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October 18); Sherburne County, November 1 (average of 10 years in 

 northern Minnesota, October 17). Wisconsin — Dunn County, No- 

 vember 19. Iowa — N ewton and Emmetsburg, November 17. Mich- 

 igan — McMillan, October 21. Illinois — Port Byron, October 17. 

 Arkansas — Hot Springs National Park, November 13. 



Egg dates. — Alberta: 2 records, June 15 and June 20. 



Arizona: 2 records, April 22 and April 30. 



California: 100 records, February 11 to July 2; 50 records, Apr. 20 

 to May 30. 



North Dakota: 20 records, May 2 to June 10; 12 records, June 2 

 to June 6. 



Utah: 6 records, April 20 to May 25; 3 records, May 7 to May 17 

 (Harris) . 



STURNELLA NEGLECTA CONFLUENTA Rathbun 



Pacific Western Meadowlark 

 HABITS 



The Pacific western meadowlark was described and named by 

 S. F. Rathbun (1917) from a specimen taken at Seattle, Wash. He 

 gives as its characters: "Similar to Sturnella neglecta neglecta, but 

 the bars on tail and tertials broader and much more confluent; upper 

 parts darker throughout, and their black areas more extensive; 

 yellow of under parts averaging darker; spots and streaks on the sides 

 of breast, body, and flanks larger and more conspicuous." Its range 

 is the Pacific coast region of southwestern British Columbia and 

 northwestern Washington, south to northwestern Oregon and east to 

 the Cascade Mountains. 



I can find nothing recorded on its habits to indicate that they 

 are in any way different from those of the interior race. 



In Washington it is both a migrant and a summer resident, also, 

 especially in southwestern Washington, it is an irregular permanent 

 resident. The breeding season near Seattle and Tacoma extends from 

 April 21 to June 5. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — British Columbia to Oregon, west of the Cascade Moun- 

 tains. 



Breeding range. — The Pacific western meadowlark breeds from 

 southwestern and central British Columbia south through Washing- 

 ton, western Idaho (Payette), and Oregon to southern California, 

 intergrading with the western meadowlark in central Idaho, Death 

 Valley, and San Diego County, California. 



