Vol. XXI, pp. 119-124 April 11, 1908 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 





* 



NOTES ON THE WINTER BIRDS OF NORTHERN 



LOUISIANA. 



BY ARTHUR H. HOWELL. 



During a recent trip in northern Louisiana in the interests of 

 the Biological Survey, about 200 specimens of birds were col- 

 lected, and many notes on their distribution and abundance 

 secured . 



Upon working over this material several species and subspe- 

 cies not recorded in the most recent State list* were found, and 

 many apparently new facts with regard to the distribution of 

 species were brought to light. It seems desirable, therefore, to 

 publish a list of all the species observed. 



The localities visited are as follows : Clarks, Caldwell Parish, 

 in the heavily timbered portion of the State, January 6-8, 1908; 

 Alexandria, January 9; Lecompte, 15 miles south of Alexan- 

 dria, January 11-15 and February 10-12; Natchitoches, Jan- 

 uary 16-22; Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, January 23-25; Shreve- 

 port,t January 27-31 ; Belcher, Bossier Parish, February 3-7. 



The following species and subspecies are here recorded for the 

 first time from Louisiana: 



Sturnella neglecta. 



Agelaius phceniceus arctolegus. 



Cuttirniculus savannarum bimaculatus. 



Melospiza lincolni. 



Toxostoma rufum longicaudum. 



Penthestes carolinensis agilis. 



Planesticus migratorvus achrustenis. 



*See " The Avifauna of Louisiana," by Geo. E. Beyer, Proc. Louisiana Soe. of Nat- 

 uralists, 1897-1899 (1900), pp. 75-120. 



+A11 the records from Shreveportwere made on Mr. Henry Carlton's farm in Bossier 

 Parish about 5 miles east of Shreveport. 



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