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48. Anothura troglodytes hyemalis. ( Vieill.) Cones. Winter 
Wren.—I am not. quite positive about this species as a winter bird, 
but think that 1 have somewhere a record of its occurrence in Febru¬ 
ary, which I cannot now find. 
49. Quiscalus purpureus seneus. Uidy .—Cpow Blackbird. Occa¬ 
sionally appears in the-,midst of cold winters, seeming much more at 
home than would be expected. (Flock of four, Jan. 13, 1876.) 
50. Pica melanoleuea hudsonica. (Sab). Cones. Magpie. — A single • 
bird of this species was seen by Mr. Nathan Butler of Minneapolis, in 
the southwestern part of Stearns county, about 1858. Other than this, 
I have been able to learn nothing definite in regard to its occurrence, 
although it is a bird not easily mistaken or overlooked; being fifteen to 
twenty inches in length, mainly black with white markings on sides 
below, and with an exceedingly long tail, the feathers of which differ 
much in length. 
51 Gallinago wilsoni. ( Temm.) Bp. — Wilson’s Snipe. Jack Snipe. 
— Individuals sometimes remain about spring, runs until the middle of 
December or even into January the coldest winters. ( Dec. 15, 1875, 
Dec. 15, 1877, Jan. 17, 1879). 
52. Anas boschas. Linn. Mallard Dueic. I have been informed that 
this duck often remains in spring lakes along the Minnesota River, 
and 1 have myself seen it as late as Nov. 28, (1875) after a month of 
severe weather. 
I n addition to the fifty-two species of' birds mentioned above, 
there are several others which it is more than probable are found 
in Minnesota in winter, but as the writer has no knowledge of 
their actual occurrence here, they are not included in the present 
list. Among these are the following three of which have already 
been attributed to the state:—banded three-toed woodpecker, 
Tengmalius owl, red-shouldered hawk, ptarmigan and two or three 
waterfowl that probably occur on Lake Superior.. But even 
though this list be not entirely complete, it may serve, perhaps, to 
convey some idea of the nature of our winter avi-fauna or to fix 
the proper names of a few of the birds around us. 
Thos. S. Roberts. 
Minneapolis, Minn., March, 1881 . 
