168 NATURAL HISTORY MISCELLANY. 
Pewee, I think the latter; and two warblers, which I could not 
recognize, as they were both probably females with no special, 
distinctive marks. 
“ This is the entry, with the portions in parentheses added now. 
The route of the French ships is far to the southward of a the 
other steamers. _You will see from the map that” t we came about 
So you ed ries of the discovery of several new species in the 
north of Fra 
“I told er ‘that I thought there was a ae among the birds that 
came on board ship; such is my recollection. But it is not men- 
tioned in my note, and I think I must have e qe PE +d 
Iowa Birps. — The following species, not catalogued in J. A. 
Allen’s excellent “ Notes on Iowa Birds” (Mem. Bost. Soc. Nat. 
Hist., Vol. 1., Pt. rv.), have been collected by me in Iowa, and are 
mostly preserved in the cabinet of Iowa College, Grinnell. When 
no locality is given, the central adjoining counties of Poweshiek 
and Jasper are to be understood. In two cases of doubt, an in- 
terrogation point is added. The word “ summer” for summer res- 
ident, is used when justified by recorded dates of capture. , 
Turdide :— Hermit Thrush (T. Pallasii Cab.) ; seen but twice. — 
Olive-backed Thrush ( T. Swainsonii Cab.) ; common in a locust — 
nursery last year; wholly absent this year. Ruby-crowned Wren 
(R. callendula Licht.) ; seen as late as May 2d. Troglodytide : 
— Short-billed Marsh Wren (C. stellaris Cab.) ; summer. Sylv 
colide : — Black and White Creeper (M. varia Vieill.). Yelow- 
rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata Gray); common. Chest- | 
nut-sided Warbler (D. Pensylvanica Baird); summer. N ashville | 
Warbler (H. ruficapilla Baird) ; summer. Hirundinide: :— Rough- 
winged Swallow (C. serripennis Bon.) ; summer. Liotrichide:— 
Mocking Bird (M. polyglottus Boie); June 25th, August 4th, 
and October 21st; in both the central counties mentioned ; but no 
song heard. Vireonidæ : — White-eyed Vireo (V. Noveboracensis 
Bon.); June Ist. Yellow-throated Flycatcher (V. flavifrons 
Vieill.) ; summer. Red-eyed Flycatcher (V. olivaceus Vieill. J; 
summer. Fringillidæ :— Harris’s Finch (Z. querula Gamb.) ; t 
twice, the latest May 19th. Black Snow-bird (J. hyemalis Sclat.) ; 
abundant in early spring. Snow-bunting (P. nivalis Mey er); 
Clinton county, and, I think, Poweshiek. Purple Finch (C. pu- 
pureus Gray); Clinton county. Red Crossbill (C. Americana 
