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years, October 17). North Dakota — Cass County, October 21 

 (average, October 5). South Dakota — Sioux Falls, October 21. 

 Nebraska — Holstein, November 4. Kansas — northeastern Kansas, 

 October 27. Oklahoma — Payne County, November 8. Minnesota — 

 Minneapolis-St. Paul, October 28 (average of 6 years, October 19). 

 Wisconsin — Milwaukee, November 6. Iowa — Sioux City, October 26. 

 Ontario — Toronto, October 11. Michigan — Detroit area, October 27 

 (mean of 10 years, October 12); Battle Creek, October 17. Ohio — 

 Buckeye Lake, November 3 (median of 40 years for central Ohio, 

 October 23). Indiana — Wayne County, October 23 (median of 5 

 years, October 19). Illinois — Chicago, October 28 (average of 16 

 years, October 16). Missouri — St. Louis, November 10 (median of 

 12 years, October 28). Kentucky — Bowling Green, November 26. 

 Tennessee — Nashville, October 29 (median of 10 years, October 11); 

 Knox County, October 23. Arkansas — Little Rock, November 25. 

 Newfoundland — Stephenville Crossing, September 20. New Bruns- 

 wick — Tobique River, September 28. Quebec — Montreal area, Octo- 

 ber 6. Maine — Lake Umbagog, October 16. New Hampshire — New 

 Hampton, October 17 (median of 18 years, October 17). Massachu- 

 setts — Belmont, November 1. Connecticut — East Windsor Hill, 

 October 24. New York — Long Island, December 4. New Jersey — 

 Princeton, October 25; Cape May, October 12. Pennsylvania — State 

 College, October 26; Allegheny County, October 23. Maryland — 

 Baltimore County, October 30; Laurel, October 30 (median of 4, 

 October 12). District of Columbia — October 21 (average of 3 years, 

 October 18). Virginia — Lexington, November 22; Blacksburg, Octo- 

 ber 26. South Carolina — Columbia, November 7. 



Egg dates. — Alaska: 2 records, June 21 and June 27. 



Alberta: 46 records, May 27 to June 28; 27 records, June 6 to 

 June 14. 



Mackenzie: 4 records, June 13 to June 25. 



New Brunswick: 7 records, June 8 to June 15. 



Ontario: 11 records, June 4 to July 11; 6 records, June 9 to June 17. 



Quebec: 30 records, June 3 to June 29; 18 records, June 12 to 

 June 21. 



MELOSPIZA LINCOLNII ALTICOLA (Miller and McCabe) 



Montane Lincoln's Sparrow 

 Contributed by Oliver L. Austin, Jr. 



Habits 



The 1957 A.O.U. Check-List assigns to this race the Lincoln's spar- 

 rows breeding in the mountains from Oregon and Montana southward 



