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in winter; rare in summer.” In the fall of 1884, at Gainesville, Mr. 
Ragsdale found the first November 3, 
In the spring of 1885 the first returned to Gainesville May 12; but 
Mr. Lloyd, at San Angelo, had already (May 8) found a nest with four 
well incubated eggs. 
561. Spizella pallida (Swains.), [212.] Clay-colored Sparrow. * 
Breeds from northern Nebraska, central Iowa, and northern Illinois 
northward, and is very abundant in western Mauitoba. Its winter 
home seems to be south of central Texas, where Mr. Lloyd states that 
itis an abundant spring and fall migrant. Neblrling recorded it as 
abundant in winter in eastern Texas, near Houston, and Merrill as an 
abundant winter resident in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. In the 
spring it journeys north to British America and east to Missouri, Iowa, 
Illinois, and Wisconsin, being most abundant on the plains, and thence 
west to the Rocky Mountains. In western Kansas it is a common 
migrant. All the reliable records in 1884 came from the West, but 
they are so irregular as to preclude any timing of the migration. They 
show, however, either that the migration was very late, or that Dr. 
Coues put the time too early when he said, in his “ Birds of the North- 
west,” that they arrive in northern Dakota the latter part of April. 
In the spring of 1884 the record was as follows: At Gainesville, Tex., 
the first and only one was seen May 13; at Ellis, Kans., it was abun- 
dant May 13; at Manhattan, Kans., the first was noted April 30, the 
height of the season May 14, the last May 15. At Alda, Nebr., the 
first was seen May 3; at Vermillion, Dak., the bulk arrived May 8; at 
Des Moines, Iowa, a male was shot May 10. At Minneapolis, Minn., 
one was shot May 12, and May 24 about one hundred and fifty were 
seen. 
In the fall of 1884 the Clay-colored Sparrows reached Gainesville, 
Tex., November 3. 
In the spring of 1885 a flock was seen at San Angelo, Tex., March 
26; at Manhattan, Kans., May 4; Heron Lake, Minn., May 9; New 
Richmond, Wis., May 11; and more than a hundred and fifty weie seen 
at White Earth, Minn., May 16. They reached Shell River, Manitoba, 
May 18. The record for 1885 thus bears out that of the previous year 
in determining that May, and not April, is the month for the arrival 
of this species in the Upper Mississippi Valley. At White Earth, 
Minn., they breed in great abundance. At San Angelo, Tex., the last 
was seen May 1; and at Manhattan, Kans., May 10. In the fall of 1885 
the first returned to San Angelo, Tex., October 1. 
562. Spizella breweri Cass. [213.] Brewer's Sparrow. 
The Clay-colored Sparrow is represented in the western part of the 
United States by a near relative, Brewer’s Sparrow. Mr. Brown took 
a single specimen at Boerne, Tex., March 5, 1880. Mr. Lloyd states 
that it is tolerably common in fall in Tom Green County, Tex., and 
