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Baldwin, November 13 ; Ca3naga and Oneida Lake basins, November 6 

 (median of 13 years, October 9). New Jersey — Island Beach, October 

 22. Pennsylvania — State College and Renova, October 19. Mary- 

 land — Frederick County, November 1 ; Prince Georges County, Octo- 

 ber 17 (median of 16 years, October 8). District of Columbia — Octo- 

 ber 16. WestViginia — Bluefield, October 14. Virginia — Blacksburg, 

 October 18. North Carolina — Raleigh, October 19 (average of 8 

 years, October 7). South Carolina — November 10 (median of 6 years 

 at Charleston, October 20). Georgia — ^Atlanta, November 3; Grady 

 County, October 31. Alabama — Birmingham, November 11: Dau- 

 phin Island, November 8. Florida — northern Florida, November 8; 

 southern peninsula, November 19. 



Egg dates. — Illinois: 38 records, May 25 to August 10; 20 records, 

 May 29 to June 17. 



Maine: 2 records, June 10 to June 12. 



Maryland: 99 records. May 24 to August 16; 50 records, June 3 to 

 June 23. 



Massachusetts: 30 records, June 1 to June 28; 15 records, June 10 

 to June 17. 



Michigan: 9 records for southeastern Michigan, May 27 to August 

 19; 5 records, June 14 to June 30. Fourteen second-brood records for 

 northern Michigan (Charlevoix County), July 2 to August 9; 7 

 records, July 2 to July 1 1 . 



New York: 20 records. May 28 to July 15; 10 records, Jime 5 to 

 June 23. 



Ontario: 25 records. May 27 to July 31; 13 records, June 11 to 

 June 21. 



Rhode Island: 9 records. May 29 to June 17. 



Tennessee : 3 records, June 2 to June 22. 



West Virginia: 20 records. May 12 to June 12; 10 records, May 16 

 to June 1. 



PASSERINA AMOENA (Say) 



Lazuli Bunting 



frontispiece; plate 10 



Contributed by Mary Marilla Erickson 



Habits 



The lazuli bunting is a jewellike species closely related to the eastern 

 indigo bunting, which it replaces in the west and which it resembles in 

 behavior. During the breeding season, it is widely distributed over all 

 the region west of the prairie States from the western parts of the 

 Dakotas to New Mexico and from southern British Columbia south to 



