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THE BIRDS OF WISCONSIN. 
piles. In some sections much less common than formerly; in 
others becoming more common. 
Pipilo maculatns arcticus (Sw.). ARCTIC TOWHEE. 
A rare straggler. One specimen, an adult male, has been 
shot (by L. K.) in Jefferson County. This specimen was sent 
to Prof. Sundevall, and the record cannot be found at present. 
There was also a specimen— formerly preserved in the old 
Wisconsin Natural History Society collection — which was 
taken near Milwaukee about 1867 or 1808. One was noted by 
Dr. Hoy in a collection of birds at Dubuque, Iowa, which had 
been taken on the Wisconsin side of the river. 
Cardinal** cardinalis (Linn. J. CARDINAL. GROSBEAK. 
Rare. Two specimens were procured at an early day at 
Lake Koshkonong. Dr. P. R. Hoy is authority for the state- 
ment that a few stragglers formerly nested near Racine. 
Regarding the cardinal Mr. Wm. J. Bennetts, of Milwaukee, 
writes us: "On February 26, 1900, Mr. F. Kirchner brought 
me a male he had shot that morning, feeding with the English 
sparrows near some barns just west of the city. It was too 
badly damaged to make a skin, but I still retain the head. The 
same week two birds of this species were mounted by Mr. 
Bauer, a taxidermist on Chestnut street. I am informed these 
were taken near the ice houses on the Milwaukee River." One 
or two other records are supposed to have been of escaped cage 
birds, but it seems probable that all the above were wandering 
wild birds, which extended their range a trifle farther north 
than usual. 
Zamelodia ludoviciana (Linn. J. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 
This beautiful grosbeak is a common summer resident, and 
having adapted itself so well to civilization has become a 
common bird in towns and cities. It seems to have increased 
in numbers greatly in some parts of the state the past few years, 
and its well known propensity for destroying the potato beetle, 
as well as its beautiful plumage and song, should be a guarantee 
for its protection wherever a pair appears. 
Guiraca cserulea (Linn.). BLUE GROSBEAK. 
A rare straggler in Wisconsin. Thure Kumlien captured 
a pair near Lake Koshkonong in June, 1860. It was also taken 
at least once by Dr. Hoy; and there was also a Milwaukee 
specimen, which seems to have entirely disappeared. 
