LARK SPARROW 901 



southern Minnesota, July 27) . Wisconsin — •Adams County, September 

 IG. Iowa — Sioux City, August 16. Michigan — Plymouth, Sep- 

 tember 20. Ohio — Lucas and Ottawa counties, October 18; central 

 Ohio, September 28 (average, August 30). Indiana — IndianapoUs, 

 November 20. Illinois — -Odin, October 24. Missouri— St. Louis, 

 October 10 (median of 14 years, September 14). Kentucky — Bowling 

 Green, October 18. Tennessee — NashviUe, September 18. Arkan- 

 sas — Garland County, September 29. Mississippi — Bay St. Louis, 

 October 14. Louisiana— Baton Rouge, October 14. New Bruns- 

 ^vick — Grand Manan, October 3. Maine — Kokadjo, October 5. 

 New Hampsliire — Hampton, October 20. Massachusetts— New- 

 ton\411e, November 25. Rhode Island — Block Island, October 5. 

 New York — Miller Place, November 27. Maryland — Worcester 

 County, October 21. Alabama— Foley, November 1. Florida — 

 Arcadia, December 5. 



Egg dates. — Arizona: 9 records, May 17 to June 27. 



CaHfornia: 132 records, April 4 to July 16; 72 records. May 1 to 

 June 1. 



Colorado: 6 records, June 2 to June 30. 



Illinois: 32 records, May 5 to July 4 ; 22 records, May 20 to June 12. 



Oklahoma: 61 records. May 14 to July 20; 42 records, June 1 to 

 June 30. 



Texas: 63 records, April 10 to July 14; 35 records. May 1 to May 23. 



Western Lark Sparrow (C. g. strigatus) 



Range. — British Columbia and southern portions of prairie provinces 

 south to southern Mexico and El Salvador. 



Breeding range. — The western lark sparrow breeds from western 

 Oregon (Corvallis), central interior British Columbia (Savona, Cas- 

 cade), central Idaho (Payette Lake), southeastern Alberta (Medicine 

 Hat), southern Saskatchewan (Cypress Hills, Regina), and southern 

 Manitoba (Treesbank, Winnipeg) south to southern California 

 (Vallecito), central Nevada (Reno), south central Arizona (Quito- 

 baquito eastward), northeastern Sonora, Zacatecas (Cerro Gordo), 

 Coahuila (Sierra del Carmen), southern Texas (RaymondviUe), and 

 east to western Kansas; summer records north to central British 

 Columbia (140 mile on Cariboo Road, Puntchesakut Lake), south 

 central Alberta (Red Deer), and central Manitoba (Lake St. Martin). 



Winter range. — Winters from central and southern CaHfornia 

 (Nicasio, Colfax), southern Arizona (Yuma, Phoenix, Camp Verde), 

 western and southern central Texas, and Louisiana (Cameron, New 

 Orleans) south to southern Baja California (Cape San Lucas), Guerrero 

 (Chilpancingo), Chiapas (San Benito), El Salvador (La Aldea), and 

 Veracruz (El Conejo). 



