.\ o/r.s- nil llif ninl.s. 365 



mad near \\'\n. Kislicr's west of I'illslmr^. .laiMiary ITi. ISS}. In Jamiary, 

 lSS;j, I saw two more near the Allen selmollionse in Carrollton Townsliiii, 

 feoding about a strawstaeU. 'I'lie day lielore. my friend J. V. Trent, while 

 on his way to elnncli. saw o\ei- a liundre(i in a cornfield near Wheeling. 

 Tlie weather was yrvy cold and hail been so lor several days. On February 

 i:;. Iss.-.. I saw three about two miles south of Cauiden, two of which I 

 collected. 'I'he snow was very deep and it had hoen very cold for a month. 

 'I'eu days latei- (February li.'MMi, I saw two (possibly throe), others lu'ar 

 the ("nllom sclioolhouse in Jet'tersou Township. Of these I secured a male 

 and a female. 



l."i."». (".M,(AUHs i..\i'i'<).\u IS i.Ari'o.NK I s (I.inna-us). 



The oidy recoi<ls I ha\(' for this species in Indiana are of a line male 

 taken l>y my friend. Fraid< Hunter, at I'.loomin^ilon. February 10, ISS.'i. and 

 another taken iiy me two days latei'. also m^ar IMoomiugton. The day was 

 cold and st(Uiny. Tliere weri' se\-eral inch(>s of snow covered with a slight 

 crust. In the afterimon I went collectin,^ northwest of Bloouiingtou, and 

 came n])ou a tieck of two or three huudred shore larks feeding in a small 

 m(>adow about a mile from town. Watching the Hock a few ndnntes I could 

 see that besides the shore larks a nmnber of some other species were mixed 

 with them. Among the sevei-al si)ecimens secured was one Lapland Long- 

 si mr. 



1.%. POCKCKTKS Glt.^MINKlS (at.VMlNiaS ((JlUeliu). VKSl'i:it SPAUKOW. ('AO) 



Fairly common summer resident in all the counties where I have made 

 observations. From my I'aiiy boyhood days I was (piite familiar with this 

 bird on the old home farm. In the spring, summer and early fall, as one 

 Itassed along the road, or lhi;>ugh pastures, or in the fields, one or more 

 of the.se plain-colored, alln'it very attractive little sparrows, would be 

 Unshed. tli(> white outer tail feathers showing plainly as they flew, and 

 serving as a mark for ready identilication. Their nests were often found 

 in the meadows, open pastures, and in other grassy places. The species 

 was equally common about Camden and Delphi and all parts of Carroll 

 County : also in Monroe and Vigo counties. 



Carroll County: May 21. 1883. nest with one egg .seen near Burlington. 

 March 30, 1884, and March 31 and April 1. 188"). several noted. 



Vif/o County: Several seen near the Five-mile Pond. April 18. 1888. 



Monroe Count ii: May V.\. 18S2. nest with three eggs near Bloomington. 

 incubation begun. 



137. I'ASSKHCILIS SA.NDWICIIEXSIS SAVANNA (WiLson). 

 SAVANNAH SPARROW. (542a) 



A not very connnon spring and fall migrant in each county. April 12, 

 1S88. noted in Vigo County. April 30. 1884. noted betw(>en Camden and 

 l»eli)hi. Xr>t often ■ (>en iji ^Monroe Comity, but doubtless a common migrant. 



