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rice (A. S. Pearce); Omaha (L. Skow) ; Cherry county (J. M. Bates); Wood 

 Kiver (D. H. Talbot); Gage county (F. A. Colby); "common winter resident, 

 Nov. 20 to March 1" (I. S. Trostler); Lincoln, Feb. S, March 2 (D. A. Hag- 

 gard). 



537. Calcarius pictus (Swains.). — Smith's Longspur, 



West Point, Lincoln (L. Bruner); "Probably migratory, passing through 

 the state in April and October" (Taylor); "From the Arctic coast to Hlinois 

 and Texas" (Goss); Lincoln, Oct. 25 (D. A. Haggard). 



538. Calcarius ornatus [Toums.). — Chestnut-collared Long- 



spur. 



West Point, Grand Island, Lincoln (L. Bruner); "Abundant in Nebraska, 

 where it breeds" (?) (Aughey); "Summer resident, common, arrives in May" 

 (Taylor); "A bird of the plains" (Goss); Omaha (L. Skow); Cherry county 

 ( J. M. Bates); Albion, O'Neill, Wood River (D. H. Talbot); a common migrant, 

 March 20 to April 16, Oct. 1 to 15 (L S. Trostler); Lincoln, Oct. 25 (D. A. 

 Haggard). 



539. Rhynehophanes mccownii (Lawr.). — McCown's Long- 



spur. 



West Point (L. Bruner); "A few found in Nebraska" (Aughey); "Summer 

 resident, rare" (Taylor); "South in winter through Kansas" (Goss); Cherry 

 county (J. M. Bates); Wood River (D. H. Talbot); "a not very common mi- 

 grant, March 20 to April 16, Oct. 1 to 15 " (I. S. Trostler); Lincoln, March 11 

 (D. A. Haggard). 



540. Poocaetes gramineus (Gmel.). — Vesper Sparrow; Grass 



Finch. 



West Point, Lincoln, breeds (L. Bruner); "Abundant only in certain locali- 

 ties" (Aughey); "Summer resident, common, probably arrives in April and 

 has been seen as late as September " (Taylor); " Eastern North America to the 

 plains" (Goss); Omaha — breeds (L. Skow); Peru, rare — may breed (G. A. 

 Coleman); Cherry county — breeds (J. M. Bates); several localities in east cen- 

 tral part of state (D. H. Talbot); Omaha, "a not common summer resident, 

 April 20 to Oct. 10" (L S. Trostler); Lincoln, April 12 (D. A. Haggard). 



540«. Poocaetes gramineus confinis Baird. — Western Vesper 

 Sparrow. 



Holt county. Sand Hills (L. Bruner); Cherry county — breeds (J. M. Bates). 



542a. Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna ( Wifs.). — Sa- 

 vanna Sparrow. 



West Point, Omaha, Lincoln (L. Bruner); "Migratory, common, arrives in 

 April, May, and September" (Taylor); " West to the plains " (Goss); Omaha 

 — breeds (L. Skow); Peru, common — may breed (G. A. Coleman); Cherry 

 county — breeds (J. M. Bates); O'Neill, Genoa, Wood River — exceedingly com- 

 mon (D. H. Talbot); "a not common summer resident, arrive early in May — 



