24 THOMAS SADLER ROBERTS 



Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus). Two specimens Sur. Coll.: 

 Traverse Co., Sept. 11, 1894, de la Barre (see Auk 26:191) and 

 Lac qui Parle Co., Sept. 24, 1895, Albert Lano. 



Barn Owl (Aluco pratincola). Two Minnesota specimens in Sur. 

 Coll.: Hennepin Co., Aug. 8, 1916, and .Faribault Co., Oct. 9, 

 1917. There are other reliable reports of this southern bird at 

 various places in southern Minnesota. 



Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris). One of these tropi- 

 cal birds strayed far up the Mississippi River to an island nine 

 miles above Red Wing, where it was shot by Walter Ganten- 

 bein of Diamond Bluff, Wisconsin, on Oct. 12, 1913, who 

 mounted it and still retains it in his possession. 



Red-shafted Flicker (C'olaptes cafer collaris). One specimen Sur. 

 Coll.: Big Island, Lake Minnetonka, Hennepin Co., Apr. 21, 

 1911, Dan Schmidt. Also one in Coll. A. D. Brown, Pipestone, 

 Pipestone Co., taken there Apr. 15, 1893. One seen at North- 

 field, Rice Co., Oct. 10, 1916 by H. J. Jaeger. 



Magpie (Pica pica hudsonia). Two Minnesota specimens Sur. Coll. 

 Several others have been reported; all from the western part 

 of the state and in winter. 



Clarke's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana). One specimen Sur. 

 Coll.: Traverse Co., Sept. 12, 1894, de la Barre (two seen); one 

 specimen Coll. Minn. Agri. College, Otter Tail Co., Sept. 8, 

 1894; one specimen Coll. A. D. Brown, Pipestone, Pipestone 

 Co., Sept. 22, 1894. 



House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis). One shot at Minne- 

 apolis, spring of 1876. (See Cantwell, Ornith. and Ool. 15:134.) 



Hepburn's Rosy Finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis littoralis). One speci- 

 men Sur. Coll.: Hennepin Co., Jan. 3, 1889, F. W. Cook. (See 

 Cantwell, Ornith. and Ool. 14:110.) 



Pale Goldfinch, WESTERN GOLDFINCH (Astragalinus tristis pallidus). 

 Ridgway, Bds. N. and M. A. pt. 1:112, 1901; referred to 

 Minnesota with a "?". 



Montana Junco (Junco hyemalis montanus). Two specimens in 

 Sur. Coll.: Minneapolis, Apr. 8, 1876, R. S. Williams; Minne- 

 apolis, Oct. 5, 1877, T. S. Roberts. 



Cardinal, CARDINAL GROSBEAK (Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis). 

 One specimen Sur. Coll.: Minneapolis, Oct. 23, 1875, T. S. 

 Roberts. An increasing number of reliable reports, mostly 

 winter. No breeding records thus far. 



