18 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 82. 



of about N. 20° E., wbieli \youia indicate rising temperature, but 

 it turned cold and snowed all day of November 1 and 2. About 

 200 in two flocks went soutbwest on November 5, but it turned 

 warmer on the 6tb. During the following five days flocks of three 

 to fifteen were seen and all flying northwest. Only three individ- 

 uals were found with tlie Horned Larks. 



31. Calcarius lapponicus lappcnicus. — Lapland Longspur. A sin- 

 gle individual was with the Prairie Horned Larks on November 4. 



32. Passer domesticiis. — English Sparrow. An approximate esti- 

 mate of the abundance of the English Sparrow in Lincoln would 

 place the number at 200, or one to each human inhq,bitant. We 

 often mentally calculated the mortality that must attend so many 

 on such a small living area during the rigor of winter, but in early 

 November the birds became restless with a daily increasing fond- 

 ness for flying about in flocks and chirping noisily, and on Novem- 

 ber 8 they arose in one flock and several times circled the village 

 dwellings, making all the noise of which they were capable. We 

 then saw a flock of about one hundred high in the air and ap- 

 proaching from the north. The village sparrows finally dropped 

 to the ground, where they were soon joined by the strangers and 

 all was confusion and excited chatter. We did not see the de- 

 parture, but the next day only forty sparrows could be found. 



33. Pocecetes gramineus grainineus. — Vesper Sparrow. This was 

 the most common species in the mixed flocks of sparrows found 

 in the village during our first week there. We counted twenty-four 

 on October 8, but ten was the daily average. Last seen on the 

 13th in " the settlement," where twenty-five were counted. 



34. Passerculus sandioichensis savanna. — Savannah Sparrow. 

 Two were flus^hed on October 8 and three on the 10th from flocks 

 of Vesper Sparrows on some pasture lands in the village. 



35. Zonotricliia leucophrys leucoplirys. — White-crowned Sparrow. 

 A flock, consisting of one male and two females, was discovered 

 in a small brush pile on a highway in the village on October 7. 



36. Zonotrichia all)icoIlis. — White-throated Sparrow. Four were 

 seen along the margin of Brownlee lake on October 10 and eight 

 the following day in the swamp south of the dwelling section of 

 the village. We expected to find this species rather common. 



37. Spisella monticola monticola. — Tree Sparrow. Thirty were 

 counted on October 25 in the evergreen swamp touching the south- 

 west corner of the village limits. These were the first of the mi- 

 gration and the greatest number seen on any one day, except No- 

 vember 10. The daily average was fourteen. 



38. Spizella passer ina passer ina. — Chipping Sparrow. One was 

 noted on October 10 and a second on the 12th in flocks of Vesper 



