14. BELTED KINGFISHER (Ceryle alcyon). 



Lanesboro, Fillmore county, "It has frequently 

 remained here through the winter in spite of 

 vigorous and protracted cold and deep snows. 

 Dec. 24 and 26, 1877; Jan. 22 and Feb. 12, 1888; 

 Dec. 5, 16 and 30, 1888; Feb. 1, 1890. Feeding in 

 open holes in Root River in spite of much snow 

 and weather with thermometer down to — 40 de- 

 grees." (Dr. Hvoslef). Owatonna, spent winter 

 of 1900-1901 (H. J. Jager). 



15. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (Mel- 

 anerpes erythrocephalus). Rare in winter. "Shot 

 two in winter of 1887-1888 at Minneapolis" (Cant- 

 well, O. & C, Vol. XIII, Feb., 1888). University 

 cainpus in Feb., 1880 (Herrick). La Crescent, 



'Has been known to stay all winter" (Harrison). 

 Sauk Center, Stearns county, Dec. 10, 1908, one 

 seen flitting from post to post along a fence (H. 

 J. Jager). 



16. NORTHERN FLICKER: GOLDEN- 

 WINGED WOODPECKER (Colaptes auratus 

 luteus). This abundant summer bird is seen very 

 rarely in winter. "One individual seen last win- 

 ter," 1887-1888, at Minneapolis (Cantwell, O. & 

 O., Vol. XIII, Feb., 1888, page 28); Minneapolis, 

 one seen Dec, 1906 (Edwin Brown) ; Otter Tail 

 county, one found frozen to death, Jan. 20, 1912, 

 just after an intensely cold spell (Barker); Fari- 

 bault, Feb. 20, 1912 (Rev. F. L. Palmer). 



17. MAGPIE (Pica pica hudsonia). .\n un- 

 common fall and winter straggler into the west- 

 ern part of the state. There is a specimen in the 

 survey collection obtained frotn Fred Barker of 

 Parker's Prairie, that was taken accidentally in 

 a wolf trap in Effington township, southeastern 

 Otter Tail county, in the latter part of Dec, 1910. 

 A second survey specimen, presented by Mr. J. 

 W. Franzen, was taken near Warroad, Roseau 

 county. During the winters of 1910-1911 and 

 1911-1912 several Magpies were seen about farms 

 along the Snake River in southwestern Marshall 

 county, as many as five at one time at one place, 

 and on a neighboring farm two remained the 

 greater part of the winter of 1910-1911, feeding 

 on the carcass of a dead horse. (O. A. Finseth, 

 of Oslo). Two were seen by Mr. H. J. Jager in 

 Redwood county on Jan. 7, 1914. and one was 

 shot and several others seen in Douglas county 

 (reported by H. J. Jager). 



18. RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD (Agelaius 

 phoeniceus). Single individuals and small flocks 

 of these birds are occasionally encountered dur- 

 ing the winter months in Southern Minnesota. 

 Lanesboro, Jan. 27, 1889, a flock of three in a 

 cornfield with a foot of snow on the ground (Dr. 

 Hvoslef); Heron Lake, Feb, 27, 1898 (Miller): 

 St. Peter, nine on Christmas Day, 1913, (H. J. 

 and L. L. LaDue, Bird-Lore, XVI, Jan. -Feb.. 

 1914, page 47); Red Wing, one seen Dec. 27. 1912, 

 and one had been about for ten days or more 



preceding Jan. 30, 1915, having survived a cold 

 spell when the mercury had more than once 

 reached ■ — 32 degrees (Densmore). 



19. MEADOW LARK (Sturnella neglecta). 



Rare in winter. "On the prairie near I'ekin, Fill- 

 more county, a Sturnella was seen singing on a 

 fence yesterday. Very great masses of snow on 

 the ground everywhere on the most exposed 

 fields, thermometer 7 degrees in the morning" 

 (Dr. Hvoslef, Feb. 27, 1885); Cottonwood county. 

 Dec. 10. 1901, (H. J. Jager). 



20. RUSTY BLACKBIRD: RUSTY 

 GRACKLE (Euphagus carolinus). Aladison, Lac 

 qui Parle county, Jan. 19, 1891, one shot (Lano, O. 

 & O., Vol. XVI, page 198); Heron Lake, fifteen 

 stayed until Jan. 10, 1894 (Miller); New Richland, 

 McLeod county, flock of twenty-five, Dec. 21, 

 1897, (Dr. C. T. Cooke); Lanesboro, Jan. 8, 1898. 

 one (Dr. Hvoslef). 



21. BRONZED GRACKLE: CROW BLACK- 

 BIRD (Quiscalus quiscula aeneus). Infrequent. 

 Minneapolis, Jan. 13. 1876, flock of four (Ro- 

 berts); one shot Dec 3, 1887 (Cantwell); Jack- 

 son county, Dec. 5, 1894, few still present (Pea- 

 body). 



22. GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCH (Leu- 

 costicte tephrocotis tephrocotis). Only one rec- 

 ord for Minnesota. One individual of this west- 

 ern species was shot from a flock of Snow Bunt- 

 ings at Minneapolis on Jan. 3, 1889, by Fred Cook. 

 The specimen is now in the Survey collection. 



23. SONG SPARROW (Melospiza melodia 

 melodia). Lanesboro, Dec. 18, 1888, (Dr. Hvos- 

 lef); Cambridge, Isanti county; Lawrence L. 

 Lofstrom reports seeing one bird of this species 

 at various times from Dec. 8 to Jan. 8, 1913-1914, 

 and three during December and January of 1914- 

 1915. They sought the shelter of thick tamarack 

 swamps and seemed thoroughly out of place (The 

 Auk, Vol. XXXII, Oct., 1915, page 503). 



24. CARDINAL (CardinaUs cardinalis cardi- 

 nalis). Records of the occurrence of this com- 

 mon cage bird are always open to the suspicion 

 that the individuals seen are escaped captives. 

 But as the Cardinal in common with several 

 other southern species seems to be pushing its 

 range northward, a few really wild birds may 

 have established themselves in Southeastern Min- 

 nesota. It is usually resident throughout the year 

 where found. Fillmore county: A beautiful male 

 was seen several times in the vicinity of Lanes- 

 boro during the month of January, 1898, by Dr. 

 J. C. Hvoslef. Martin county: In Bird-Lore for 

 March-April, 1914, (Vol XVI, p. 110), is an enter- 

 taining account of a male Cardinal being seen at 

 various times during December, January and 

 February, 1913-1914, near Fairmont, by Dr. and 

 Mrs. Hagertv and others. In addition to the 



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