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ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS LEUCOPHRYS (Forster) : White-crowned Sparrow 



The records obtained for this interesting sparrow were all made 

 in fall. The first seen were two immature females collected October 

 ]0 on the banks of the Ohio River 6 miles west of Burlington. Near 

 Ghent on October 14 an adult female was shot and several others 

 were seen. One was collected 9 miles northeast of Madisonville oil' 

 October 21, and near Canton the birds were common from October 31 

 to November 2, one being taken on the last date mentioned. 



ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS (Gmelin) : White-throated Sparrow 



In spring two males were collected near Brandenburg on April 20 

 and 21, the birds being common at the time. The first in fall was 

 recorded at Mount Vernon on October 2. Specimens were taken at 

 English on October 12, Madisonville on October 20, Canton on Octo- 

 ber 29 and November 2, and Brownsville on November 8. The birds 

 "were abundant at Roundhill on November 9. 



PASSERELLA ILIACA ILIACA (Merrem) : Eastern Fox Sparrow 



Specimens of the fox sparrow were taken at South Carrollton on 

 October 24, Cerulean on November 5, and Roundhill on November 7. 



MELOSPIZA LINCOLNII LINCOLNIl (Audubon): Lincoln's Sparrow 



One was shot 2 miles north of Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, 

 on October 4. 



MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA GEORGIANA (Latham) : Eastern Swamp Sparrow 



In his recent work on the birds of Louisiana Dr. Oberholser ^^ has 

 separated a western race of the swamp sparrow, a proposal that ap- 

 pears to me valid after examination into it. The birds from the 

 eastern part of the range of the species are darker above, with the 

 brown more reddish, and the gray of the sides and hindneck darker. 

 In fall plumage, when the colors are deeper in tone, distinctness in 

 the shade of gray frequently disappears, but the darker color of the 

 upper surface in general serves to separate birds of the east. 



In the material from Kentucky the following are identified as 

 the eastern race: Madisonville, October 24; Brandenburg, April 23; 

 Round Hill, November 7; Burlington, October 7; Berea, October 5; 

 and Mount Vernon, October 5 and 6. 



In view of this recognition of two forms I have examined the 

 specimens secured in West Virginia in 1936 and in Tennessee in 1937 

 with the result that the following records pertain to the eastern 

 bird: 



' Louisiana Dept. Cons. Bull. 28, 1938, p. 675. 



