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Rock, May 2. Tennessee — ^Memphis, May 2. Minnesota — near 

 Madison, May 2. Texas — Austin, April 4; Sinton, April 5 (median 

 of 6 years, April 19); Cove, AprU 14. Oklahoma^ — Tulsa, April 11; 

 Custer County, AprU 17. Kansas — Winfield, April 28. Nebraska — 

 Hastings, May 19. Colorado — Denver, May 17. 



Late dates of spring departure are: El Salvador — Chilata, April 27. 

 Veracruz — southern Veracruz, Apirl 6. Campeclie — Ichek, April 22. 

 Florida — Lower Keys, June 13. Alabama — Grove Hill, May 23. 

 Mississippi — Deer Island, May 9. Texas — Central Coast, May 30. 



Early dates of fall arrival are: Ai'izona — Cave Creek Canyon, 

 Chii'icahua Mountains, August 1 1 . New Hampshire — New Hampton, 

 August 21. Maryland — Ocean City, August 31. El Salvador — 

 Divisadero, November 12. 



Late dates of fall departure are: Arizona — Fort Huachuca, Sep- 

 tember 13. New Mexico — MesiUa, September 30. Oklahoma — Fort 

 Sill, September 6. Texas — Cove, October 19; Austin, October 14. 

 Mississippi — Deer Island, November 1. Louisiana — Baton Rouge, 

 October 23. New York — Manhattan, October 19. New Jersey — 

 Island Beach, September 29. Virginia — Blacksburg, September 7. 

 South Carolina — November 5. Georgia — Augusta, October 21. 

 Alabama — Dauphui Island, November 1, October 17. Florida — 

 Fowey Rocks Light, November 20; Leon County, October 31. 



Egg dates. — Florida: 2 records. May 16 and May 27. 



Georgia: 72 records. May 1 to July 26; 36 records. May 18 to 

 May 31. 



PASSERINA CIRIS PALLIDIOR Meatus 



Western Painted Bunting 

 Contributed by Wendell Taber 



Habits 



Mr. Bent stated that this race is larger than its eastern relative. 

 The red under parts of the male are paler vermiUon red, and the female 

 is more grayish green above and more buffy, less yellowish below. 

 These color differentiations may well be associated with the somewhat 

 different type of habitat. Charles H. Blake writes to point out 

 that this race inhabits the drier part of the range of the species. He 

 also quotes R. W. Storer (1951) who says that replaced tail feathers 

 in the male may be of female type and red may occur in the plumage 

 of first year males and also adult females. Blake comments that 

 these phenomena have also been observed in the purple finch and can 

 be expected to be general in species with strong sexual dunorpliism. 



