THE BIRDS OF FLOYD COUNTY, IOWA. 239 
City, on March 22, 1912, and several southeast of Charles 
City on March 28, 1920. September 15, 1916, I saw five of 
these birds near Charles City, and on November 1, 1917, I 
saw two near my home on east Clark Street. 
134. Loxia curvirostra minor (Brehm.) Crossbill. The 
Crossbiil is an irregular and rather uncommon winter visitant, 
and occasionally a summer visitor. Keyes and Williams state: 
“Generally seen from the middle of October to the first week 
in May. At Charles City, during the spring of 1878, it ap- 
_ peared in large numbers, remaining until the end of the 
first week in May. In July of the same year, a flock was also 
noticed in Floyd County.” (Bds. of Ia., 1889, 141.) Eight of 
these birds were seen by Howard Clarke Brown at a farm 
southwest of Charles City on December 30, 1920. 
135. Acanthis linaria linaria (Linn.) Redpoll. An un- 
common and irregular winter visitant, arriving in early No- 
vember. On November 5, 1916, I saw a flock of 7 near St. 
Charles Church, on two days later saw a single individual in 
_ the northern part of Charles City. 
136. Astragalinus tristis tristis (Linn.) Goldfinch. A com- 
mon summer resident; rare or uncommon in winter. The 
spring arrival begins about the middle of March or first of 
April, apparently.in accordance with the temperature. The 
early spring flocks commonly number from 100 to 400 birds; 
on April 30, 1915, I saw, in Wildwood Park, a flock taht 
probably numbered 650 individuals. Nesting begins in 
early July and continues into middle September. About the 
last of September small sized flocks appear. On November 
20, 1916, a flock of some 20 individuals, in summer plumage, 
was seen just north of Willow Pond, Charles City. 
In view of the fact that Keyes and Williams, Anderson and 
others, have reported the species as a “common resident 
throughout the year in all parts of Iowa.” (Anderson, p. 
312), I have carefully gone over my own records and those 
submitted to me. As a result I fail to find any evidence that 
these statements hold good for Floyd County, at least at-the 
present time. Webster classes the species as “uncommon in 
winter, both near Charles City and Rockford.’ The Bird 
Bureau records fail to show it as more than uncommon. My 
