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and feet, for both were considerably swollen and a toe was gone." 

 Griscom and Snyder (1955) cite a winter record for Dec. 6, 1892, at 

 Arlington, Mass. A gxassliopper sparrow banded by Oscar Root at 

 North Andover, Mass., on Nov. 30, 1940, was collected nearby on Jan. 

 19, 1941. Another bird was collected at Rose Blanche, Newfound- 

 land, Nov. 27, 1950 (Peters and Burleigh, 1951a). Easterla (1962) 

 records two, of which one was collected, wintering near Sedalia, Mo., 

 Jan. 14, 1961. 



The Arizona race, ammolegus, winters from northwestern Mexico 

 to Guatemala. The Florida grasshopper sparrow is resident and 

 remains on the breeding grounds all through the year. 



Distribution 



Eastern Grasshopper Sparrow {A. s. pratensis) 



Range. — Great Lakes region and New England to Guatemala, 

 Yucatdn Peninsula, Cuba, and the Bahamas. 



Breeding range. — The eastern grasshopper sparrow breeds from 

 Wisconsin, northern Michigan (Beaver Island, Douglas Lake), south- 

 ern Ontario (Palgrave, Ottawa), southwestern Quebec (Chambly 

 Basin, Charlesbourg), northern Vermont (Swan ton, St. Johnsbury), 

 central New Hampshire (Boscawen), and southern Maine (Berwick) 

 south to eastern Oldahoma, northeastern Texas, Arkansas, central 

 Alabama (Greensboro, Barachias), central Georgia (Marshall ville), 

 central South Carolina (Aiken), central North Carolina (Raleigh), 

 and southeastern Virginia (Buckroe). 



Winter range. — Winters from Arkansas (Fayetteville), Tennessee 

 (Memphis), central Georgia (Athens), northern South Carolina (Green- 

 ville County), eastern North Carolina (Lake Mattamuskeet), coastal 

 Virginia, and coastal Maryland (Ocean City) south to Guatemala 

 (Motagua Valley), Quintana Roo (Cozmnel Island), Isle of Pines, the 

 Bahamas (Bimini to Cay Sal) and Bermuda; occasionally north to 

 Illinois (Champaign), Ohio (Fairfield County), New York (Livingston), 

 Pennsylvania (Wrightstown), and Rhode Island (Portsmouth). 



Casual records. — Casual north to central Ontario (Burks Fall, 

 Lake-of-Two-Rivers), and east to New Brunswick (Grand Manan), 

 Prince Edward Island (St. Peters), and Newfoundland (Rose Blanche) . 



Migration. — The data apply to the species as a whole. Early dates 

 of spring arrival are: Florida — Whitefield, March 17. Alabama — 

 Decatur, April 2. Georgia — Athens, March 16. North Carolina — • 

 Raleigh, March 25 (average of 10 years, April 19). Virginia — Rich- 

 mond, April 10. West Virginia — Wheeling, April 4. District of 

 Columbia, March 30 (average of 34 years, April 21). Maryland — ■ 

 Dorchester County, March 17; Prince Georges County, March 18. 

 Pennsylvania — State College, April 3. New Jersey — West Orange, 



