14 Bird -Lore 



earliest date of striking the lights in the spring is April 3, at least a month after 

 the beginning of northward migration, and the latest date of striking is May 12, — 

 when the earliest migrants alread\' have eggs in their nests. 



HENSLOW'S SPARROW; WESTERN HENSLOW'S SPARROW 

 SPRING MIGRATION 



This species winters in the Gulf States from Texas to Florida, and starts 

 northward early in March; it has been noted at Raleigh, X. C, March 22, 1897, 

 and March 18, 1898; at Washington, D. C, the average recorded date of arrival 

 for nine years is April 18, and the earliest, April 10, 1889; but the birds probably 

 arrive several days earlier than these dates would indicate; earliest at Baltimore, 

 Md., April 8, 1900; Morristown, N. J., April 30, 1890; Bridgeport, Conn., April 

 30, 1903; Taunton, Mass., April 25, 1887; Webster, N. H., April 17, 1874; Bos- 

 cawen, N. H., April 26, 1875; Tilton, N. H., April 17, 1905; Athens, Tenn., March 

 16, 1903; Shannon county, Mo., March 19, 1907; Iberia, Mo., March 7, 1904; 

 St. Louis, Mo., April 17, 1909; Chicago, 111., average for ten years, April, 23, 

 earliest, April 5, 1904; Richmond, Ind., April 21, 1907; Waterloo, Ind., April 

 28, 1903; Ellsworth, O., April 23, 1908 and April 19, 1909; Oberlin, O., April 

 27, 1907; Youngstown, O., April 30, 1907; Detroit Mich., April 30, 1905, and April 

 30, 1908; Grinnell, la., average of five years, April 13, earliest, April 6, 1890; 

 Burlington, Kans., April 27, 1891; Baldwin, Kans., April 18, 1906; Lawrence, 

 Kans., April 19, 1906; Lincoln, Neb., April 22. 1899; Dunbar, Neb., April 30, 

 1904; Larimore, N. D., May 2, 1904, and May 8, 1905; Hallock, Minn., June 6, 

 1898. 



FALL MIGRATION 



The average for four }ears of the last seen at Washington, D. C, is October 

 13; latest, October 21, 1892; Berwyn, Pa., October 23, 1896; Waterloo, Ind., 

 September 27, 1906; Chicago, 111., September 26, 1896; Detroit Mich., October 2, 

 1904 and October i, 1905; Grinnell, la., average of four years, October 11, 

 latest, October 16, 1886; Shelter Island, N. Y., November 20, 1901; the first was 

 seen at Ariel, Miss., October 9, 1897. 



LECONTE'S SPARROW 

 SPRING MIGRATION 



The principal winter home of this species is in Texas, and thence it begins 

 its northward advance in February. The first were seen at Caddo, Okla., Feb- 

 ruary 16, 1884, and two days later they were abundant. The general rate of 

 advance is shown by the following dates of arrival: Lawrence, Kans., March 10, 

 1906 (a few wintered at Independence, Kans., the winter of 1904-5); Dunbar, 

 Neb., April 7, 1906; Harrisburg, N. D., April 23, 1904; Indian Head, Sask., 

 May 13, 1906; Edmonton, Alberta, May 26, 1897; Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, 



