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South of the breeding range, the average for four }ears of the last one seen 

 at San Antonio, Tex., is May 12, latest, May 15, 1885 ; Manhattan, Kans., 

 average of five years. May 11, latest. May 15, 1884; Onaga, Kans., average of 

 fourteen years, May 14, latest. May 21, 1899. 



PLACE 



FALL MIGRATION 



Isle Royale, Mich. 

 Manchester, Mich. 



Sabula, la 



Lanesboro, Minn.. 



Dunbar, Neb 



Aweme, Manitoba 

 Great Falls, Mont., 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Average date of 

 the last one seen 



October 1 1 

 September 21 



Latest date of the 

 last one seen 



August 31, 1904 

 September 3, 1894 

 September 26, 1894 

 October 19, 1892 

 October 17, 1904 

 September 26, 1901 

 September 9, 1891 



BREWER'S SPARROW 



Winters principally in Mexico, whence it enters the United States in early 

 March; Los Angeles, Cal., March 2, 1900; Borega Springs, Cal., March 24, 

 1895; Palm Springs, Cal., March 24, 1896; Vegas Wash., Nev., March 10, 1891; 

 Ash Meadows, Nev., March 17, 1891; Huachuca Mountains, Ariz., March 20, 

 1902; near Tombstone, Ariz., April 5, 1881; Coventry, Colo., April 28, 1908; 

 Monon, Colo., April 29, 1905; Fort Lyon, Colo., April 28, 1885; Salida, Colo., 

 May 10, 1908; Arvada, Colo., May 14, 1905; Cheyenne, Wyo., May 14, 1889; 

 Fort Custer, Mont., May 15, 1885. It has been taken as far east as Marathon, 

 Tex., May 12, 1901; and Cherry county. Neb., May 16, 1891. The species was 

 still common September 25, 1906, on the Book Plateau, Colo, and the last have 

 been noted in the Huachucas, Ariz., October 28, 1907; near Silver City, N. M., 

 November 6, 1906; and near Garnsey, Cal., November i, 1903. A belated bird 

 was taken December 27, 1899, at San Fernando, Calif., and a straggler, December 

 15, 1873, at Watertown, Mass. 



Notes on the Plumage of Sparrows 



In addition to the migration records, which Professor Cooke will supply 

 (and of the value of which it is not necessary to inform Bird-Lore's readers), 

 the colored Sparrow plates will be accompanied by a series of articles, by 

 the Editor, on the plumage of the birds illustrated. These papers will treat of 

 seasonal changes of plumage and of the diagnostic characters of the more closely 

 related species, and should be of value as an additional aid to field identifica- 

 tion. The first paper will appear in the next issue of Bird-Lore and will deal 

 with the species illustrated in both this and that number. 



