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City, September 20. Arizona — Colorado River, September 26. New 

 Mexico — Mesa Jumanes, September 26. Manitoba — East Kildonan, 

 October 6. North Dakota — Cass County, September 14 (average, 

 September 10). Nebraska — Lincoln, November 4. Oklahoma — 

 Tulsa, November 25. Minnesota — Lakeville, October 13. Iowa — 

 National, October 21. Michigan — Detroit area, October 11. Ohio — 

 Cleveland, November 8; central Ohio, October 13 (average, Septem- 

 ber 15). Illinois — Chicago, November 12. Missouri — St. Louis, 

 October 31 (median of 13 years, September 12). Kentucky — Bards- 

 town, November 7. Tennessee — Nashville, November 4. Arkansas — 

 Delight, December 1. Newfoundland — Rose Blanche, November 27. 

 New Brunswick — Grand Manan, October 1. New Hampshire — 

 Concord, September 5. Vermont — Putney, October 8. Massa- 

 chusetts — Martha's Vineyard, November 1. Rhode Island — Provi- 

 dence, October 20. Connecticut — East Hartford, October 21. New 

 York — Staten Island, October 27; Cayuga and Oneida Lake basins, 

 November 8 (median of 9 years, October 17). New Jersey — Island 

 Beach, November 2 (median of 5 years, October 23) . Pennsylvania — 

 Greensburg, October 31. Maryland — Somerset County, November 

 23; Laurel, October 27. District of Columbia — November 30 (aver- 

 age of 9 years, October 21). West Virginia — Bluefield, October 24. 

 Virginia — Lexington, October 10. North Carolina — Raleigh, No- 

 vember 8. Georgia — Atlanta, November 21. Alabama — Decatur, 

 November 6. Florida — Sombrero Key, December 17. 



Egg dates. — Alabama: May 11 to July 15 (number of records not 

 stated) . 



Georgia: 6 records, May 16 to June 28. 



Illinois: 24 records. May 18 to July 10; 18 records, May 18 to 

 May 31. 



Maryland: 78 records. May 15 to August 19; 39 records, June 6 to 

 July 9. 



Michigan: 4 records. May 28 to July 14. 



Minnesota: 6 records. May 27 to July 26. 



New York: 9 records, May 29 to August 8. 



Ontario: 3 records, May 26 to July 8. 



Pennsylvania: 3 records, June 2 to July 19. 



Western Grasshopper Sparrow (A. s. perpalUdus) 



Range. — Southeastern British Columbia and southern portion of the 

 prairie provinces south through Mexico to El Salvador. 



Breeding range. — The western grasshopper sparrow breeds from 

 northwestern California (Hayfork), southwestern Oregon (Medford), 

 eastern Washington (Toppenish), southeastern British Columbia 

 (Vernon), southern Alberta (Lost River), southern Saskatchewan 



