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 583. Melospiza lincolnii (Aucl.). Lincoln's Sparrow. 



Fringilla lincolnii. Peucea lincolnii. Zoiiotrichia lincolni. 



Geog. Dist. — Central and North America from Panama to the 

 northeastern coast of Labrador and Fort Yukon in Alaska. 

 Breeds from northern Illinois and northern New York northward, 

 and in the higher mountains of the United States south to Mt. 

 Whitney in the Sierra. Winters from our southern states 

 southward to Panama. 



In Missouri a fairly common transient visitant in all parts 

 of the state ; never in flocks, but associated with other sparrows, 

 chiefly Melospizae and Zonotrichiae. Due to its southwest- 

 northeast migration it appears first in the southwestern part, of 

 the state from where it is reported in March (March 7, 1904, 

 Iberia, March 13, 1886, Freistatt) ; the first individuals seem to 

 reach northern Missouri and southern Nebraska earlier than the 

 region of St. Louis, being reported from Mt. Carmel and 

 Keokuk, April 5, and in Nebraska in the second week of April. 

 At St. Louis the Lincoln's Sparrow arrives pretty regularly 

 between the 20th and 25th of April, rarely a few days later. 

 It is most common all over the state from the second to the 

 twelfth of May, and the last are seen soon afterward, varying 

 in different years between the tenth and sixteenth, except in 

 unusually cold springs, when the last remained to May 23, 

 1904, and May 28, 1897. The first reappear in fall early in 

 October (earliest October 5, 1889, Independence) ; at St. Louis 

 about October 7, followed by the bulk a few days later, 

 present generally from the 10th to 15th, and the last are noted 

 near the end of the month, seldom remaining into November 

 (November 4, 1900, Keokuk, Currier). 



*584. Melospiza georgiana (Lath.). Swamp Sparrow. 



Fringilla georgiana. Fringilla palustris. Zonotrichia palustris. Atnm/)- 

 dramus palustris. Melospiza palustris. 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern North America, north to Newfoundland, 

 Labrador and Athabaska; west to about 100 meridian in Ne- 

 braska. Breeds from southern New England, northern Indiana, 

 northern Missouri and eastern Nebraska northward. Winters 

 from southern New England, southern IlHnois, Missouri and 

 Kansas southward to the Gulf. 



In Missouri a common transient visitant, found in varying 

 numbers in all parts, high and low, but most abundantly 



