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Finch" (Journals, i, 486). John Krider states: " Calamospiza 

 bicolor Bonap.^I shot two specimens in the spring of 1875 in 

 Winnebago county, Iowa" (Fort^^ Years' Notes, p. 49). 



Dr. I. S. Trostler reports the Lark Bunting as a " scarce sum- 

 mer resident " in Pottawattamie county, and G. H. Berry " shot 

 two male birds in 1890 at Hawarden, Sioux county." Dr. G. C. 

 Rich reports that "one male was shot west of Sioux City, in 

 Iowa; June 6, 1897; ^'^o s&^w May 21, 1901. It is rare, but 

 have seen it several times." 



Dr. Hatch (Birds of Minn., 1892, p. 346) gives the .species as 

 reported by Dr. Hvoslef from Fillmore county (near the Iowa 

 line) as late as the 19th of June, also the 12th of May; and Mr. 

 P. Lewis in several places between the last named and Redwood, 

 and supposes the species to breed in southern Minnesota, as the 

 times of its observation included the earliest part of Juh\ 



Family TANAGRID^. Tanagers. 



The Tanagers are a distinctly American family, most abundant 

 in the tropics. They are frugivorous and insectivorous, and usu- 

 ally brilliantly colored. The genus Piranga is distinguished from 

 the Finches by its turgid bill, slightly notched at tip and toothed 

 or lobed near the middle of cutting edge of upper mandible. 



Genus Piranga Vieillot. 



268. (608). Piranga erythroinelas Vieillot. Scarlet Tanager. 

 The Scarlet Tanager, probably the most brilliantly colored bird 



found in the state, is a common summer resident in all wooded 

 portions of Iowa from the first of May until the middle of Sep- 

 tember. The sexes are very unlike, the male bright scarlet with 

 black wings and tail, and the female light olive-green above and 

 greenish yellow below. The Scarlet Tanager nests in open woo'ds, 

 groves and orchards, building a rather flimsy nest upon a hori- 

 zontal limb, from fifteen to forty feet from the ground. The eggs 

 are three or four in number, laid during the early part of June. 

 This species is very often imposed upon by the Cowbird. 



269. (610). Pirayiga rubra (Linn.). Summer Tanager. 



The Summer Tanager differs from the preceding in the rose- 

 red or vermilion tint of its plumage, includmg the wings and tail; 

 the female is brownish-olive above and dull yellow below. It is 



