124 Howell — Notes on Winter Birds of Northern Louisiana. 



Toxostoma rufum Iongicaudum (Baird).* 



Five specimens (Lecompte, 4; Belcher, 1) have been identified by Mr. 

 Oberholser as this form. 



Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham). 



Fairly common at all localities; 12 specimens. 

 Thryomanes bewicki (And.). 



Observed in small numbers at all localities visited excepting Clarks and 

 Lecompte. Seven specimens: Alexandria, 1; Natchitoches, 2; Mans- 

 field, 1 ; Shreveport, 1 ; Belcher, 2. 



Nannus hyemalis (Vieillot). 



Two specimens, Clarks, January 6, and Lecompte, January 14. One 

 seen at Mansfield. 

 Sitta carolinensis Latham. 



A pair taken at Belcher, February 4. 



Bseolophus bicolor (Linn.). 



Fairly common in all timbered regions; 8 specimens. 



Penthestes carolinensis agilis (Hennett). 



Fairly common at all localities visited ; six specimens from five localities 

 all prove to be of this form. 

 Regulus calendula (Linn.). 



Bather common at all localities visited. 



Hylocichla guttata pallasi (Cabanis). 



Common in all timbered regions; fifteen specimens, from all localities 

 visited except Alexandria. 

 Planesticus migratorius (Linn.). 



Present at all localities visited; very abundant at Natchitoches, January 

 17 and 18. They are attracted by groves of hackberry trees, the fruit of 

 which furnishes their principal food at this season. They become very 

 fat and are much prized for food, many thousands being shot by the local 

 hunters. 



The habit of roosting at night in the canebrakes also leads to their 

 destruction, for they are often sought out by men and boys with lanterns, 

 who knock down and kill hundreds of the birds with clubs. Three speci- 

 mens: Alexandria, Lecompte, and Natchitoches. 

 Planesticus migratorius achrusterus (Batchelder). 



Six of the seven Robins taken at Natchitoches prove to be of this form. 



Sialia sialis (Linn. ). 

 Observed in small numbers at nearly all localities. 



* 11 [arporhynchus] longicauda Baird, Rep. Pacific It. U. Surveys, IX, 1858, p. 353. 



