. Bird lore . f arrival at Kerrville, Texas, is April 29, earliest, April18, 1904; Fort Davis, Texas, April 18, 1890; Tucson, Ariz., March 24, 1902;Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., March 30, 1881; Camp Verde, Ariz., April 2,1892; Colorado Springs, Colo., average, May 26, earliest, May 18, 1909;Denver, Colo., May 17, 1903; Cheyenne, Wyo., May 26, 1889; Baird, Cal.,March 1, 1886. The last have been noted at Denver, Colo., September 27, 1908; Beulah,Colo., September 28, 1905; Espanola, N. M., October 24, 1904; Silver City,N. M., November n, 1906; and at Calabasas, Ariz., October 30,1889. LAWRENCES GO
. Bird lore . f arrival at Kerrville, Texas, is April 29, earliest, April18, 1904; Fort Davis, Texas, April 18, 1890; Tucson, Ariz., March 24, 1902;Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., March 30, 1881; Camp Verde, Ariz., April 2,1892; Colorado Springs, Colo., average, May 26, earliest, May 18, 1909;Denver, Colo., May 17, 1903; Cheyenne, Wyo., May 26, 1889; Baird, Cal.,March 1, 1886. The last have been noted at Denver, Colo., September 27, 1908; Beulah,Colo., September 28, 1905; Espanola, N. M., October 24, 1904; Silver City,N. M., November n, 1906; and at Calabasas, Ariz., October 30,1889. LAWRENCES GOLDFINCH The Lawrence Goldfinch is resident in southern California, and a few havebeen noted in winter as far north as Marysville, almost to the northern limitof the summer range. The earliest northward migrations begin in late March,and migratory movements continue until early May. During the winter, a few move eastward to southern Arizona, and werenoted January 20, 1876, even as far east as Fort Bayard, N. (196) Notes on the Plumage of North American Sparrows FIFTH PAPERBy FRANK M. CHAPMAN (See frontispiece) Arkansas Goldfinch (Figs. 1-3). This species presents marked varia-tions in plumage which the materials at my command do not satisfactorilyexplain. Males in first winter plumage resemble the female (Fig. 3), but havetraces of a black cap and no white in the tail. The prenuptial molt appears,to be complete in both the immature and the adult birds, and the former nowusually acquires the plumage with a black mottled back shown in Fig. 3. Itis probable that the black, or essentially black, back is not acquired until thesecond prenuptial molt, and it is thereafter retained; although, as has justbeen said, the adult with the immature, has a complete spring as well as fallmolt. The Green-backed Goldfinch (Astragalinus psaltria hesperophilus, Fig. 4),.the western form of this species has the back plain olive-green, and between,this and the black-backed race there is a somewhat
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