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fall are: Chicago, 111., average date of the last seen, October lo, latest, October 



15, 1903; Toronto, Ont., October 28, 1896 and October 29, 1897; Iowa City, 

 la., October 12, 1894; North Freedom, Wis., October 15, 1904; Delavan, Wis., 

 October 14, 1908; Lincoln, Neb., October 8, 1904; Neosho Falls, Kans., October 

 17, 1881; Scarboro, Me., October 16, 1894; Hamilton, N. Y., October 17, 1900; 

 Cambridge, Mass., October 7, 187 1; Portland, Conn., October 22, 1894; Rocka- 

 way Beach, N. Y., October 5, 1907. The species has been taken as a straggler 

 near San Francisco, Calif., May 6, 1891, and January 31, 1896. 



ACADIAN SHARP-TAILED SPARROW 



The breeding range of this species almost touches the range of the Sharp- 

 tailed Sparrow in southwestern Maine, and extends thence along the coast to 

 Cape Breton Island. Spring migration records are rare: Boston, Mass., May 

 21, 1896 and May 31, 1897, Lubec, Me., May 21, 1903; Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, 

 June 14, 1904. In the South it has been recorded at Amelia Island, Fla., Feb- 

 ruary 24, 1906; Cumberland, Ga., March 7, 1902 and Frogmore, S. C, March 

 19-April 20, 1886. 



The earliest date of fall arrival is September 10, 1905 at Portland, Me., 

 scarcely beyond the breeding range. It was noted at Portland, Conn., October 

 4, 1890; Shelter Island, N. Y., October 7, 1901; Atlantic City, N. J., October 

 2, 1892; Charleston, S. C, October 25, 1889, and Amelia Island, Fla., November 



16, 1905. The latest dates at the breeding grounds are: North River, Prince 

 Edward Island, October 18, 1889; Scarboro Marsh, Me., November 15, 1877; 

 Charleston Beach, R. I., October 15, 1899. 



SEASIDE SPARROW 



The Seaside Sparrow and its several forms breed in the salt marshes from 

 Massachusetts and Texas. They are resident on the Gulf coast and winter 

 regularly north to North Carolina. The following dates of occurrence farther 

 north may represent wintering birds or unusually early migrants: Seaville, N. J., 

 February 22, 1892; Far Rockaway, L. I., February 22, 1884; Lawrenceburg, 

 L. I., March 12, 1888; Barnstable, Mass., February 9, 1898; Monomoy Island, 

 Mass., April 14, 1890. The main body of the migrants reaches New England in 

 early May. 



The last one seen at Newport, R. I,, was October i, 1899; Bridgeport, Conn., 

 September 17, 1904; Flatlands, L. I., September 30. 



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