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to the Aleutian Islands; in the interior to central Montana (Fergus 

 C'Ounty), southern Wisconsin, and the Great Lakes; and on the 

 Atlantic coast regularly to Virginia, irregularly to New York and 

 New England, and casually to Nova Scotia. In the Eastern Hemi- 

 sphere it visits the Azores, Madeira, and the Canary Islands, and 

 ranges south m Africa to the Tropic of Cancer and to India and Burma. 



Spring niigration.-^KAYly dates of arrival: Manitoba, Awenie. 

 March 24; Saskatchewan, Qu' Appelle, March 26; Mackenzie, Fort 

 Resolution, May 7; Fort Providence, April 27; and Fort Simpson, 

 May 3; Alaska, Kowak River, May 17. Average dates of arrival: 

 Pennsylvania, Erie, March 5; New York, central, March 23; Ontario, 

 southern, ^larch 24; Ottawa, March 27; Indiana, Frankfort, February 

 21; Missouri, central, February 26; Illinois, Chicago, Marcli 19; Iowa, 

 Keokuk, February 24, and Spirit Lake, March 10; Minnesota, Heron 

 Lake, March 1 1 ; South Dakota, central, March 1 6 ; North Dakota, 

 Larimore, March 28; Manitoba, Aweme, April 3; Saskatchewan, Qu' 

 Appelle, April 10. Late dates of departure: North Carolina, Raleigh, 

 April 7; Mississippi, Shellmound, April .5; Missouri, central, March 

 28; Texas, northern, May 6. 



Fall migration. — Average dates of arrival: Virginia, September 21 ; 

 Illinois, Chicago, September 27; Iowa, Grinnell, September 17; 

 Texas, northern, October 11: Panama, Miraflores, November 26, 

 Average dates of departure: Quebec, Montreal, October 26; New 

 Brunswick, Scotch Lake, November 7; Ontario. OttaA\a, November 5; 

 Manitoba, Aweme, November 12: Illinois, Chicago, November 13; 

 Minnesota, southern, November 22; Iowa., central, November 15; 

 Nebraska, central, November 18. Late dates of departure: Q.uebec, 

 Montreal, Nov(unber 13: Ontario, Otta^ra, November 14; Manitoba, 

 Av/eme, November 23; jSIinnesota, southern, December 11; Iowa, 

 central, November 27; Nebraska, central^ No^'ember 26. 



Casual record-!. — Accidental in the liahiimas, (kiba. Jamaica, and 

 Grenada; and the Hawaiian Islaiuis. 



Egg dates. —North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin: Thirty-one 

 records, A})ril 20 to July 6; sixteen records. May 17 to June 1. 

 California and Utah: Twenty-nine records, March 25 to 27; fifteen 

 records, April 27 to May 20. Alberta and Saskatchewan: Thirteen 

 records, May 15 to July 4; seven records, June 5 to 17. Oregon and 

 Washington: Twelve records, March 17 to July 2; six records, May 7 

 to 24. Northern Alaska: Two records. June and 10. 



