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from any other place in Iowa. They retained to Ferry, Iowa, March 

 29, and to Denmark, Iowa, April 19. A set of six eggs was taken at 

 Peoria, 111., May 7. 



In the fall of 1885 a Cardinal was taken at Iowa City, Iowa, October 

 29, being the first one captured in that county that was certainly a wild 

 bird. At Saint Louis, Mo., large flocks of these birds were present 

 September 23. They were most numerous October 0, and decreased 

 Cctober20. 



594. Pyrrhuloxia sinuata Bonap. ["^43.] Texas Cardinal. 



The Texas Cardinal is a southern species resident wherever found. 

 In 1881 it was noted at San Antonio and Eagle Pass, Tex., and its range 

 extends thence south and west. It is especially abundant from Eagle 

 Pass southward. At Boerne, Tex., Mr. Brown secured a pair in 1883 — 

 the female February 2, and the male April 5. 



In the spring of 1885 a male was taken at San Angelo, Tex., April 26. 

 This I believe to be its. most northern record. 



Pyrrhuloxia sinuata beckhami Ridgw. [ — .] Arizona Pyrrhuloxia. 



The type of this newly described subspecies was taken at El Paso, 

 Tex., by Lieut. J. G. Parks, U. S. A. (Auk, Vol. IV, ^o. 1, October, 

 1887, p. 347). It has been found also in southern Arizona and New 

 Mexico. 



595. Habia ludoviciana (Linu.). [244.] Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



Breeds from about latitude 37° northward,- tolerably common in 

 Manitoba. The spring migration of this species is evidently carried on 

 in a northeasterly direction. It is found in Mexico and Central America 

 during the winter; but during the summer it is entirely a bird of the 

 eastern province, rarely breeding as far west as eastern Kansas (where 

 it is common during migration). Mr. Eagsdale has never seen it at 

 Gainesville, in north-central Texas, and Professor Nehrling does not 

 mention it in his Birds of Southeastern Texas. 



The southernmost station reporting the Rose-breasted Grosbeak in 

 1881 was Saint Loais, Mo., where the first male was noted April 26, 

 followed two days later by the bulk of the males. April 29 and 30 they 

 appeared in Illinois up to latitude 39° 43', with an accidental one at 

 Wank on, Iowa (lat. 43° 15'); and the first two days of May found 

 them in Illinois north to latitude 40° OS', and to latitude 41° 40', in 

 Iowa. The advance was quite regular over northern Illinois, Wiscon- 

 sin, and Minnesota, bringing the van of males to latitude 44° 22', in 

 Wisconsin, and 44° 32', in Minnesota, May 8. By May 10 they had 

 reached Elk River, Minn. (lat. 45° 25'), and May 28 they were noted 

 at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (lat. 50°), which is nearly as far north 

 as the species occurs. The average of the data received from seven 

 stations indicates that the arrival of the first female was about five 

 days later than that of the first male, while the arrival of the general 

 bulk of the species was about one day later, hi the south the differ. 



