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weeds where the birds alight, gradually crawling in toward a 
common centre, firing at every specimen that may chance to fall 
within range. The number killed by any one individual is indi- 
cated by notches cut in the outer edge of the bow. The birds 
are secured by a string tied around the waist. 
Chondestes grammaca (Say) Bp. — Lark Finch. 
Like the preceding, this species was found quite abundant 
throughout the whole month. 
Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forst.) Swains. — White-crowned 
Sparrow. 
Several birds were seen which resembled this species in every 
particular, though none were secured. 
Zonotrichia albicollis (Gm.) Bp. — White-throated sparrow. 
A single individual was procured by an Indian boy, who shot 
it near the cornfields east of the village. 
Spizella domestica (Bartr.) Coues. — Chipping Sparrow. 
Not uncommon in the underbrush of the river bottoms. Did 
not observe them after the 20th. 
Spizella pallida (Sw.) Bp. — Clay-colored Sparrow. 
Not of frequent occurrence near the village. Saw more of 
this species farther down the river, below Ft. Stevenson, distant 
about seventeen miles. 
Pipilo maculatus arcticus (Swainson) Coues. — Northern 
Towhee. 
Frequently found in the wooded bottom-land both above and 
below the agency, though the species can by no means be consid- 
ered as common. 
Molothrus ater (Bodd.) Gray. — Cowbird. 
Rather abundant and usually associated with flocks of Xan- 
thocephalus icterocephalus and Agelaeus phoeniceus. All of 
these frequented the fields from which the crops had been 
gathered. 
Xanthocephalus icterocephalus (Bonap.) Bd. — Yellow- 
headed Blackbird. Ho-chi-ha n ' -ka, M. 
Common as the species is, it was represented mainly by young 
birds of this season; but few adult males were noticed with the 
flocks. 
