302 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 
subspecies. Typical specimens of this race have been taken near 
Lawrence by Teachenor and others. 
JUNCO HYEMALIS MONTANUS Ridgway. Montana Junco. 
Migrant and winter visitant. 
The remarks on the preceding subspecies are equally applica- 
‘ble to the Montana race. The winter range of this form extends 
east to the Mississippi River, and, as may be expected, the Mon- 
tana Junco is occasionally found in Jackson County. At least 
four specimens are at hand which in the writer’s opinion are 
referable to montanus. The comparative abundance of the 
Juncos will, however, be an open question until more material 
can be studied. 
MELOSPIZA MELODIA MELODIA (Wilson). Song Sparrow. 
Very common migrant and fairly common winter resident; very 
rare summer resident. 
The spring movement of Song Sparrows begins early in March 
and migrants are abundant for the next three weeks. By the 
last few days of April or the first three or four days of May no 
more are to be seen save an occasional nesting pair. The 
returning migrants are usually seen from the 5th to 10th of 
October and the bulk of the flight passes during the next three 
or four weeks. 
The wintering birds are most numerous in the thick shelter of 
the Missouri bottoms but may be found in small flocks on the 
uplands as well. They are rather common in the Swope 
Park district and on up the Blue Valley where food and thick 
shelter are to be had during the most severe winters 
Bush has occasionally found Song Sparrows nesting in the 
Courtney district. 
MELOSPIZA LINCOLNI LINCOLNI (Audubon). Lineoln’s Sparrow. 
Fairly common migrant and rare winter resident. 
The Lincoln’s Sparrow arrives from the 13th to the 23rd of 
April (March 28, 1916, earliest migrant) and is present until 
between the 5th and 8th of May (May 19, 1916, latest). The 
first fall migrants are noticed about the middle of October and 
numbers are present until the second week in November. 
few are always seen in December and there are a half dozen 
January reords. 
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