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Doctor Coues says is the note of this species, but I was not able to find 
the bird. Its range is from New Mexico to British America, and it 
breeds abundantly in Dakota, along the Red River in Minnesota, and 
in Manitoba (particularly on the Alkaline flats along the Assiniboine 
River.—Seton). 
In the spring of 1885 Baird’s Bunting was not recorded from Kansas 
and Nebraska; but Mr. Lloyd found it to be a common winter resident 
at Fort Davis, Tex. It was noted in migration at Grinnell, Iowa, April 
25; Menoken, Dak., May 12, and White Earth, Minn., May 16—at 
which latter place one was caught alive and kept in confinement for 
several days. At Grinnell, Iowa, it occurs in fall as well as spring. — 
546. Ammodramus savannarum passerinus (Wils.). [198.] Grasshopper Sparrow ; 
Yellow-winged Sparrow. 
Uniike most of the true Sparrows this bird does not go far north, 
scarcely reaching our northern boundary, and the great bulk remain 
from Iowa and Illinois southward, though it does breed in southeastern 
Dakota and western Minnesota. It is an abundant summer resident in 
Kansas. Its winter home is in the Southern States, and it has been 
found in winter as far north as southern Dlinois. During the winter 
months it must be a very rare birdin Texas. Mr. Nehrling found a few 
at Houston. Mr. Brown, at Boerne, did not see one until February 14. 
Mr. Lloyd, at San Angelo, Tex., has never seen it in winter, nor has 
Mr. Ragsdale, at Gainesville. It was determined to be a very rare 
and probably accidental wiuter bird at Caddo, Ind. Ter., where, in 
the winter of 1883-81, it was found in company with Lincoln’s Spar- 
row; less than half a dozen individuals were seen previous to March 
15, and by April 1 it was just beginning to be common. None were 
seen at San Angelo, Tex., until April 7, nor in the latitude of Gaines- 
ville until March 31, although in former years Mr. Ragsdale had found 
them March 8 to 10. A single straggler was seen at Manhattan, Kans., 
March 22, but the bulk did not come until May 1. April 30 they were 
seen at Saint Louis, and May 2 brought them to Alda, Nebr. Farther 
north than Alda but one record was made. This was at Chicago, IIL, 
where it was seen May 21. 
In the fall of 1884 the bulk of the Yellow-winged Sparrows left Mount 
Carmel, Mo., September 15, while the last was not seen until October 
12. At San Angelo, Tex., the first migrant appeared September 23. 
In the spring of 1885 the first at San Angelo, Tex., was seen March 
21; at Knoxville, lowa, April 5; Des Moines, Iowa, April 13; Manhat- 
tan, Kans., April 18; Unadilla, Nebr., April 18; Newton, Iowa, April 21; 
Griunell, Iowa, April 22; Saint Louis, Mo., April 27, and Lanesboro, 
Minn., May 2. ' 
In the fall of 1885 the last at Grinnell, Iowa, was seen October 17; 
at Des Moines, Iowa, October 24, and at Saint Louis, Mo,, September 
14, At Gainesville, Tex., the first was seen November 2. 
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