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S. Pearse) ; Omaha — breeds (L. Skow); Peru, common — breeds (G. A. Coleman); 

 Cherry county — breeds (J. M. Bates); Genoa, Wood River — abundant (D. H. 

 Talbot); Gage county (F. A. Colby); "an abundant migrant and common resi- 

 dent, breeds April 20 to June '25, — two or three broods— have taken fresh eggs 

 and two-weeks-old young in same nest" (I. S. Trostler); Lincoln (D. A. Hag- 

 gard). 



588. Pipilo maculatus arcticus {Swains.). — Arctic Towhee. 



Sioux county (L. Bruuer); " Baird mentions eighteen specimens collected in 

 western Nebraska, ten in May, four in summer, and three the latter part of 

 September" (Taylor); "East to Kansas, Nebraska, etc. " (Goss); Cherry county 

 — breeds (J. M. Bates); Sioux county— breeding (K. E. Dinges). 



590. Pipilo chlorurus (Towns.). — Green-tailed Towhee. 



"Baird mentions several taken in August in extreme western Nebraska" 

 (Taylor). 



593. Cardinalis cardinalis {Linn.). — Cardinal, Grosbeak. 



West Point, Omaha, Lincoln Eulo, Nebraska City, etc. — breeds (L. Bruner); 

 " Abundant in southern Nebraska, where it breeds" (Aughey); " Kesident, com- 

 mon " (Taylor); ''West to the edge of the Great Plains" (Goss); Beatrice (A. 

 S. Pearse); Fairbury ( M. L. Eaton); Omaha, Kockport — breeds (L. Skow); 

 Peru, common — breeds (G. A. Coleman); Gage county (F. A. Colby); "a not 

 uncommon resident, commonest in winter, breed.? in latter part of May" (1. 

 S. Trostler); Lincoln, March 5, Kulo, April 18 (D. A. Haggard). 



595. Habia ludoviciana {Linn.). — Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



West Point, Omaha, Lincoln, Bellevue, etc., breeds (L. Bruner); "Rather 

 abundant in northern Nebra.ska " (Aughey I; "Summer resident, common, ar- 

 rives in April and May" (Taylor); " West to the edge of the Great Plains" 

 (Goss); Beatrice, De Witt (A. S. Pearse); Beatrice (M. L. Eaton); Omaha — 

 breeds (L. Skow); Peru, common — breeds (G. A. Coleman); Gage county — 

 breeds (F. A. Colby); a common summer resident, arrives April iiO to May 10, 

 "breeds May 25 to June 10, departs for the south during latter September" 

 (I. S. Trostler). 



596. Habia melanocephala {Sioalns.). — Black-headed Gros- 



beak. 



Sioux county (L. Bruner); Lincoln (R. E. Dinges); "I have seen this bird 

 myself only along, the Republican river in southwestern Nebraska" (Aughey); 

 "Summer resident, rare, arrives in May and has been found as late as Septem- 

 ber" (Taylor); "East to middle Nebraska" (Go.ss); Omaha, "a rare strag- 

 gler — one tbund dead under telegraph wire Oct. 26, 1894" (I. S. Trostler). 



597. Guiraca caerulea {Linn.). — Blue Grosbeak. 



Grand Island (Aughey); "Summer resident, rare, has been seen as late as 

 September" (Taylor); "North occasionally to New England and southern Ne- 

 braska" (Goss); Gage county (Fred Wesphal, F. A. Colby); Omaha, "a strag- 

 gler, rare, one seen Oct. 26, 1894 " (L S. Trostler). 



