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Tiffin, Iowa (Anderson). Lee — "I have dates of April 11 and 20, 

 but believe I have seen it at other times" (Praeger); "common 

 migrant" (Currier). Linn — "rare winter visitant; shot one from 

 a mixed flock in December, 1902" (Berry). Pottawattamie-Mills 

 — "common winter visitant" (Trostler). Poweshiek — "tolerablj^ 

 common winter visitant" (Kelsey). Polk — "one specimen se- 

 cured at Des Moines, April 18, 1885, is now in Iowa Agricultural 

 museum, Ames" (W. A. Bryan); another specimen taken at Des 

 Moines, on same date, by Prof. C. C. Nutting, is in the University 

 museum. No. 1473 (Anderson). Scott — "not common migrant in 

 spring, March 30 to April 16; no fall records" (Wilson). 



237- (538)- Calcarius ornatus (Towns.). Chestnut-collared 

 Longspur. 



The Chestnut-collared Longspur is a bird of the western plains, 

 occurring in Iowa rather early as a migrant or winter visitant. 

 The species is not known to breed in Iowa, although in 1896 J. 

 H. Brown and J. Eugene Law found two nests in Jackson county, 

 Minnesota, a short distance north of the Iowa line. 



County records: Howard — "more common than any other 

 species in winter. They are, I believe, the most common bird 

 breeding in South Dakota. Do not breed here" (E- B. Webster, 

 Cresco). Jefferson — "I identified this bird in Jefferson county, 

 Iowa, in 1896" (W. G. Savage). Linn — "Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 

 — Bailey " (Nutting, Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci., 1892, p. 40); " com- 

 mon winter visitant " (Berry). Poweshiek — " rare winter visit- 

 ant " (Kelsey). Pottawattamie — "common migrant" (Trost- 

 ler). Van Buren — " winter resident ; very rare " (W. G. Savage). 

 Winnebago — " shot at Forest City in 1903 " (Halvorsen). 



Genus Rhynchophanes Baird. 

 238. (538). Ryiichophanes mccowjii (Lawr.). McCown Longspur. 

 ' ' The McCown Longspur is a bird of the region of the upper 

 Missouri and its tributaries, north to the Saskatchewan. . . . 

 East probably to Iowa and Mis.souri " (Coues) ; "of casual occur- 

 rence in Illinois" (Chapman, Hd. Bk. Bds. E. N. A., p. 290). 

 "An uncommon migrant .... Omaha," etc. (Rev. Bds. Neb., 

 p. 85). Dr. I. S. Trostler reports it as a "common migrant in 

 Pottawattamie county. I have identified specimens which I shot 

 to be McCown' s." 



