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360. Falco sparverius Linn. — American Sparrow Hawk. On December 24, 

 1900, I shot one in a cottonwood grove. Hardly think it winters 

 here. 



367. Asio accipitriiius (Pall.). — Short-eared Owl. January 1, 1900; Decem- 

 ber 21, 1900. 



373. Mcgascops asio (Linn.). — Screech Owl. One of our common winter 

 birds. 



375. Bubo virginianvs (Gmel.). — Great Horned Owl. January 12, 1902. 



393. Dryobatcs villosus (Linn.). — Hairy Woodpecker. About one to every 

 three of the Downy. It is more numerous here than around 

 Lincoln. 



394c. Dnjobdtcs pubcscens medkinus (Swains.). — Downy Woodpecker. Quite 

 common. 



409. Melaiierpcs caroUnus (Linn.). — Red-bellied Woodpecker. Not common. 

 January 1, 1900; December 25, 1902. 



412a. Colaptcs auratus luteits (Bangs). — Yellow-shafted Flicker. A few 

 stay throughout the winter. 



474&. Otocoris alpestris praticola Hensh. — Prairie Horned Lark. January 

 26, 1900; January 1, 1902; January 23, 1902. 



477. Cjjaiiociita cristata (Linn.). — Blue Jay. Three of these birds have 

 been wintering here this season in a piece of timber a half mile 

 north. Have noticed a few single ones at different times. 



488. Corpus americanus Aud. — Crow. Abundant; seemingly more numerous 

 in winter than at any other time, which is perhaps due to its 

 being more gregarious and more readily seen at that season. On 

 January 25, 1902, on a moonlight night, a friend and myself visited 

 a crow roost five and one-half miles north of Dunbar. A short 

 time after we had entered the grove a sing-le crow some distance 

 ahead of us cawed three or four times. As we approached, he 

 repeated the call. This seemed to be the signal for a general 

 alarm, for although we w-ere more than a hundred yards away, 

 the whole fiock, numbering- several hundreds, rose from the tops 

 of the elm and ash trees, cawing wildly. They circled about in 

 the air at quite a height. We retreated some distance and in 

 twenty minutes they had settled down to their roosts again. 



501&. Sturnella iua<nta ucfjiecta (Aud.). — Western Meadow-lark. December 

 24, 1900; January 12, 1902; January 22, 1902. 



529. Asti'apallnns tristis (Linn.). — American Goldfinch. Seems scarce 

 around here this winter. Saw one flock December 25, 1901. 



536. Calcarius lapponicus (Linn.). — Lapland Longspur. December 25,1901. 



553. Zonotrtchia queniJa (Nutt.). — Harris's Sparrow. These birds were 

 here in large flocks till the first of November when the majority 

 migrated leaving a few which I have noticed several times during 

 the winter in a sheltered patch of hazel brush. 



559. Spizella monticola (Gmel.). — Tree Sparrow. Arrived early in October 

 and have been common since. 



567. J unco Injcmalis (Linn.). — Junco. Have noticed jnncos during every 

 walk in the woods this winter. 



581. Melospiza meJodia (Wils.). — Song Sparrow. A few are wintering here 

 in some brush piles not far from my home. 



593. Cardlvalis cardiiialis (Linn.). — Cardinal. One of our common %\inter 

 birds. 



621. Lauius horealis Vieill. — Northern Shrike. Common. 



