THE IOWA OENOTHOLIGIST, 



high rolling prairie: have seen a few 

 birds in the nesting season every year 

 since then, but have never found an- 

 other nest," (Carleton E. Ball): 

 ' have observed this species fairly 

 common in the fall of the year in 

 Mahaska county," (W. A, Bryan): 

 this sparrow is also called the yellow- 

 winged and cricket sparrow. 



t>sf 7 — {230.) Amn>odramus Henslowii. 

 (Aud ) 



HEN^LOW'S SPARROW. 



Not uncommon in northern portions 

 of the state; summer-resident; rare in 

 southern parts; "tolerably common 

 summer resident in Poweshiek 

 County" (Carl Kelsey) ; "Messrs. Keyes 

 and Williams record it as a comthon 

 summer resident in Iowa. Mr. L. 

 Jones informs me that in Iowa the 

 favorite resort of this Sparrow during 

 the breeding season are neglected fields 

 and pasture lands. Its nest is placed 

 on the ground, sometimes in a slight 

 depression, beneath a tussock of grass ; 

 the composition is of fine and coarse 

 grasses, with a few cow hairs. The 

 eggs, Mr. Jcnes says, are deposited 

 about May 25th." (Davie's "Nest 

 and eggs of North American Birds.") 



Jj4<S — {237.) Ammodrames leconteii. 

 (Aud.) 



Le conte's sparrow. 



"One specimen of this species was 

 taken in Polk County on April 19ih, 

 1886, and is now in the Iowa Agri- 

 cultural Museum at Ames, Iowa." 

 (W. A. Bryan.) 



552 — {281). Chondestes grammacus. 



(Say.) 



LARK SPARROW. 



Abundant; throughout the state; 

 May to October; "summer resident m 

 Winnebago County; very common" 

 (R. M. Anderson); "abundant sum- 

 mer resident in Van Buren County" 

 (William Savage); "arrived in 

 Jac-kson County in 1894, May 2nd; 

 found a nest June 10th, 1894 which 

 contained four eggs and one of the 

 Cow Birds' eggs; nest placed on the 

 ground in potato patch" (Mr. J. Gid- 

 dings); "abundant in Mahaska 

 County" (W. A. Bryan); two broods 

 in a season; nests in May, June and 

 July; eggs four or five, white with 

 irregular lines of black and brown; 

 nests always placed on the ground. 



553~{2S2.)7iorxoiY\<ih\Si guerula. (Nutt.) 

 HARRIS' SPARROW. 



Rare; migrant; more plentiful in 

 the northern portions of the state; 

 "very rare in Van Buren County; 

 captured a male and female in 1892, 

 the first I had seen in the county" 

 (William Savage) ; "tolerably common 

 transient visitor in Poweebiek County" 

 [Carl Kelsey]; "not so rare as a 

 migrant in TFinnebago County; have 

 seen them in September and October 

 quite often; in October I have heard 

 them give a quite loud rather and 

 pleasing song, of a few notes, repeated 

 at short intervals; did not remembeir 

 of seeing any in the spring, but refer- 

 ence to my note book shows this specii&B 

 as seen May 12th, 1894" [R. M. 

 Anderson.] 



