. Bird lore . rage, April 24, earliest April 20, 1909; Vancouver, B. C, average April 24,earliest April 18,1908; Okanagan Landing, B. C, average May 7, earliest May4, 1911; Yakutat Bay, Alaska, May 7, 1908; Portage Bay, Alaska, May 9,1882, Kowak River, Alaska, May 23, 1899. The last were recorded fromsouthern California, average May 6, latest May 16,1911, near Corvallis, Ore.,average May 7, latest May 22,1884. Stragglers were noted at Loveland, Colo.,February 23, 1889, and at Salida, Colo., April 19, 1908. In the fall migration the Golden-crowned Sparrow appeared at Chilliwack,B. C, September
. Bird lore . rage, April 24, earliest April 20, 1909; Vancouver, B. C, average April 24,earliest April 18,1908; Okanagan Landing, B. C, average May 7, earliest May4, 1911; Yakutat Bay, Alaska, May 7, 1908; Portage Bay, Alaska, May 9,1882, Kowak River, Alaska, May 23, 1899. The last were recorded fromsouthern California, average May 6, latest May 16,1911, near Corvallis, Ore.,average May 7, latest May 22,1884. Stragglers were noted at Loveland, Colo.,February 23, 1889, and at Salida, Colo., April 19, 1908. In the fall migration the Golden-crowned Sparrow appeared at Chilliwack,B. C, September 13, 1888; Newport, Ore., September 15, 1900, near BerkeleyCalif., average September 26, earliest September 16, 1886; southern California,average October 15, earliest September 26, 1896. It was noted at Grand CacheRiver, Alberta, August 31, 1896, and in the West Humboldt Mountains,Nev., October 7, 1867. The last noted at the Kowak River, Alaska, in 1898was on August 21, and at Homer, Alaska, September 18, Notes on the Plumage of North American Sparrows TWENTY-THIRD PAPER By FRANK M. CHAPMAN (See Frontispiece) Harriss Sparrow {Zonotrichia querula, Figs, i and 2).—The male andfemale of the species are alike in color, and adults in winter differ from adultsin summer only in having the cheeks buff instead of gray, and the flanks andback somewhat browner. The nestlings (known only from three specimens in the American Museum,taken by Seton and Preble on Artillery Lake, Mackenzie, August 7, 1907)closely resemble nestling Song Sparrows. At the postjuvenal molt the bodyfeathers and wing-coverts are renewed, the tail and wing-quills being retained,and the first winter plumage is acquired by the first week in September. This,as Fuertes drawing (Fig. 2) shows, differs from the adult winter dress mainlyin having the throat largely white instead of black (some specimens show moreor less black on the throat), the black being restricted to a broad necklace onthe breast, and in having t
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