204 Woodruff, Birds of Shannon and Carter Counties, Mo. [adHI 



Missouri about the middle of April. The day and night preceding (March 

 18) had been exceptionally warm, and on the morning of the 19th I found 

 the woods and valleys full of birds. The Fringillidse were most in evidence 

 and among them several new arrivals (Grasshopper, Henslow, Vesper, 

 Bachman's, and Swamp Sparrows). No more Grasshopper Sparrows 

 were seen till April 14 and 17, on each of which days I saw and secured one 

 specimen. On the 25th of April I found them common in the meadows 

 at Eudy, and they were stiU to be found there May 13. I also found them 

 at Grandin, Carter Co. (June 3), and believe they breed there. 



After comparing the four specimens secured in Missouri with others 

 secured in Connecticut I came to the conclusion that they were "i-ather 

 intermediates, but nearer bimaculatus," and they were thus recorded by 

 Mr. Widmann,' but Mr. H. C. Oberholser has since examined and identi- 

 fied these specimens as the eastern form (C s. passerinus). 



*68. Ammodramus henslowi. Henslow Sparrow. — One was se- 

 cured March 19 (the earliest date on record for Missouri)^ from a flock of 

 several Grasshopper, Vesper and Field Sparrows on the edge of a corn 

 field in Black Valley, Shannon Co. Another was seen May 4 in the Eudy 

 meadows. 



*69. Chondestes grammacus. Lark Sparrow. — E\'idently an uncom- 

 mon bird in this region. One was seen and secured in a freshly plowed 

 field at Eudy, Shannon Co., on May 13, and I found it again at Grandin, 

 Carter Co., on May 16 and 17, one each day. 



*70. Zonotrichia leucophrys. White-crowned Sparrow. — Only met 

 with twice, May 11 and 13; Shannon Co.- 



*71. Zonotrichia albicollis. White-throated Sparrow. — Present 

 on my arrival in Shannon Co., March 10, and common throughout my 

 stay there. At Grandin, Carter Co., the last were seen May 17. 



*72. Spizella socialis. Chipping Sparrow. — Common. First seen 

 March 12, became common March 19, and abundant from April 9 to 20 

 when they were to be found everywhere — in the depths of the pine woods 

 on top of the plateau, and in the open stretches in the valley bottoms. 



*73. Spizella pusilla. Field Sparrow. — Already present on my 

 arrival in Shannon Co., March 10, on which date I saw one. They became 

 common on March 19. A nest and four eggs were found May 21 at Grandin, 

 Carter Co. 



*74. Spizella pusilla arenacea. Western Field Sparrow. — Two 

 of the four specimens of Field Sparrows taken in Shannon Co. proved to 

 be of this form. These two specimens were secured March 13 and 19 

 (No. 1372 and 1392, Coll. of L. B. and E. S. W.), and are the first to be 

 recorded from Missouri.' Mr. H. C. Oberholser has confirmed my identi- 

 fication. 



1 Widmann, Prelim. Cat. Birds Mo., p. 17S. 



2 Ibid., p. 178. 



3 Ibid., p. 187. 



