 

 Belcher. 



Geothlypis trichas brachidactyla (Swainson). 



One taken at Lecompte, January f 1 ; another seen there January 14. 



Anthus pensilvanicus (Latham). 



Observed at all localities visited. Most abundant at Alexandria, 

 Lecompte, and Shreveport, at each of which localities flocks of 200 or 

 more were seen. 



Mimus polyglottos (Linn.). 



Common at all localities visited ; four specimens. 



Toxostoma rufum rufum (Linn.). 



Two specimens, Clarks and Belcher. Rather common at Lecompte. A 

 few observed also at Natchitoches, Mansfield, and Shreveport. 



