THK IOWA ORNITHOLOGIST. 



,507 -{26 1.) Junco hyemalis. (Linn.) 



SLATE COLORED JUNCO. 



Very comraoi); migrant in northern 

 portions of the etatf; winter resident 

 in southern parte; flocks; October to 

 April; "oaiwrant in Winnebago 

 C)unty; pleniifnl in March, April and 

 early Mny, aifio in October and 

 November" (R. M. Anderson); quite 

 an abundant winter visitant in 

 Mahaska County; found often in flocks 

 with "Spizella montecola" " (W. A. 

 Bryan); common winter visitor in 

 Poweshiek County" (F. L. Owens); 

 "very abundant in Van Buren County; 

 arrives early in October and departs 

 late in April" i,\\'illiam Savage.) 



r>Sl~{2H). Melospiza fasciata. (Gmel.) 

 SONG SPARROW. 



Q.iite common; breeds from the 

 central portion of the state; "com- 

 mon in Jackson county; nesting in 

 favorite localities, along the water 

 courses; does not winter here, but is 

 one of the first birds to arrive in the 

 Hpriilg, arrived March 9th, 1894." [H. 

 J. Giddings.] "Summer resident in 

 Winnebago county; abundant, arriv- 

 ing early in spring; have found nests 

 in May, June and July," [R. M.s 

 Anderson.] "Quite common in Van 

 Buren county; spring, fall and winter 

 resident;," [William Savage.] "Com- 

 mon winter visitant in Poweshiek 

 county," [Carl Kelsey.] Beautiful 

 singer, a great favorite with all lovers 

 of nature. 



o83—{G42.) Melospiza lincoln. (Aud.) 

 LINCOLN'S SPARROW. 

 Very rare; migrant; "shot one speci- 



men in Winnebago county on Septem- 

 ber 24th, and another on September 

 29Dh, 1892; others noticed in the 

 county," [R. M. Anderson.] "One 

 specimen taken in Marion county on 

 May 12th, 1885, and is now in the 

 Iowa Agricultural Museum at Ames," 

 (W. A. Bryan.) "Njt uncommon in 

 both migrations in Lyons county," 

 (C. R. Ball.) 



5S-i-(24.'i ) Melospiza ,^eorcrina. (Lath.) 



SWAMP SPARROW.;- 



Not rare; probably throughout the 

 state; summer resident; "common in 

 the swamps along the Mississippi 

 River, and I think nests in Jackson 

 county; have never found nests," (H. 

 J. Giddings.) "Tolerably common 

 transient visitor in Poweshiek county," 

 (Carl Kslsey.) "Common in Van 

 Buren county; a few nesting here," 

 (William Savage.) 



5S5-{2S2.) Passerella illaca. (Merr.) 



FOX-COLORED SPARROW. 



Common; throughout the state; 

 migrant; "shot a specimen in Buena 

 Vista county on March 30th, 1891; 

 have since observed them to be com- 

 mon in its spring migration," (Jno. V. 

 Crone.) "A common spring and fall 

 migrant in Winnebago county; earliest 

 date I have seen them in the fall was, 

 September 27th, 1892, earliest late in 

 the spring April Ist, 1893," (R, M. 

 Anderson.) "Common migrant in 

 Jackson county; first seen in 1894 was 

 on March 13th and the last one was 

 on April 16th," (H. J. Giddings.) 

 "Tolerably common transient visitor 

 in Poweshiek county," (Carl Kelsey.) 

 "Common and very early spring 



