THE IOWA OENITHOLOGIST. 



three m ties ia female garb and two 

 females; Dallas county" (J. Eugene 

 L iw;) "have a male and female taken 

 from a flock of six or eight in Apiil. 

 1891; Mr. E. D. Goss, of New Sbar- 

 ou, Das a specimen taken the year 

 j'revious; these are (he only cases to 

 my kuow]edj.e of its occurrence in 

 MAhnfek'i county," (W. A. Bryan;) 

 "tolerably common transient visitor in 

 Poweshiek county," (Carl Keleey;) 

 "raiber rare in Van Buren county; 

 hive seen them in fljcks of ten or 

 t>velve in winter, at rare intervale," 

 (Wm. Savage;) sweet singers. 



5'i I {lOfK) Loxia cuiwriistra minor, 

 (Jjrehm.) 



AMEA.RIGAN CROSSBILL. 



(lied Crossbill.) 



Sometimes very common in north- 

 ern portions of the state; rare in 

 sou tbern parts ; winter visitant ; flocks ; 

 "at Garner, Hancock county, this 

 species made their appearance in 

 1891, October 8, and remained until 

 November 17, when they disappeared; 

 during that time they were nearly as 

 often seen as the English Sparrow; 

 they fed especially on the sunflower 

 seeds, "(J. Eugene Law:) "large num- 

 bers of this fapecies have been feeding 

 on sunflower seeds in my garden this 

 winter, 1891; Delaware county" (H. 

 B. A.); "not rare in Ute winter; 

 noticed them quite common this 

 spring, 1894, in Story county; W. E. 

 Bryan reports seeing several flocks 

 during late winter and early spring, 

 1893, in Mahaska county," [W. A. 

 Bryan;) "rare transient visitor in 

 Poweshiek county," [Carl Kelsey] 



"daw a flock in Ydn Buren county in 

 winter 1881 ; have not seen an}' since," 

 (Wm. Savage;) peculiar looking birds. 



i>22 — li)S. Loxia Cucoptera, (Ginel) 



WHITE WINGED CROSSBILL. 



Very rare* "I saw one specimen of 

 this species in V^n Buren county, 

 ■with the flock of American Crossbill?, 

 as noted above, but could not secure 

 it," (Wm. Savage.] 



o2S—(207.) Acantliis Linaria, (Linn.) 



REDPOLL; LESSER REDPOLL. 



Occasional winter visitant; flocks; 

 "in Winnebago county; common 

 some winters; rare in others; saw a 

 very large flock of them February 17, 

 1894," [R. M. Anderson;] "have ob- 

 served them in large flocks in Van 

 Buren county; feeding on weed seeds 

 in fields and gardens, but only in ex- 

 treme cold weather; have secured a 

 male and female and portrayed them." 

 [Wm. Savage); "tolerably common 

 winter visitant in Poweshiek county," 

 (Cdrl Kelsey.) 



o2f) - (213.) Spiuus Ti-ifstis, (Linn.) 

 AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. 



Abundant throughout the state 

 every month in the year; "resident in 

 Winnebago county, tut lees common 

 in winter, [R. M. Anderson]" "nests 

 plentifully in Van Buren county; 

 nesting in thistles, stalks of corn and 

 small trees, from four to twenty feet 

 from the ground," (Wm. Savage;") 

 "abundant everywhere, along roads, 

 in gardens and orchards; have taken 



