The Migration of North American Sparrows 15 
May 22, 1908. To the eastward the corresponding dates are: Fayetteville, Ark., 
February 28, 1885; Quincy, Ill., March 14, 1889; Urbana, Ill., March 27, 1904; 
Russellville, Ky., March 19, 1904; Iowa, average of all the records for the state, 
April 15, earliest, March 24, 1901, at Keokuk; Chicago, Ill, average of four years, 
April 18, earliest, April 5, 1904; southern Minnesota, average of four years, April 
26, earliest, April 18, 1894; spring records outside of the usual range of the species 
have been reported from Raleigh, N. C., April 21, 1894; Ross Lake, O., April 
5, 1880 and Toronto, Ontario, May 5, 1897. 
The breeding range extends from Minnesota and North Dakota to the Mac- 
kenzie Valley; south of the summer home, some records of the last seen are: 
Sapelo Island, Ga., February 2, 1888; Charleston, S. C., February 9, 1888; 
Lobdell, La., April 25, 1903; Gainesville, Tex., March 5, 1876; Caddo, Okla., 
March 1, 1884; Quincy, Ill., April 27, 1889; Chicago, Ill., May 4, 1907 and May 
13, 1875; Davenport, Ia., May 12, 1906; La Crosse, Wis., May 13, 1907; Inde- 
pendence, Kans., April 20, 1906; Onaga, Kans., April 30, 1907. 
The average date of appearance in the fall at Chicago, IIl., is September 13, 
earliest, September 8, 1898; Forest City, Ia., September 10, 1896; Lawrence, 
Kans., October 2, 1885 and October 7, 1906; Independence, Mo., October 5, 1901; 
Gainesville, Tex., October 27, 1884. Afew Leconte’s Sparrows wander each fall far 
to the southeastward to winter in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. They 
arrive there late; Chester, S. C., November 11, 1881, and Rosewood, Fla., Novem- 
ber 4, 1882, and remain there only until early February. The dates of the last seen 
in the fall are: Long Coteau River, N. D., September 9, 1873; Aweme, Manitoba, 
September 13, 1903, and September 18, 1904; Lanesboro, Minn., October 17, 
1890; North Freedom, Wis., October 8, 1904; Davenport, Ia., October 14, 1905; 
Chicago, Ill., October 12, 1905; Sugar Creek Prairie, Ill, October 28, 1882; 
Nebraska City, Neb., November 6, 1900; St. Louis, Mo., November to, 1878,’and 
December 26, 1896; Russellville, Ky., December 28, 1904. Stragglers have been 
taken at Toronto, Ontario, May 5, 1897; Ithaca, N. Y., October 11, 1897; Brecken- 
ridge, Colo., October 2, 1886; and Fort Sherman, Idaho, September, 28, 1896. : 
Photographed by May Remington Thayer, Everett, Wash. 
