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 Alleghanian and Carolinian fauna but always as one of the 

 rarest breeders. 



552. Chondestes grammacus grammacus ( Say ) . Lark Sparrow. 

 This handsome sparrow undoubtedly occurs as a 

 rare summer resident in southwestern Pennsylvania, and tho 

 at present I know of no authentic sets of eggs from the 

 state, it is only a matter of time until the nest is discov- 

 ered. Mr. S. N. Rhoads observed a single individual in 

 Payette County in June 1394 (Stone's Birds of Eastern 

 Pennsylvania and New Jersey), and Mr Pitcairn has recorded 

 it several times in the breeding season at Leetsdale, 

 Alleghany County (Auk, Oct. 1908). It should be looked for 

 thruout any of the southwestern counties, tho undoubtedly 

 a very rare breeder there. 



553. Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmel . ) . White-throated Sparrow. 



Formerly this species aas almost unknown as a 

 breeding bird in Pennsylvania, while now it has been dis- 

 covered to be common in at least one locality. On July 4, 

 1893, Mr Stewardson Brown found an individual in fall song 

 near Fobyhanna, Monroe County (Stone's Birds of Eastern 

 Pennsylvania and New Jersey). From that time timtil 1393, 

 it was unrecorded, when Mr. Witmer Stone observed a male in 



