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dates) and is present until the middle of May, being most abun- 
dant about the third week in April. It is present again during 
October and is usually gone before the first of November. The 
only winter record is January 17, 1904, when a flock of fifty 
was seen by Smithson in the adjoining county. 
This sparrow is usually found with other large Fringillidae 
and may be looked for in all parts of the county in suitable open 
districts, along hedges and brushy ravines, weedy fields, road- 
side tangles and about the edges of timber. It is plentiful in 
the Swope Park neighborhood and in the Missouri bottoms. 
SPIZELLA MONTICOLA MONTICOLA (Gmelin). Tree Sparrow. 
Abundant winter resident. 
The first Tree Sparrows arrive from their northern breeding 
grounds from the 13th to 21st of October, but are not numerous 
until well into November. From then on until early March 
they are present in great numbers throughout the county. After 
the first few days in April they are no longer present (April 15, 
1906; April 9, 1917, latest). 
This species and the Junco are the commonest winter birds 
and are usually found together. They are abundant in the out- 
Skirts of the city during winter. 
SPIZELLA MONTICOLA OCHRACEA Brewster. Western Tree Spar- 
row. 
Winter visitant, probably fairly common. 
There are nine specimens of the Western Tree Sparrow in the 
Teachenor series which testify to its regular occurrence in the 
neighborhood of Lawrence. A large enough series of Tree Spar- 
tow skins taken in Jackson County has not yet been assembled 
to show in what proportion the two forms occur in the immedi- 
ate neighborhood of Kansas City. 
SPIZELLA PASSERINA PasseRINA (Bechstein). Chipping Spar- 
row. ; 
Very common summer resident. 
The Migrating Chipping Sparrows arrive from March 17th 
(earliest) to the 30th, usually about the 20th. The local birds 
take up their breeding stations during the first week in April 
and announce their presence about the parks and boulevards by 
