ANDERSON — THE BIRDS OF IOWA. 4O5 



Family FRINGILLID^. 



Genus Dendroica Gray. 



*3io. (672). Dendroica palmarum {Q,\\\(t\.). Palm Warbler. 



The Palm Warbler or Red-poll Warbler is a common .spring and 

 fall migrant in the eastern and central portions of the state. I 

 have found no recent records from western Iowa, although Audu- 

 bon reports observing the "Yellow Red-poll Warbler" near Coun- 

 cil Bluffs, May 10, 1843 (Journals, i, p. 481). "The only Nebraska 

 record is a .specimen taken at Omaha, May 4, 1893, by ly. Skow" 

 (Rev. Birds Neb., p. 104). 



The Palm W^arbler migrates rather early, usually in the latter 

 part of April or first week of May. It has been taken as early as 

 April 25, 1892, in Johnson county (M. E. Williams) and as late as 

 May ri, 1897, i^i Winnebago county (R. M. Anderson). In Han- 

 cock and Winnebago counties I have found the species abundant 

 at times. The fall migration occurs late in September. The 

 species differs in habits from most of its congeners in frequenting 

 fields, roadsides and low bushes, very rarely being seen in the 

 larger trees. 



ADDENDUM TO HYPOTHETICAL EIST. 



Family FRINGILEID.^. 



Genus Peuc.-EA Audubon. 



25- (575a). Peiiasa <£stivalis bachmanii (Audubon). Bachman 

 Sparrow. 



The Bachman Sparrow or Oak-woods Sparrow is a species of 

 Southern distribution, and although there are no ab.solutely au- 

 thentic Iowa records at hand, it is probable that the .species occa- 

 sionally straggles northward into the state. According to Pro- 

 fes.sor Eynds Jones (Birds of Ohio, 1903, p. 150), it has appeared 

 in Ohio .since 1890, apparently from the southwest. 



Keyes and Williams (Birds of Iowa, 1889, p. 144) enter the spe- 

 cies in their list upon the strength of a .set of five eggs taken near 



♦Omitted from body of work by mist.^ke. Dendroica pahiiannn should follow 1). 2'is- 

 ursi on page 337. 



[Proc. D. a. S., Vol. XI. 1 54 (.March 21, 1907.] 



