122 Howell — Notes on Winter Birds qf Northern Louisiana. 



Quiscalus quiscula aeneus Ridgway. 



Small (lucks seen at ('larks, January 5 and 6; a few were observed at 

 Belcher, February 5, tl^ inn to roust with other blackbirds. 



Carpodacus purpureus (Gmelin). 



Scarce; a few seen at ('larks, Lecompte, and Shreveport. 



Astragalinus tristls (Linn.). 

 A few at each locality visited. 



Pooecetes gramineus gramineus (Gmelin). 



Common at Natchitoches, January 17-21; not seen elsewhere except a 

 few at Mansfield, January 24. Six specimens from above localities. 



Passerculus sandwichensis savanna (Wilson). 



( lommon at Lecompte in January ; seen in small numbers at Alexandria, 

 Natchitoches, and Shreveport. Fourteen specimens from above localities. 



Coturniculus savannarum bimaculatus (Swainson). 



One taken at Natchitoches, January 21 ; the only one seen. 



Ammodramus Iecontei (And.). 



One taken at Natchitoches, January 17. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forster). 



A small Hock seen at Natchitoches, January 17, and a few at Shreve- 

 port, January 27. One specimen, Natchitoches. 



Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmelin). 



Common at nearly all localities visited. 

 Spizella soci&lis (Wilson). 



A few seen at ('larks, January 7, and a few at Mansfield, January 23. 

 Spizella pusilla pusiila (Wilson). 



Abundant at Natchitoches, January 17-21; fairly common at Mansfield; 

 rare at other localities visited. Seven specimens from various localities. 



Spizella pusilla arenacea Chadboiirne. 



Two specimens: Natchitoches, January 17, and Belcher, February (». 

 Although not included in Mr. Beyer's list, this form had been recorded 

 from Mandeville, Louisiana, by Mr. F. M. Chapman.* 



Junco hyemalis (Linn.). 



A few observed at (larks, Lecompte, and Mansfield. 



Peucaea aestivalis bachmani ( And. ). 



Not observed on the present trip; it was common at Mansfield, how- 

 ever, in late April and early May, 1907. 

 Melospiza melodia (Wilson). 



A few were observed at nearly every locality visited, but they were 

 now here common. 



Melospiza lincolni (And.). 



One taken at Mansfield, January 24. Tins appears to lie the first 

 record of its occurrence in the State. 



*Aul<, VIII, L891, p. 318. 



