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vicinity of Charles City in winter of 1878-79" (Keyes and Wil- 

 liams, Bds. of Iowa, p. 43). Hardin — " a rare autumn and 

 spring visitor " (Peck). Jackson — "Dec. i, 1 903 , two males were 

 shot near the mouth of the Maquoketa River and sent to me — 

 my only record " (Giddings). L,inn — "rare winter visitant" 

 (Berry) . Mitchell — ' ' three during winter 1 883-84 " (J . W. Lind- 

 ley, O. & O., 1S83, p. 33); (Cooke, Bird Migr. in Miss. Valley, 

 1884-85, pp. 178-79). Story — "one specimen taken at Ames 

 Dec. 23, 1889" (O-sborn. Cat. Coll. la. Agr. Coll., p. 8). Web- 

 ster — "few; winter" (Somes). 



Genus Carpodacus Kaup. 



226. (517). Carpodacus piirpia-eits {QxnoX.). Purple Finch. 



The Purple Finch is a common migrant in the northern and 

 central portion of the state, and a winter resident in the southern 

 portions of the state. Praeger reports it as a " common winter 

 resident " and Currier as an " abundant winter resident" in Lee; 

 Trostler as an "irregular winter visitant" in Pottawattamie and 

 Mills; Berry as a "common winter visitant" in Linn; William 

 Savage as "rare in winter" in Van Buren (Iowa Orn., i, i, 1894, 

 pp. 1-2); W. G. Savage as a "common winter resident" in Van 

 Buren; Giddings as an "occasional resident in winter" in Jack- 

 son. The Purple Finches usually appear in central Iowa in 

 March and April and leave northern Iowa early in May; reap- 

 pear in fall from September to December. 



The only nesting record for Iowa is that of David L. Savage, 

 who found a nest near Salem, Henry county, June 2, 1892, in an 

 apple tree, eighteen feet from the ground. The Purple Finch is 

 a sweet songster in the spring. In migrating flocks usually not 

 more than one-fourth to one-eighth of the birds show the ro.sy or 

 so-called purple plumage of the adult males, the remainder being 

 dusky streaked females or young males. 



Genus Loxia Linnaeus. 



227. (521). Loxia c2crvirostra viino)^ (Bxehm..). American Cross- 

 bill. 

 The American Crossbill or Common Crossbill is a rather com- 

 mon winter visitant in Iowa but is somewhat erratic in its wan- 

 derings and may be entirely absent from a locality for a number 



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