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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 bottomis. 



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 Juneo 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- 

 row 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 



