THE IOWA ORTHOLOGIST. 



rt'JrO — 2:i2.VoYQAetA^ Grauiineus, (Gmel) 

 GRASS PINCH. 



(B.iy-wiaged Bantina:,) 



Comtioa throughout the state, 

 April to O^jtober; "arrived in Jackson 

 county in 189i, March 22; abundant 

 summer resident; nesting on the 

 ground mostly in cornfields; on June 

 10, 1891, I found a nest in a potato 

 p-itch which contained three eggs," 

 (H. J Giddings); "summer resident; 

 not common in ITinnebago county, 

 found one nest June 2, 1894, which 

 contained three eggs," (R. M. Ander- 

 son;) "tolerably common summer 

 resident in Poweshiek county." (Kel- 

 sey;) "common in migrations in Van 

 Buren county," [Wm. Savage,] 

 "breeds common in Lyons county, 

 numbers have increased rapidly in 

 the past few years; arrives in spring 

 about the 12t,h of April," [Carleton R. 

 Ball;J common summer resident in 

 Henry county; eggs four white with 

 specks and blotches of dull brown; 

 nests in May, June and July on the 

 ground, in pasture, meadow or by the 

 roadside; birds not shy. 



OOO -(W2.) Passer Domesticus, (Liun.) 



ENGLISH SPARROW. 



Imported species, introduced into 

 New York in 1850; "has been found 

 in Lyons county for several years, but 

 but in no great numbers; does very 

 litile damage," (Carleton R. Ball;) 

 "abundant pest in Mahaska county; 

 nests, and is a resident," (W. A. 

 Bryan); eats grain, but does no great 

 damage in the state; drives away our 

 native biids; is very filthy about 

 houses; it is reported that thirty 



young may be reared from a single 

 pair in a season; nests about cornices, 

 etc., abant houses, in bird boxes put 

 out for the house wren, and in every 

 other convenient place. 



oJ:2a~(22T.) Ammoflramus Sandwich- 

 eusis Savanna, (Wils.) 



SAVANNAH SPARROW. 



Not uncommon; breeds plentifully 

 in some parts; "common in Van Buren 

 county; nesting on the ground, by a 

 tuft of grass or large weed," (Wm. 

 Savage); "tolerable common summer 

 resident in Poweshiek county," (Carl 

 KelaeyA" "has a very low, insect like 

 song. 



IiJ:i)-{233.) Aniniodniius bairdii. (And.) 



BAIRD'S BUNTING. 



Not reported by any of the members 

 of the I. 0. A.; but Mr. Kelsey reports 

 it as a tolerably common transient 

 visitor in Poweshiek County. 



54:6— {2S4:.) Anunodramus Savannarum 

 Passeri n us , ( Wils . ) 



GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. 



Summer resident in favorite locali- 

 ties; "one male specimen shot in 

 IFinnebago county June 3, 1893, in 

 an old stubble field," (R. M. Ander- 

 son;) "A summer resident in Dallas 

 county," (J. Eugene Law;) "breeds 

 quite plentiful in Buena Vista county: 

 nesting in the dry grass on the prairie; 

 nests often roofed over: eggs three to 

 six," (John V. Crone:) "rare summer 

 resident in Lyons county: one set of 

 five eggs taken June 29, 1891: nest 

 placed under a 'shoe string' or 'lead 

 plant' :" (Amorpha canesceus) on 



