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Mississippi — Rosedale, October 22. Newfoundland — Tompkins, 

 October 4. Prince Edward Island — North Iliver, September 20. 

 New Brunswick — Scotch Lake, November 10. Quebec — Montreal, 

 October 23. Maine — Pittsfield, October 10. New Hampshire — 

 Exeter, November 13. Vermont — Rutland, November 1, Massa- 

 chusetts — Belmont, November 8. Rhode Island — Charlestown, 

 November 4. Connecticut — Hartford, November 29. New York — 

 New York City, November 30; Cayuga and Oneida Lake basins, 

 November 27 (median of 19 years, October 30). Pennsylvania — 

 State College, November 4, Maryland— Baltimore County, Novem- 

 ber 16; Laurel, November 1 (median of 5 years, October 30). Dis- 

 trict of Columbia — November 22 (average of 7 years, October 30). 



Egg dates. — Illinois: 19 records. May 6 to June 20; 11 records, 

 June 1 to June 10. 



Massachusetts: 30 records, May 9 to July 21; 20 records, May 26 

 to June 8. 



New Brunsmck: 29 records, May 29 to July 30. 



New York: May 5 to June 28 (number of records not stated). 



Nova Scotia: 32 records, May 16 to July 10; 18 records, June 6 to 

 June 16. 



Rhode Island: 7 records, May 22 to June 18. 



PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS OBLITUS Peters and Griscom 



Churchill Savannah Sparrow 

 Contributed by James Baird 



Habits 



P. s. oblitus is a dark-colored interior race that bridges the clinal 

 gap between labradorius and nevadensis. It breeds from northeastern 

 Manitoba, northern Ontario, and northwestern Quebec south to 

 southern Minnesota, southern Michigan, central eastern Ontario and 

 central southern Quebec. 



Nesting. — Godfrey and Wilk (1948) say that oblitus is a common 

 breeder in the meadows and hay fields in the Lake St. John region of 

 Quebec. "In the St. Felicien region, where it was especially common, 

 Wilk estimated a breeding population of thirty-two pairs for the 80 

 acres of hay field near camp. Here a nest on June 16 contained five 

 eggs, and on June 27 three young and two eggs. Flying juvenals 

 were noted first on July 1 . The species became increasingly common 

 in late August and early September." 



Although apparently local in distribution in the southern counties 

 of Michigan, it is an abundant breeding bird in the Upper Peninsula 



