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to Massachusetts (Ipswich, Nahant, and Marthas Vineyard) ; New 

 York (Orient, College Point, and Staten Island) ; New Jersey (Camden) ; 

 Maryland (Baltimore, Sandy Spring, and Dorchester County); North 

 Carolina (Raleigh) ; South Carolina (Marion and Bulls Island) ; Georgia 

 (Darien and the mouth of the Savannah River) ; and Florida (Amelia 

 Island and Miami). South to Florida (Miami, Cape Sable, Passage 

 Key, and Goose Creek); Alabama (Greensboro); Louisiana (New 

 Orleans, Lobdell, and Cameron); Texas (Houston, Rockport, and 

 Fort Brown); Tamaulipas (Matamoros); probably rarely Hidalgo 

 (Tlalpam); and southern Baja California (Mira Flores, San Jose del 

 Cabo, and Cape San Lucas). West to Baja California (Cape San 

 Lucas and San Fernando); California (Salton Sea, Buena Park, 

 Jamesan, Hay wards, San Geronimo, Marysville, Willows, and Chico) ; 

 Oregon (Fort Klamath, Rickreall, Tillamook, and Portland); Wash- 

 ington (Yakima, probably Nisqually Flats, and Seattle); and southern 

 British Columbia (Victoria). 



Spring migration. — Early dates of spring arrival north of the normal 

 winter range are: Quebec — Kamouraska, April 10; Godbout, May 3. 

 Ontario — Ottawa, March 26; Toronto, April 10. North Dakota — 

 Keene, March 13; Westhope, March 27; Bismarck, April 2; Larimore, 

 April 15. Manitoba — Treesbank, March 31; Margaret, April 5; 

 Shoal Lake, April 30. Saskatchewan — Indian Head, April 6; Lake 

 Johnstone, May 10. Alberta (winters rarely) — Flagstaff, March 30; 

 Onoway, April 1; Veteran, April 4; Belvedere, April 14. Mac- 

 kenzie — Fort Simpson, April 28; Fort Franklin, May 20. Alaska — 

 Mount McKinley, April 30; Fort Yukon, May 7; Demarcation Point, 

 May 12; Flat, May 15. 



Fall migration. — Late dates of fall departure from the breeding 

 grounds are: Alaska — Unalaska Island, October 5; Craig, October 18; 

 St. Paul Island, November 8 ; Baranof Island, November 27. Yukon — 

 Fortymile, October 10. Mackenzie — Arctic Red River, October 23. 

 Alberta (winters rarely ) — Alix, October 15; Glenevis, October 1G. 

 Saskatchewan — North Battleford, September 3. Manitoba — Trees- 

 bank, November 1G. North Dakota — Keene, November 2; James- 

 town, November 17. Ontario — Port Dover, November 5 ; Point Pelee, 

 November 22; Ottawa, November 28. Labrador — Red Bay, Septem- 

 ber 13. Quebec — Montreal, October 31. Maine — Portland, No- 

 vember 14. 



Casual records. — According to Reid (1884) four specimens were 

 taken on Bermuda prior to 1884. Indians brought specimens to 

 Salvin that they claimed had been taken "in the rough grass among 

 scattered pines near the tree level on the Volcan de Agua", Guatemala. 

 This remains the only Central American record for this species. One 

 was shot between December 24 and 31, 1897, at Catalina Island, 

 Calif., and the species also was recorded on the Farallon Islands, 



