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City. Anderson (Birds of Iowa, 1907, 257) lists this form as a 
common migrant in all parts of the state and a somewhat less 
common summer resident. He records a male taken at Iowa City, 
November 28, 1905. Bailey (The Raptoral Birds of Iowa, 1918, 
170) indicates that this bird is rarely found in the state during 
the winter and mentions one specimen that was killed at Cedar 
Rapids in, January. 
8. Barn Owl. Aluco pratincola (Bonap.). An adult male 
was taken at Iowa City, November 1, 1919, by W. F. Kubichek. 
9. Screech Owl. Otus a. asio (Linn.). A not uncommon 
winter resident about Iowa City, one individual frequenting a 
hollow maple tree near the writer’s home all during the winter. 
10. Red-bellied Woodpecker. Centurus carolinus (Linn.). 
This form has been noted in unprecedented numbers during the 
past season and several individuals have been seen at local feeding 
stations during the winter. 
11. Northern Flicker. Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs. On 
December 26, one individual was seen in the woods along Iowa 
river a mile south of Iowa City. Although this form has 
been recorded locally a number of times in winter it is not com- 
monly observed at that season. Anderson (l.c.) says that this 
form is but rarely seen in Winnebago county and Spurrell (Wil- 
son Bulletin, XXI, No. 4, 1919, 120) gives it as a rare winter 
resident in Sac county. Stephens (Proceedings Iowa Academy 
Science, XXIV, 1917, 250) says : “This is not a common winter 
species” [in northwestern Iowa]. He records three specimens 
seen in January and four in February. 
12. Clarke’s Nutcracker. Nucifraga Columbiana (Wilson). 
On November 30, 1919, an adult male was taken by A. W. Hemp- 
hill, near Tiffin in Johnson county about eight miles west of Iowa 
City. This is a bird of the western coniferous forest areas of 
North America and, so far as the writer is aware, this is the 
second specimen recorded from the state. The first record of 
the occurrence of this form within our borders was published 
by Prof. C. C. Nutting in 1895 (Proc. la. Acad. Sci., H, 1894, 
44). The single specimen recorded at that time was taken at 
Boone, September, 1894, by C. F. Henning. It is now in the 
collection of the museum of the State University. The specimen 
here recorded is deposited for the present in the University Mu- 
seum. General color almost uniform gray, a little lighter on the 
head and without brownish tinge. 
13. Red-winged Blackbird. Agelaius p. phoeniceus (Linn.). 
