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seem that they must be the eggs of that bird. And the only question 

 I can see about them is whether they may not be those of Cyanospiza 

 cyanea; but the position of the nest seems to render this improbable. " 



Genus MELOSPIZA Baird. 



[B 363, R 231, C 244, U 581.] 

 Melospiza fas data (Gmel.). Song Sparrow. Migratory; abundant. 

 Resident in small numbers through the summer. 



[B 368, R 234, C 242, U 583.] 

 Melospiza lincolni (And.). Lincoln's Sparrow. Migratory; com- 

 mon from the 20th of April to the middle of May, and from the middle 

 to the last of October. It frequents the underbrush in open woodland, 

 where it is found in scattered flocks, in company with other sparrows. 



[B 369, R 233, C 243, U 584.] 

 Melospiza georgiana (Lath.). Swamp Sparrow. Common spring 

 and fall migrant, arriving about the middle of April, and in the autumn 

 in September. Doubtless breeds in the State, in wet and marshy 

 ground. 



Genus PASSERELLA Swainson. 

 [B 374, R 235, C 282, U 585.] 

 Passerella iliaca (Merr.). Fox Sparrow. Spring and fall migrant; 

 abundant. Arrives the last week in March, and remains about a month; 

 in the fall it is noticed from the first to the last week in October. This 

 species, in size and color, resembles some of our thrushes, and, as its 

 habits and haunts are not unlike those of the Turdidce, it might readily 

 be mistaken, at first sight, for a member of that family. Its arrival is first 

 made known by the appearance of a few individuals in open woodland, 

 but in three or four days it becomes common and wanders about in 

 scattered flocks. 



Genus PIPILO Vieillot. 



[B 391, R 237, C 301, U 587.] 



Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linn.). Towhee. Summer resident; 



common ; arriving the last week in March, and departing in October. 



It frequents the open woodland, where it usually nests on the ground. 



under some bush, but sometimes the nest is placed in a shrub. 



Genus CARDINALIS Bonaparte. 



[B 390, R 242, C 299, U 593.] 



Cardinalis cardinalis (Linn.). Cardinal. Not common. Only 



occasionally seen in central Iowa, but noticed more often in the 



southern portion of the State. It has been taken in the latter part of 



December, at Iowa City. 



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