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at Cheyenne ; Jesurun, abundant at Douglas. They arrive quite 

 early from the south, some having been taken as early as April 

 12. National Museum records No. 88054 taken by Shufeldt 

 at Fort Laramie. West has sent in one specimen from Buffalo. 

 There are three skins in the University collection, besides nests 

 and eggs. The number of eggs varies from 6 to 7 in the 

 nests taken. Nests built at the base of bushes, or in thick 

 grass. 



542 a. Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna (Wils.). 

 Savanna Sparrow. 

 Accidental. This has been placed in the Wyoming list 

 upon a single specimen which Dr. Jesurun has taken at Doug- 

 las. I have examined the skin and I am unable to distinguish 

 it from the typical eastern bird. 



542 b. Ammodramus sandwichensis alaudinus (Bonap.). 

 Western Savanna Sparrow. 



Summer resident ; common. They arrive early in April 

 and remain until rather late in the fall. Coues reports sev- 

 eral specimens which must belong to this variety ; Drexel re- 

 ports them common at Fort Bridger, 1858; Williston reports 

 them quite abundant at Lake Como and generallv in open 

 country ; Bond notes that they are very common at Cheyenne ; 

 Jesurun claims them abundant at Douglas. There are two 

 specimens in the University collection that were taken on the 

 Laramie plains and identified by Robert Ridgway. 



552a. Chondestes grammacus strigatus (Swains.). 

 Western Lark Sparrow. 



Summer resident ; common. This variety has been re- 

 ported as follows : Holden, Wyoming ; Coues, Yellowstone 

 park, Bitter Cottonwood creek and other references; Bond, 

 common at Cheyenne ; Jesurun, common at Douglas ; Grinnell, 

 Yellowstone park; National Museum, Fort Laramie by Schu- 

 feldt; Cary, "common breeder at Newcastle. A nest contain- 

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