^°190S^^] Woodruff, Birds of Shaiimn and Carter Counties, Mo. 203 



were seen in Shannon Co. every few days from April 3 to May 1 inclusive. 



*60. Loria leucoptera. White-winged Crossbill.^ ^ — On April 18 

 I secured a female White-winged Crossbill that was feeding on the fround 

 in company with two American Crossbills, both females. This is the first 

 one to be recorded from Missouri, and, as a record, is all the more surprising 

 because of having been taken so near the southern border, while it has 

 not yet been recorded from the northern part of the State. 



61. Astragalinus tristis. American Goldfinch. — Goldfinches were 

 fairly common, though varying exceedingly in numbers, throughout my 

 stay in the Ozarks. 



*62. Spinus pinus. Pine Slskin.^ — The first siskins were seen in 

 Shannon Co. on April 28, 29 and 30. Another flock was seen May 13. 

 At Grandin, Carter Co., I found small flocks on May 16, 17 and 21, and on 

 June 4, when in the pine woods near the northern border of the county, 

 a siskin flew by me so close that I could not have been mistaken in my 

 identification. 



63. Passer domesticus. English Sparrow. — Even in the heart of 

 the pine and oak woods, wherever there was a clearing with an occupied 

 log cabin, this omnipresent bird was to be found. 



*64. Fooecetes gramineus. Vesper Sparrow.* — A common tran- 

 sient in meadows in the vaUey bottoms and about Eudy, Shannon Co. 

 The first were seen March 19 and last on April 7. 



*65. Passerculus sandwichensis savanna. Savanna Sparrow.^ — 

 Two were found April 25, and on April 28, May 4 and May 13, I found 

 them common on the meadows about Eudy, Shannon Co, A Savanna 

 Sparrow taken March 22 (the date given by Mr. Widmann,^ March 19, 

 is an error), proved to belong to the following subspecies. 



*66. Passerculus sandwichensis alaudinus. Western Savanna Spar- 

 row." — On ^larch 22 I found a flock of sparrows in a narrow meadow 

 in Spring Valley containing three or four Savanna Sparrows and a number 

 of Vesper Sparrows. One of the former was secured and was identified 

 by Mr. H. C. Oberholser as belonging to this subspecies (No. 1400, J', 

 Coll. of L. B. and E. S. W.). 



Tills specimen is the first recorded from Missouri. 



*67. Coturniculus savannarum passerinus. Grasshopper Sparrow.' 

 — Several were seen and one secured in a narrow meadow in Black Valley, 

 Shannon Co., on March 19. Tliis appears to be the earliest date on record 

 for Missouri. Mr. Widmann states ^ that the first arrive in southern 



1 Widmann, Prelim. Cat. Birds Mo., p. 169. 



2 Auk, Vol. XXIV, p. 349. 



3 Widmann, Prelim. Cat. Birds Mo., p. 171. 

 ^Ibid., p. 175. 



5/6irf., p. 176. 

 fi Ibid., p. 176. 

 ''Ibid., p. 177. 

 s/6id., p. 177. 



