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that were noted early in spring at Miami, Fla., March :;, 1909, and at Canaveral, 

 Fla., March 4, 1902. As will be seen by the table below, the species, as a whole, 

 is one of the late migrants. 



SPRING MIGRATION 



PLACE 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Amelia Island, Florida 



Savannah, Ga 5 



Charleston, S. C 3 



Southern Louisiana 10 



Biloxi, Miss 2 



Rodne}, ^Sliss 3 



Helena, Ark 14 



Corpus Christi, Texas 



San Antonio, Texas 8 



Kerrville. Texas 5 



Austin, Texas 



Bonham, Texas 5 



Thomas, Okla 



Southern Kansas 3 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



April 15 

 April 20 

 April I 7 

 April 14 

 April 16 

 April 23 



April 17 

 April 27 



April 26 



Mav 2 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



April 16, 1906 

 April 9, 1885 

 April 19, 1909 

 March 23, 189, 

 April 12, 1904 

 April 15, 1888 

 April 10, 1897 

 April 13, 1886 

 April 12, 1889 

 April 25, 

 April 9, 



April 17, I i 

 April 22, 

 April 28, 



1 90 1 

 1894 



1902 

 1902 



FALL MIGRATION 



The average date of the last one seen at Bonham, Texas, is October 7; 

 latest October 12, 1888; New Orleans, La., October 27, 1895; St. Marys, 

 Ga., September 30, 1905, and Fernandina, Fla., October 20, 1906. One struck 

 the Fowey Rocks Light, November 20, 1887, showing how late in the fall 

 the birds continue crossing to Cuba. 



Notes on the Plumage of North American Sparrows 



ELEVENTH PAPER 

 By FRANK M. CHAPMAN 



(See frontispiece) 



Lazuli Bunting {Fasserina amcena, Figs, i, 2). The nestling (juvenal) 

 Lazuli Bunting is grayish brown above, whitish buff-tinged below, with, 

 usually, some obscure streaks in the breast. Apparently all but primaries, 

 secondaries, and tail-feathers are lost at the postjuvenal molt, which brings the 

 bird into first winter plumage. This resembles that of the adult female (Fig. 2), 

 but is wholly without trace of blue, except for the faintest indication on the 

 outer margins of the tail. 



I have seen no specimen in spring molt, but examination of a large series of 

 breeding males reveals none without the blue and white and ochraceous colors 

 of Figure i. In some, however, the primary coverts, inner primaries, and sec- 

 ondaries, resemble those of the first winter plumage. Doubtless, therefore, the 



