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Swamp Sparrow 
( Melospiza georgiana) 
One individual observed April 26, 1919, under the willows just 
north of the president’s house on the campus. Other records for the 
swamp sparrow have been made by other persons at Ames. It is 
known only as a rather rare transient visitor. 
Cardinal 
( Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis) 
The cardinal has now become firmly established at Ames, al- 
though formerly it probably was wanting there. The number, of 
individuals is very small, probably never exceeding a dozen in 
a single season. But the species is always represented in the 
Ames region. Records as follows: 2, May 6, 1917; 1 (heard), 
February 24, 1918; 1 (heard), March 24, 1918; 1, April 18, 1918; 
1, February 11, 1919 (B. R. E.) ; 1 (male), March 9, 1919; 2 . 
(a pair), March 16, 1919; 5, April 20, 1919; 2 (a pair), May 2, 
1919; 1, December 28, 1919; 1, May 8, 1920. 
The cardinal has never become the tame bird at Ames that it 
is in much of its more permanent range. In the southeastern 
part of the country, where the bird is very abundant, individuals 
will come to the front porches and are frequently found at feed- 
ing stations. 
Scarlet Tanager 
( Piranga erythromelas) 
The writer first observed the scarlet tanager at Ames on May 
17, 1919, when a singing male was located in the top of a neigh- 
bor’s tree. The next, and only other record was obtained May 
16, 1920, when a male was observed in tree tops by the bird 
class of the college and the writer along the east bank of Squaw 
creek about a mile north of the college. 
Cliff Swallow 
( Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons) 
Rare at Ames. One seen April 28, 1918, skimming over the 
college lake. One seen May 5 of the same year. This brightly 
marked swallow is easily recognized, if with the fieldglasses it 
can be followed successfully in its flight. 
