=================+===========================+============================ | Arrival | Departure SPECIES +-----------------+---------+------------------+--------- | Range | Median | Range | Median -----------------+-----------------+---------+------------------+--------- Rufous-sided | | | | Towhee | Apr. 2-Apr. 19 | Apr. 9 | Sept. 20-Oct. 8 | Sept. 29 Lark Bunting | May 5-May 14 | May 10 | | Grasshopper | | | | Sparrow | Apr. 12-May 11 | Apr. 29 | Aug. 20-Oct. 6 | Aug. 31 Henslow Sparrow | Apr. 14-Apr. 30 | Apr. 22 | Oct. 15 | Lark Sparrow | Mar. 29-Apr. 21 | Apr. 18 | Sept. 13-Oct. 16 | Oct. 12 Chipping Sparrow | Mar. 6-Apr. 29 | Apr. 23 | Oct. 3-Nov. 15 | Oct. 20 Field Sparrow | Mar. 4-Apr. 28 | Apr. 7 | Oct. 5-Nov. 12 | Oct. 30 -----------------+-----------------+---------+------------------+--------- =Chipping Sparrow=: _Spizella passerina passerina_ (Bechstein).--This is an uncommon summer resident in open woodland, second-growth, and edge. _S. p. passerina_ is found east of stations in Barber and Shawnee counties; Chipping Sparrows are not known to breed farther to the west, but records for north-central Kansas are likely to be found. The subspecific affinities of our Chipping Sparrows are entirely with the nominate subspecies, and there is no basis for earlier reports (Long, 1940; Tordoff, 1956; Johnston, 1960) that _S. p. arizonae_ Coues (= _S. p. boreophila_ Oberholser) occurs in Kansas. _Breeding schedule._--Nine records of breeding fall in the period May 1 to May 10, in no way indicating the whole span of the breeding season; the species probably lays eggs in May and July, as well as in June. _Number of eggs._--Clutch-size is 4 eggs. Nests are placed four to 40 feet high in evergreens of a variety of kinds. =Field Sparrow=: _Spizella pusilla_ (Wilson).--This species is a common summer resident in grassland and edge habitats. _S. p. pusilla_ (Wilson) breeds in eastern Kansas chiefly east of the Flint Hills; _S. p. arenacea_ Chadbourne breeds in central and western Kansas, intergrading easterly with _S. p. pusilla_. _Breeding schedule._--Twenty-nine records of breeding span the period April 21 to September 10 (Fig. 9); the modal date for first clutches is May 5. _Number of eggs._--Clutch-size is 4 eggs (4.1, 3-5; 21). Nests are placed about 10 inches high (ranging from ground level to three feet) in or among coralberry, osage orange, elm, oak, rose, and, once, peony.