Vol. XXI, pp. 119-124 April 11, 1908 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON * NOTES ON THE WINTER BIRDS OF NORTHERN LOUISIANA. BY ARTHUR H. HOWELL. During a recent trip in northern Louisiana in the interests of the Biological Survey, about 200 specimens of birds were col-lected, and many notes on their distribution and abundance secured . Upon working over this material several species and subspe-cies not recorded in the most recent State list* were found, and many apparently new facts with regard to the distribution of species were brought to light. It seems desirable, therefore, to publish a list of all the species observed. The localities visited are as follows : Clarks, Caldwell Parish, in the heavily timbered portion of the State, January 6-8, 1908; Alexandria, January 9; Lecompte, 15 miles south of Alexan-dria, January 11-15 and February 10-12; Natchitoches, Jan-uary 16-22; Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, January 23-25; Shreve-port,t January 27-31 ; Belcher, Bossier Parish, February 3-7. The following species and subspecies are here recorded for the first time from Louisiana: Sturnella neglecta. Agelaius phceniceus arctolegus. Cuttirniculus savannarum bimaculatus. Melospiza lincolni. Toxostoma rufum longicaudum. Penthestes carolinensis agilis. Planesticus migratorvus achrustenis. *See " The Avifauna of Louisiana," by Geo. E. Beyer, Proc. Louisiana Soe. of Nat-uralists, 1897-1899 (1900), pp. 75-120. +A11 the records from Shreveportwere made on Mr. Henry Carlton's farm in Bossier Parish about 5 miles east of Shreveport. 16— Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Vol. XXI, 1908. (119)
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