THE IOWA ORNITHOLOGIST. 



nests in August from thistles; Mr. G. 

 K,"' Fox reported to Mahaska Ornitho- 

 logical Club, a nest taken in June, 

 1891,'' [W. A.Bryan]; common sum- 

 mer resident in Lyons county," 

 [Oarleton Pi. BtiU]; I secured a set of 

 four eggs of this species September 

 IG, 1893, nest placed in a thistle and 

 composed of grass, fine rootlets, inter- 

 woven with cobwebs and liiled with 

 thistle down; has a very pleasing 

 song. 



SS3-{212.) Spinus Finns. (Wils.) 

 PINE SISKIN. 



Very rare; migrant; exceedingly 

 rare in Van Buren county; only ob- 

 served it a few times, "[Wm. Savage.] 

 "tolerably common winter visitant in 

 Poweshiek county," [Carl Kelsey.] 



Plectropheuax Invalis, 

 (Linn.) 



534— {2 W.) 



SNOWFLAKE; SNOW BUNTING. 



Not uncommon in northern por- 

 tions of the state, rare in southern 

 parts; winter visitor in flocks; "have 

 seen a few flocks nearly every winter 

 in Lyons county ;it remains from Dec. 

 to March," [Carleton E.BallJ ; "winter 

 visitant in large flocks in Winnebago 

 county," [R. M. Anderson]; this 

 species is rather rare m Jackson coun- 

 ty; the last flock I have seen was in 

 the winter of 1876 and '77, during a 

 severe snow storm," [H. J.Giddings;] 

 "rare winter visitant in Poweshiek 

 county," [Carl Kelsey;" "have only 

 seen two flocks in the past thirty 

 years in Van Buren county," [Wm. 

 Savage]; "not common in Mahaska 

 county; Mr. R. D. Goss reports hav- 



ing seen them in the extreme south- 

 ern portions of the state," [W. A. 

 Bryan.] 



530— {220.) Calcarius Lapponicus, 

 (Lino.) 



LAPLAND LONGSPUB. 



Common: fall and early winter; 

 northern portions of the state; rare in 

 southern parts; "common visitor in 

 fall and winter in IFinnebago county; 

 have taken specimens in October, 

 November and December, earliest 

 dates October 24, 1891, November 5, 

 1892, November 5, 1893; large flocks," 

 [R. M. Anderson; "never met this 

 species in Mah?.ska county until Jan. 

 uary, 1894, then saw a large flock of 

 two hundred or more for several 

 days," [Pr. A. Bryan]; "quite com- 

 mon in Van Buren county; can easily 

 be found in winter and early spring," 

 [Wm. Savage.) 



537-221. Calcarius Pictus, (Swain. 



SMITH'S LONGSPUR. 



This species was not reported by 

 any of the members of the I. 0. A., 

 but Mr. Kelsey reports it as a tolera- 

 bly common winter visitant in Powe- 

 shiek county, "One specimen that 

 was secured near Des Moines on April 

 18, 1885, is now in the Iowa Agricul- 

 tural Museum at Ames, Iowa," [W. 

 A. Bryan.) 



53 S— (222.) Calcarius Ornatus, (Towns 



Chestnut -COLLARED LONGSPUR. 



Mr. Carl Kelsey reports it as a rare 

 winter visitant in Poweshiek county. 

 Not recorded by any of the members 

 of the L 0. A. 



