:>()4 Proccf'diiif/.s of 1 iidiaiia Academy of Science. 



lingtoii. It was very tame, and, (losii-inj; a specimen, I secured it by tap- 

 ping it with a stick. March IG, I saw what I believed to be a femaie or 

 this species in Camden. It was snowins hard and the bird was flying from 

 tree to tree in a small grove of pines. 



I have no record of its occurrence in T'/r/o County. 



131. ACANTIIIS IJNAKIA LINAItIA (LinnU'US). REDPOLL. (528) 



A rare winter visitor. 



Carroll Conn In: November 5, 1S7S, shot a male in fine plumage as it was 

 flying overhead at the thicket (m ;he hillside at southeast edge of Camden; 

 another seen at Canulcn April 21. 188"). These are the only specimens I 

 ever noted in this county. 



Monroe County: January .">(». iss;;. one seen Hying overhead. 



Vigo County: I have no reccird for this county, but It has been noted 

 there by others. 



132. ASTRAGALINl'S TKISTIS TKISTIS (Linna'US). GOLDFINCH. (529) 



Common summer resident : a few may remain through the winter in 

 favorable seasons. 



Sometimes these l)eautiful and familiar little birds gather up in great 

 flocks. 



Carroll Cownty: Common; October 24, 1878, noted. On December 25, 

 1884, I saw a flock of about 20 in the Deer Creek bottoms just above Cam- 

 den. On April 22. 1885. first noted in summer dress. Noted by Miss Ava 

 Evermann at Burlington September 4 and 10, and October 5 and 14, 1906, 

 and October 28, 1907. Those noted in September were feeding on beet tops 

 and sunflower seeds. That of 4th was still in summer plumage; that of 

 10th was a young bird. Those of October 28 were high up in the tree 

 tops. In April. 1879. I saw a flock of several thousand in the White River 

 bottoms in Bartholomew County, near Columbus. They were all in sum- 

 mer plumage and as they actually filled the tops of the trees and were in 

 full song, a prettier sight could scarcely be imagined. 



Monroe County: Common from Feltruary until late in the fall. May 13, 



1882, several noted. 



Vifjo County: Very common. Fcliruary 22, 1888, several seen. 



133. Spinus pinus (Wilson), pine siskin. (533) 



A rare winter visitant. Common at Bloomington in February and March, 



1883. February 6, 1883, thirty or more seen in Howe's yard ; several col- 

 lected ; seen again February 10. On February 12, 1885, I saw two at Cam- 

 den, the only time I ever noted it in Carroll County. I have no records 

 for Vigo County. 



134. Plectrophknax nivalis nivalis (Linn.eus). snow bunting. (534) 



One of our most erratic and most beautiful winter visitors, coming down 

 from the north usually only in the severest winters. I have seen it only 

 in Carroll Countv. ]Mv first were a male and a female which I shot in the 



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