above there are in the Survey Files a number of 

 other more or less well authenticated records dis- 

 tributed throughout almost every month of the 

 year. 



25. CEDAR WAXWING: CEDARBIRD: 

 CHERRYBIRD (Bombycilla cedrorum). Some- 

 times appears in the soutliern part of the state 

 in considerable flocks during February when the 

 season is mild, and a few stragglers may remain 

 through December. In early spring mi.xed flocks 

 of this species and its larger northern congener, 

 the Bohemian Waxwing, may sometimes be seen. 



Fillmore county: Large flocks of Cedarbirds 

 were seen near Lanesboro, Feb. 20-21, 18S9, and 

 Feb. 17, 1897, by Dr. J. C. Hvoslef. A few ap- 

 peared at the same place Feb. 25, 1890. Chas. 

 Phillips reported seeing six at Red Wing on 

 Christmas, 1906; three at Minneapolis on Christ- 

 mas, 1912, and two at Minneapolis, on Christmas, 

 1913. (Bird-Lore. IX. 1907, p. ,11; XV, 1913, p. 42; 

 XVI. 1914. p. 47;. 



26. ROBIN (Planesticus migratorius migrat- 

 orius). There are now nearly two dozen records 

 in the Survey Files of Robins being seen at vari- 

 ous places in Southeastern Minnesota during the 

 winter months. Most of these are of single in- 

 dividuals discovered passing the winter in some 

 sheltered retreat, but in a few instances flocks 

 numbering even as high as fifteen or sixteen birds 

 have been encountered Dr. Hvoslef has reported 

 them eight or nine times during several winters 

 at Lanesboro, Fillmore county. A flock of five 

 was seen by Wm. Kilgore at Prairie Lake, Hen- 

 nepin county, on Jan. 6, 190S. Dan Schmid re- 

 ported a flock of fifteen at Lake Minnetonka on 

 Jan, 1. 1913. and stated that two remained in a 

 grove of red cedars at Lake Minnewashta 

 throughout that winter, the weather being in- 

 tensely cold during late January and February. 

 One remained through the winter of 1903-1904 at 

 Red Wing (Densmore). One at Minneapolis, 

 Jan. 1, 1903, (Dr. Dart). The most northern rec- 

 ord is one seen by O. A. Finseth at Oslo, away 

 up in the Red River Valley, at Christmas time, 

 1912, (Bird-Lore, XV, 1913,' p. 42). 



27. BLUEBIRD (Sialia sialis sialis). Has 

 been reported only two or three times in South- 

 eastern Minnesota as a straggler during tlie very 

 mildest winter weather. Minneapolis, seen dur- 

 ing the holidays, 1888 (Cantwell. O. & O., XIV, 

 1889, p. 110). On Jan. 1, 1889, an exceedingly 

 mild day during a phenomenally mild spell of 

 weather, the writer saw a pair of Bluebirds in 

 company with a flock of Evening Grosbeaks in 

 a yard in the city of Minneapolis. At Faribault 

 on Feb. 27, 1913, a Bluebird, probably an excep- 

 tionally early arrival, was seen by Miss Georgiana 

 P. Palmer. 



SUMMARY 



For ready reference and as an index to the pre- 

 ceding lists, the eighty-five species there considered 

 have been arranged below according to the sequence 



of the Checklist of the American Ornithologists' 

 Union. P. R. means Permanent Resident ; W. V., 

 Winter \'isitant ; H. H., Half Hardy, and Ac, Ac- 

 cidental. 



1. Loon Ac. 



2. Loon, Ked-throated W. V. 



3. Gull, Herring P, R. 



4. Merganser, American P. R. 



5. iVIerganser, Red-breasted P, R. 



6. Merganser, Hooded Ac. 



7. Mallard Ac, 



8. Shoveler Ac. 



9. Golden-eye, .American P. R. 



10, Bufflehead Ac. 



11, Old Squaw W, V, 



12, Scoter, White-winged Ac, 



13, Swan, Whistling Ac. 



1 4, Gallinule, Florida Ac. 



15, Snipe, Wilson's Ac. 



1 6, Bob-white P, R, 



17, Partridge, Canada Spruce P. R, 



18, Grouse, Ruffed P. R. 



19, Grouse. Pinnated, Prairie Chicken P, I^. 



20, Grouse, Prairie Sharp-tailed P. R. 



21, Pheasant, English P, R, 



22, Dove, Mourning Ac, 



23, Hawk, Sharp-shinned Ac, 



24, Goshawk W, V, 



25, Hawk, Red-tailed H, H. 



26, Hawk, Rough-legged W. V. 



27, Eagle, Golden P. R. 



28, Eagle, P>ald Ac. 



29, Gyrfalcon, Gray W. V. 



30, Falcon, Prairie Ac. 



31, Owl, Short-eared P, R. 



32, Owl. Barred P. R. 



33, Owl, Great Gray P, R. 



34, Owl, Richardson's P, R, 



35, Owl, Saw-whet P. R. 



36, Owl, Screech P, R, 



37, Owl. Great Horned P. R. 



38, Owl, Snowy W, V, 



39, Owl. Hawk W. \', 



40, Kingfisher, Belted Ac, 



41, Woodpecker, Hairy P, R, 



42, Woodpecker, Downy P. R, 



43, Woodpecker. Arctic Three-toed P. R, 



44, Woodpecker, American Three-toed P. R, 



45, Woodpecker, Pileated P, R, 



46, Woodpecker, Red-headed Ac, 



47, Woodpecker, Red-bellied P. R, 



48, Flicker, Northern Ac, 



49, Lark, Prairie Horned H, H. 



50, Magpie Ac. 



51, Jay, Blue P. R. 



52, .Tay, Canada P. R, 



53, Raven, Northern P, R, 



54, Crow H, H, 



55, Blackbird, Red-winged Ac, 



56, Meadow Lark, Western Ac. 



57, Blackbird, Rusty Ac. 



58, Grackle, Bronzed Ac. 



59, Grosbeak, Evening W. V. 



60, Grosbeak, Pine W. V. 



61, Finch. Purple H. H. 



62, Sparrow, English P. R. 



63, Crossbill, American P. R. 



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