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lina (Raleigh and New Bern) ; South Carolina (Summerville, Charles- 

 ton, and Beaufort) ; Georgia (Savannah and Darien) ; Florida 

 (Daytona, Titusville, St. Lucie, and Royal Palm Hammock) ; the 

 Bahamas (Abaco Island, Eleuthera Island, Long Island, and Bird 

 Rock) ; Haiti (Monte Cristi, La Vega, and San Cristobal) ; and 

 Panama (Calobre). South to Panama (Calobre and Volcano de 

 Chiriqui) ; Costa Rica (Azahar de Cartago and San Jose) ; Guate- 

 mala (Duenas and Quezaltenango) ; Oaxaca (Tehuantepec) ; Jalisco 

 (Zapotlan) ; and Lower California (La Laguna). West to Lower 

 California (La Laguna and Triunfo) ; and California (Santa 

 Barbara, Paicines, Gilroy, San Francisco, and San Geronimo). 



In addition to this normal winter range, individuals or small num- 

 bers of mourning doves will occasionally spend the winter north 

 almost to the limits of the breeding range. Among such cases are: 

 British Columbia (Okanagan Landing) ; Idaho (Emmett and 

 Gray) ; Minnesota (Lanesboro) ; Wisconsin (Beloit) ; Ontario 

 (Plover Mills) ; New York (Rochester and Rhinebeck) ; and Massa- 

 chusetts (Dan vers and Barnstable). 



The range as described is for the entire species, which has, however, 

 been divided into several races. True macroura is restricted to the 

 Greater Antilles, although occurring in winter along the coast of 

 Central America. It has no record in North America. The eastern 

 mourning dove {Zenaidura m. carol 'men sis) occurs from the Atlantic 

 seaboard west to the eastern edge of the Great Plains. It is found 

 also in the Bahamas and on the Gulf and Caribbean coasts of Mexico 

 and Central America. The western mourning dove (Z. m. margin- 

 ella) occupies the territory from the Great Plains to the Pacific 

 coast, and south through Mexico to Panama. 



Spring migration. — Early dates of spring arrival are : New York, 

 Orient, March 1; Canandaigua, March 4; Hamburg, March 6; Ithaca, 

 March 8; Buffalo, March 9; Rochester, March 14; and Rhinebeck, 

 March 23 ; Connecticut, Fairfield, March 10 ; Jewett City, March 12 ; 

 Norwalk, March 14. New Haven, March 18 ; Hadlyme, March 21 ; and 

 Saybrook, March 26; Rhode Island, Providence, March 31. Massa- 

 chusetts, Harvard, March 12; Taunton, March 12; Amherst, March 

 17; Somerset, March 21; and Danvers, March 29; Vermont, Rutland, 

 April 4; Castleton, April 8; Bennington, April 10; and Wells River, 

 April 13; New Hampshire, Charlestown, April 14; Manchester, April 

 16; and Concord, April 20; Maine, Bucksport, March 21; Popham 

 Beach, March 30 ; and Machias, April 6 ; Ontario, Port Dover, March 

 9; Point Pelee, March 17; London, March 17; Brighton, March 19; 

 Harrow, March 20; Preston, March 24; and Guelph, March 25; Wis- 

 consin, Janesville, March 10 ; Beloit, March 16 ; Prairie du Sac, March 

 18; Milwaukee, March 20; North Freedom, March 21; Madison, 



