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gone on, as very few are now seen. Jefferson, 

 Wis. Winter visitant, though chieliy transient. 

 Ofcasionally seen during tlie Winter, Init most of 

 them left during the cold time in January. The 

 first flocks came bade again Marcli 14tli, and the 

 last was seen March 24th. Waukon, la. About 

 si.\ty seen March lltli, and on March25th a tlock of 

 two hundred and fifty or more. Mitchell, la. Lots 

 of them during the Winter. March 2.5th, a flock 

 seen ; probably seventy-five per cent, have gone 

 north. Elk River, Minn. Winter visitant ; Feb- 

 ruary loth, twelve seen in an eight miles tramp. 

 March 13th. Numerous, and collected in large 

 flocks. April 3d. About two hundi-ed seen ; 

 also saw a Sparrow Hawk catch one on the wing. 

 April 12lh. Nearly two hundred; and a few 

 days later all were gone. 



American Goldfinch, {.Ulriiyidiniis tn'x/ix). 

 Anna, 111. I saw them but twice during the 

 Winter. The first time was about the middle, 

 and the second time about the last of December; 

 weather cold, ice two Inches thick ; saw about 

 twenty each time. The plumage was very plain. 

 St. Louis, JIo. A few were seen January 1st, 

 but by February 3d it was too cold for them and 

 tliey almost all left. February 13th. In a nine 

 miles' walk saw only two birds, while in the 

 same place four flocks were seen on January 20th. 

 March IGth. Are beginning to come back, and 

 were found in four places ; a few birds only and in 

 plain dress. A song once heard. On April 1.5th 

 they were .still scarce, and on the 18th single calls 

 were heard in si.\ places. April 20tli. More con- 

 spicuous, .and on the 21st was .seen a flock of 

 about twenty with the males in full Summer 

 dress. On April 29th they had begun to be quite 

 numerous, and liy May 1st were everywhere and 

 could be found in large flocks on high trees over 

 the water. Such companies make so much noise 

 that the song of other birds is drowned. They 

 are much like Blackbirds; all the voices stoji 

 suddenly for a moment. May 11th. Height 

 continues, but by the 15th they had decreased. 

 Manhattan, Kans. Partially resident ; seen Janu- 

 ;iry .5th, and several times during the early part 

 of March. By March 25th they were common. 

 April 7th, two hundred seen in five miles. April 

 14th, many. By April 20th they had reached 

 full Summer numbers. Jacksonville, 111. May 

 7th. First. Liter, 111. In flocks January 20th. 

 None seen from then to May 2d, when flocks re- 

 appeared. Grand View, la. First, May 5tli. 

 C'oralville, la. First, May 22d. Polo, 111. Nu- 

 merous May 15th. Jellerson, Wis. May 10th. 

 First arrived in flocks; thirty to forty birds seen. 

 May 12th. Not quite the bulk. May 14th. Nu- 



merous but not the height; heard almost con- 

 stantly and stdl in flocks. Waukon, la. First, 

 May fiih. Mitclicll, la. Several small flocks 

 seen during the Winter. Hastings, Minn. Fir.st, 

 May 23d. Pine Bend, Minn. First. May 27th. 



Pi.NE Ooi.DFiscu. (Chrt/somitrispiniis). Anna, 

 111. According to Bidgway they are an occasion- 

 al Winter visitant. I saw none last Winter. St. 

 Louis, Mo. One bird seen on J.anuary 18th. 

 Manhattan, Kans. Common Winter visitant. 

 Last Winter they were unusually abundant. Seen 

 through all of December and January. On Mai'ch 

 28th, were still .abundant, a flock of at least five 

 hundred. Another flock of perhaps three hun- 

 dred was seen April 29th, and even as late as 

 May 4th fifty were seen. Jeff'erson, Wis. Win- 

 ter visitant, transient, and possibly Summer so- 

 journer. A small flock remained about the Apple 

 trees in my yanl nearly all Winter; in early 

 Spring they slightly increased, and were very 

 tame, allowing us to pa.ss within five or si.x feet 

 of them. They spent the most of their time on 

 the ground under the Pines. They gradually 

 disappeared and the 'Lost" was set down as April 

 5tli. However, on May 19th. I shot a male of 

 this species, and in the latter part of M.iy small 

 flocks were again seen, and all through llic uionlh 

 of June they were quite co^nmon. 



Gn.\ss Finch. {Poa-cctes (/riimiiwiis). Anna, 

 111. According to Hidgway they are resident 

 here. St. Louis, ^lo. Transient. First, seen fin 

 April 12lh. Manhattan, Kans. April 21st was 

 the first time it was certainly seen. It was un- 

 doubtedly seen earlier but not surely identified. 

 April 20th. Summer residents are here in full 

 numbers. Liter, 111. First, both m.ale and fe- 

 male, April 22d. Grigg.sville, 111. First, April 

 7th. R.acine, Wis. First, April 18th. Jeff'erson, 

 Wis. On April 13th, first saw about forty, all ol 

 which came during the previous night. They 

 are full of song; mating and fighting. April 14th. 

 Only half a dozen seen. Not much change from 

 this date until May 5th, on which day quite an 

 increase was apparent, and on the 6th they were 

 in Summer numbers. They are not vci-y com- 

 mon here. Waukon, la. First, May Gth. 



L.VRK Finch, (Choiidestes rjrnriimica). St. Louis, 

 Mo. First, seen on April 3d, and by the 29lh 

 was one of the prominent songsters by the road- 

 side. Manhattan, Kans. First, April 10th ; (m 

 the 29th was in full Summer numbers. Gl.asgow, 

 Mo. First, April 13th. Polo, 111. Numerous 

 May 4th. Racine, Wis. First, April 13th. Jef- 

 ferson, Wis. First, saw two pairs April 27th. 

 May 12th. They are quite scarce, having been 

 seen only si.x or eight times this Spring. 

 Field Sparkow, (Spizella pvsilla.) Anna, 111, 



