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518. Carpodacus cassini Baird. — Cassin's Purple Finch. 



Sioux county (J. B. White). 



521. Loxia curvirostra minor {Brehm). — American Crossbill. 



West Point, Omaha (L. Bruner); " Entered upon authority of Baird " (Tay- 

 lor); "Chiefly far northward and east of the Great Plains" (Goss) ; Sioux 

 county, Dec. 14, 1895 (L. Bruner); Fairbury (M. L. Eaton); Omaha (L. Skew); 

 Peru, rare migrant (G. A. Coleman); Gage county, (F. A. Colby); "an irregu- 

 lar migrant and winter resident, occurs in vicinity of Omaha from latter part 

 of October to March 1" (I. S. Trostler); Sioux county, Feb. 19 to 27, quite 

 common (W. D. Hunter, L. Skow); Fullerton, Nance county (C. E. Barker). 



521a. Loxia curvirostra stricklandi Ridgw. — Mexican Cross- 

 bill. 



Mr. L. Skow of Omaha reports having taken a number of specimens of what 

 might be this Crossbill. " From eastern Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, etc. — 

 wintering on Agricultural College grounds, Manhattan, Kansas" (Goss). 



522. Loxia leucoptera Gmel. — White-winged Crossbill. 



West Point, Omaha, December, 1887 (L. Bruner); "Entered upon the au- 

 thority of Baird " (Taylor); "South in winter to about latitude 39°" (Goss); 

 Fairbury (M. L. Eaton); "an irregular winter resident, rare, seen in company 

 with the American Crossbill, but only in coldest midwinter " (I. S. Trostler). 



524. Leucosticte tephracotis Swains. — Gray-crowned Leu- 



COSTICTE. 

 "This bird is frequently seen in Nebraska in winter, but rarely in summer " 

 (Aughey); Omaha (L. Skow); Sioux county, Feb. 18, 1896 (L. Bruner and L. 

 Skow'i; "south in winter throughout the entire Rocky mountain region of the 

 United States, but most abundant on the eastern slope " (A. O. U. Check List) ; 

 reported by Elliott W. Brown of Hat Creek, Wyo., as living in the nests of 

 the Cliff or Eave Swallow during very cold winter weather (W. D. Hunter). 



528. Acanthis linaria {Linn.). — Common Redpoll. 



West Point, Lincoln (L. Bruner); "This bird appears irregularly in Ne- 

 braska" (Aughey) ; " Winter resident, rare, has been seen as early as Novem- 

 ber and as late as February (Taylor); "South in winter through the northern 

 to middle United States" (Goss); Omaha (L. Skow); Omaha (F. J. Brezee); 

 "common winter resident and migrant, earliest seen in tall at Omaha, Sept. 

 30 " (I. S. Trostler); Sioux county, December and February, exceedingly com- 

 mon (L. Bruner, D. A. Haggard, F. W. Taylor, W. D. Hunter, L. Skow). 



5286. Acanthis linaria rostrata ( Cowes).— Greater Redpoll. 



"A common winter resident and migrant, a large flock seen near Omaha, 

 Nov. 17, 1895" (L S. Trostler). 



529. Spinus tristis {Linn.). — American Goldfinch. 



Omaha, West Point, Lincoln, Fremont, etc.— breeds (L. Bruner); "Common 

 in northern Nebraska" (Aughey); "Summer resident, common" (Taylor); 



