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Doctor Ooues 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, alopg the Eed River in Minnesota, and 

 in Manitoba (particularly on the Alkaline flats along the Assiniboine 

 Kiver.— Set on). 



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 G-rinnell, 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 Grinuell, Iowa, it occurs in fall as well as spring. 



546. Ammodramus savannarum passerinus (Wils.\ [198.] Grasshopper Sparrow; 



Yellow-winged Sparrow. 



Unlike 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 Illinois. During the winter 

 months it must be a very rare bird in 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. Bagsdale, at Gainesville. It was determined to be a very rare 

 and probably accidental winter bird at Caddo, Ind. Ter., where, in 

 the winter of 18S3-'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, 111., 

 where it was seen May 21. 



In the fall of 1884 thebulk 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 28. 



In the spring of 1885 the first at San Angelo, Tex., was seen March 

 21 ; at Knoxville, Iowa, 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. 



