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ana." A single specimen was taken at Delevan, Wis., October 

 20, 1898, and pronounced typical by Wm. Brewster (Bds. of Wis., 



pp. lOO-l). 



Wm. E. Praeger states: "On the i6th of December, 1892, I shot 

 a specimen of/, hyemalis shufcldti on the Illinois shore just oppo- 

 site this city (Keokuk, Iowa). It was with several Juncos, all, as 

 far as I could tell, of the common variety" (Auk). R. Ridgway 

 refers this record", to /?c;/rc montanus (Bds. N. and Mid. Am., i, p.- 

 291). E. S. Currier reports it from Hancock county. 111. (oppo- 

 site Keokuk), and G. H. Berry reports it as a spring and fall mi- 

 grant in Linn county. Mrs. Mary E. Rann of Manchester writes: 

 "The bird I have called the Pink-sided Junco I have seen with 

 one flock of Juncos several times. Its markings are decidedly 

 pink in the spring, extending from the edge of the wing toward 

 the breast" (Delaware county). 



Genus Melospiza Baird. 



258. (581). Melospiza cinerea vie/odia (WWsow). Song Sparrow. 



The Song Sparrow is a common migrant in all parts of the state, 

 a common summer resident from the south-central part of the 

 state northward, a common winter resident in southeastern Iowa 

 (Eee county), and occasional in winter as far north as Iowa City 

 (Johnson county). In Winnebago county it is an abundant sum- 

 mer resident, nesting through May, June and July, usually on tlie 

 ground in thickets near streams. The bulk of the Song Sparrows 

 arrive from the south in March and depart in October. It is a 

 very'pleasing and melodious songster, at all hours of the day and 

 at any season. 



In 1872, T. M. Trippe recorded the Song Sparrow as abundant 

 in spring and fall in Decatur and Mahaska counties, but not ob- 

 served to breed. They were shy and retiring, in complete con- 

 trast to the habits of the Eastern Song Sparrow (Proc. Bost. Soc, 

 XV, 1872, p. 237). The .species seems to have increased in num- 

 bers and become fnore familiar in its habits since the .settlement 

 of the stale. 



259- (583)- Melospiza lincobii (Aud.). Lincoln Sparrow. 



The Lincoln Sparrow is only found in Iowa as a migrant, ap- 

 pearing from the latter part of April to the middle of May and 



[Proc. U. .\. S. Voi. XI 1 ' 44 [Dec. 12. 1906.] 



