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An Addition to the Birds of Indiana. 



By Amos W. Butler. 



Harris Sparrow. 



Zonotrichia querula (Nutt). 



A specimen of this western species was taken May 4, 1907, near 

 Sheridan, Hamilton County, Indiana, by Ernest P. Walker. It is an adult 

 male in good plumage and was found along a hedgerow in company with 

 White-crowned Sparrows. The time of capture was about noon. The day 

 was rather cool and the birds were hopping about near the ground. It 

 was not at all wary and was shot at close range. No others of this species 

 were observed. 



Mr. Walker has kindly presented the specimen to the Academy and it 

 has been deposited in my collection as a verification of this record. 



Harris Sparrow is a bird of the middle United States. It ranges 

 from Illinois over the central plains and casually to Oregon. It is re- 

 ported as a rare winter visitor in Illinois and Wisconsin. (Ridgway, 111., 

 Orn., I, pp. 266-7). One was taken near Riverdale, 111., October 6, 1894, 

 by J. O. Dunn (Butler, Birds of Indiana, 1897, p. 1178). 



