The Migration of North American Sparrows 



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May 22, 1908. To the eastward llie corresixdiding dates are: Fayetteville, Ark., 

 February 28, 1885; Quincy, 111., March 14, 1889; Urbana, 111., March 27, 1904; 

 Russellville, Ky., March 19, 1904; Iowa, average of all the records for the state, 

 April 15, earliest, March 24, 1901, at Keokuk; Chicago, 111., average of four years, 

 April 18. earliest, April 5, 1904; southern Minnesota, average of four years, April 

 26, earliest, April 18, 1894; spring records outside of the usual range of the species 

 have been reported from Raleigh, X. C, April 21, 1894; Ross Lake, O., April 

 5, 1880 and Toronto, Ontario, May 5, 1897. 



The breeding range extends from Minnesota and North Dakota to the Mac- 

 kenzie \'alle}-; south of the summer home, some records of the last seen are: 

 Sapelo Island, Ga., February 2, 1888; Charleston, S. C, February 9, 1888; 

 Lobdell, La., April 25, 1903; Gainesville, Tex., March 5, 1876; Caddo, Okla., 

 March i, 1884; Quincy, 111., Ai)ril 27, 1889; Chicago, 111., May 4, 1907 and May 

 13, 1875; Davenport, la., ^lay 12, 1906; La Crosse, Wis., ]\Iay 13, 1907; Inde- 

 pendence, Kans., April 20, 1906; Onaga, Kans., April 30, 1907. 



The average date of appearance in the fall at Chicago, 111., is September 13, 

 earliest, September 8, 1898; Forest City, la., September 10, 1896; Lawrence, 

 Kans., October 2, 1885 and October 7, 1906; Independence, Mo., October 5, 1901; 

 Gainesville, Tex., October 27, 1884. Afew Leconte's Sparrows wander each fall far 

 to the southeastward to winter in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. They 

 arrive there late; Chester, S. C, Xovember 1 1, 1881, and Rosewood, Fla., Novem- 

 ber 4, 1881, and remain there only until early February. The dates of the last seen 

 in the fall are: Long Coteau River, N. D., September 9, 1873; Aweme, Manitoba, 

 September 13, 1903, and September 18, 1904; Lanesboro, Minn., October 17, 

 1890; North Freedom, Wis., October 8, 1904; Davenport, la., October 14, 1905; 

 Chicago, 111., October 12, 1905; Sugar Creek Prairie, 111., October 28, 1882; 

 Nebraska City, Neb., November 6, 1900; St. Louis, Mo., November 10, 1878, and 

 December 26, 1896; Russellville, Ky., December 28, 1904. Stragglers have been 

 taken at Toronto, Ontario, May 5, 1897; Ithaca, N. Y., October 11, 1897; Brecken- 

 ridge, Colo., October 2, 1886; and Fort Sherman, Idaho, September, 28, 1896. 



