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567.1. JuNCO MONT ANUS Ridgway. Montana Junco. 



Geog. Dist. — Breeds from northwestern Montana and northern 

 Idaho to Northwest Territory and Alberta, In winter to Arizona 

 and northern Mexico, western and middle Texas, etc. In mi- 

 gration east to Mississippi Valley; casually to Massachusetts, 

 Maryland etc. 



The Juncos collected by Mr. E. Seymour Woodruff in Carter 

 and Shannon Counties in March and April 1907, Dr. Dwight 

 divided into three races : hyemalis hyemalis, hyemalis connectens, 

 and montanus. The typical hyemalis he also found to differ 

 somewhat from eastern birds, resembling those which breed in 

 the western part of their range, i. e., Alaska. 



*575a. Peucea aestivalis bachmanii (Aud.). Bachman's 

 Sparrow. 



FringUla bachmanii. Peucea bachmanii. Peucea aestivalis. Peucea illi- 

 noensis. Peucea aestivalis Ulinoiensis. AimophUa aestivalis bachmanii. 

 Oakwood Sparrow. 



Geog. Dist. — From South Carolina and northern Georgia and 

 the Gulf coast west of Florida north to southern Virginia, Mary- 

 land, southern Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and southeastern Iowa; 

 west to western Missouri and middle Texas. In winter to 

 Florida. 



In Missouri a rare summer resident, reported first by Mr. H. 

 Nehrling from Pierce City, Lawrence Co., in 1884, as notcommon, 

 and by Mr. 0. C. Poling from the Mississippi bottom in Marion 

 Co., Mo., where from about May 1 to 5, 1889, he observed two 

 in a clearing among scrub oak and brush. Early in May 1887 

 the same gentleman collected three specimens in an old apple 

 orchard at Quincy, 111. Mr. W. G. Savage reported their occur- 

 rence at Monteer, Shannon Co., in 1906, and Mr. E. S. Woodruff 

 verified this report by taking specimens at Ink, Shannon Co. on 

 March 19, March 31 and April 5, and writes. May 5, 1907: 

 ''These are very common birds here and breeding." On May 

 17, 1907, he saw one and heard the song of two others near the 

 Current River in Carter Co. Perfect proof of its breeding in 

 the state was furnished by Mr. E. S. Woodruff when he found a 

 nest in Carter Co. near the line of Reynolds Co., May 27, 1907. 

 He wrote me under date of June 2, 1907: ''The nest was on the 

 ground in a clump of grass and New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus 



