THE IOWA ORNITHOLOGIST. 



in November 1890, and flocks of about 

 twenty on Nov. 15ch and Deo. 6th '91. 

 This year ['92] a flock of about twen- 

 ty-five has been in the vicinity and I 

 have seen the birds almost every day 

 during the last week of January and 

 first of February. 



One thing I noticed in the Crossbill 

 this month which is new to me, I saw 

 a flock feeding on ash seeds, picking 

 them from the ground under a tree. 

 I had supposed their food to consist 

 etitirely of cone seeds. 



To conclude with I will say, the 

 Crossbill is in my estimation a very 

 model of industry and one which I 

 much admire. 



Frank H. Shoemaker, 



Hampton, Iowa. 



From March 1892 "Oologist." 



BIRD HLGUAHi^^ IS THE 

 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 



The following list of Sparrows and 

 TFarblers is q.ioted from Bulleiin No. 

 2 Division of Economic Ornithology 

 entitled "Bird Migration in the Mis- 

 sissippi Valley for 1884-5" and in- 

 cludes only those species reported 

 from Iowa stations, together with 

 such brief notes as were deemed of 

 value to Iowa Ornitholigists. 

 A. O. U. Fringillitlae. 



514:. Coccothraustes Verpertina. 

 EVENING GROSSBEAK. 



Eare winter resident. 

 513. Pinicola enucleator 



PINE GROSBEAK. 



"Reported from Mkcliell county." 

 5 17. Carpodacais purpureus. 

 PURPLE FINCH. 

 521. Loxia curverostra minor, 

 AM. CROSSBILL. 



Winter resident at Coralville. 



5'^2. Loxia leucoptera. 



VVHITE-WINGEU CROSSBILL. 

 52 V. Acanthis linaria. 



COMMON REDPOLL. 

 520. Spinns tristis. 



AM. GOLDFINCH. 

 E. S. Passer domesticus. 



ENGLISH SPARROW. 

 531, Plectrophenax nivali;. . 

 SNOWFLAKE. 

 Winter resident; common. 

 556*. Calcarius lapponicus. 



LAPLAND LONGSPUR. 

 537. Calcarius pictiis. 



SMITH'S LONGSPUR. 

 Winter visitor; uncommon. 

 51J. Poocaetes graniineus. 

 VESPER SPARROW, GRASS FINCH- 



'■A common breeder." 

 512a. Ammodramus sandwic'liensis sa- 

 vanna. 

 SAVANNA SPARROW 

 545. Ammodramus bairdii, 



.BAIRD'S BUNTING. 

 510. Ammodramus savanarum passer- 

 inus. 

 GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. 

 Breeds. 

 517. Ammodramus Henslowii. 

 HENSLOW'S SPARROW. 

 "Found breeding at Grinnell by Lynds 

 Jones." 

 51S. Ammodramus leconteii. 



LE CONTE'S SPARROW. 

 Found at Storm Lake in "first plumage." 



552. Cbondestes grammacus. 



LARK FINCH. 



Common breeder. > 



553. Zonotrichia querula. 



HARRIS'S SPARROW. 



"Common in midiile and western Iowa 

 and straggler at Mitchell" during both 

 migrations. 

 551. Zonotrichia leuoopbrys. 



