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In a recent letter from Henry Williams, of Grafton, Walsh County, he 

 records the taking of a female cardinal, November 4, 192 1, near that city, 

 the "first and only one I ever heard of in the state." I know of no other 

 records. 



244. Zamelodia ludoviciana (Linnseus). Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



CouES, 1878, p. 598; ])rceding in abundance at Pembina; specimens taken June 2 

 to 25, 1873. JuDD, 1917, p. 25 ; tolerably common summer resident in the Turtle 

 Mountains. Freeman, 1919, p. 14; very common summer resident where there are 

 trees, May 12. Schmidt, 1920, p. 321; summer resident. 



Mr. Russell Reid writes tliat he saw one in May, 191 7, but has not 

 seen them in the region of Bismarck since. 



At Turtle Mountains I took an immature male, August 4, 1920. It was 

 seen at Devils Lake on May 20, 192 1, and remained a common summer 

 resident. 



245. Zamelodia mclanoccphala (Swainson). Black-headed Grosbeak. 



Baird, 1858, p. 499; male from Fort Union, June 26, 1843, J. J. Audubon. Allen, 

 1875, p. 59; observed at frequent intervals along the wooded portions of the streams 

 from the Missouri to the Yellowstone. CouF.s, 1897, p. 50; June 21 we shot a black- 

 headed grosbeak at Fort Union. This is the only one noted by Audubon. Ridgway, 

 1901, p. 619; a specimen from Fort Union, North Dakota. Schmidt, 1920, p. 321; 

 summer resident in western North Dakota. 



Mr. Russell Reid writes me that he saw two birds and heard their sing- 

 ing in the Missouri I^iver bottom near Bismarck on May 16, 1920, and 

 observed another bird at the same place June 15, 1920. 



This species seems to be a quite common summer resident in the western 

 part of the state. It occupied the groves of cottonwoods along the Little 

 Missouri near Medora, where I found a nest on June 22). On July 6 I 

 found the species at Williston, on the Missouri River. Mrs. Grant Hayes 

 saw a male at Grafton, January 3, 1922. This is the most eastern record 

 I have for North Dakota, and this bird must be considered a straggler at a 

 most unusual season of the year. 



246. Passerina cyanea (Linnaeus). Indigo Bunting. 



JuDD, 1917, p. 25; rare, seen only occasionally. Freeman, 1919, p. 14; uncommon 

 summer resident. Schmidt, 1920, p. 321; rare summer resident. 



I did not see this species in life, but there was a skin at the Agricultural 

 College Museum, and Professor George Miller, the Curator, told me he had 

 seen birds near Fargo. Mr. Russell Reid writes that he saw one near the 

 Missouri River on June 30, 1921. It doubtless occurs only as a rare strag- 

 gler in the eastern part of North Dakota. 



247. Passerina amoena (Say). Lazuli Bunting. 



Baird, 1858, p. 505 ; male from Fort Union, June 26, 1843, by J. J. Audubon. 

 Allen, 1875, p. 59; quite abundant on the Missouri near Fort Rice, Morton County, 

 and met with occasionally westward. CouES, 1897, pp. 31, 67, 79; Audubon, 1843, 

 says on June 14 he saw lazuli finches at Fort Union, also on June 29 and July 7: 

 p. 4; Audubon records seeing many lazuli finches along the Missouri River in Mor- 



