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Springs, and Fort Myers). South to Florida (Fort Myers) ; Texas 

 (probably Brownsville) ; and Lower California ( La Paz). West to 

 Lower California (La Paz) ; California (San Diego, Alamitas Bay, 

 Los Banos, San Francisco Bay, and Humboldt Bay) ; Oregon (Ya- 

 quina Bay) ; and Washington (Nisqually Flats, Tacoma, and 

 Dungeness Spit). 



It also has been noted in winter north to the mouth of the Fraser 

 River, British Columbia (specimen in U. S. National Museum) ; 

 Barnstable, Massachusetts (Howe, December 23, 1903) ; Long 

 Island, New York (Fleischer, December 25, 1914) ; and south to 

 Great Inagua, Bahama Islands (Worthington, February 3, 1909). 



Spring migration. — Early dates of arrival in the spring are : New 

 York, Long Island, April 3, Canandaigua, April 20, and Orient, 

 May 7; Rhode Island, Block Island, May 12; Massachusetts, Mono- 

 moy Island, April 13, Rehoboth, May 2, and Boston, May 4 ; Quebec, 

 Quebec, May 2 ; Illinois, Addison, May 9 ; Ohio, Youngstown, April 

 18, Cedar Point, May 8, Tiffin, May 10, and Oberlin, May 11 ; Michi- 

 gan, Jackson, May 4, Detroit, May 13, and Ann Arbor, May 14; 

 Ontario, Toronto, May 12, and Point Pelee, May 13; Iowa, Sigour- 

 ney, May 13; Wisconsin, Whitewater, May 1, Madison, May 10, and 

 Elkhorn, May 13; Minnesota, Heron Lake, May 11, Waseca, May 

 14, and Hutchinson, May 18; eastern Nebraska, Lincoln, May 7; 

 South Dakota, Vermilion, April 29, and Huron, May 6; North 

 Dakota, Sweetwater, May 10; Manitoba, Whitewater Lake, May 12, 

 and Shoal Lake, May 22; British Columbia, Courtenay, April 18, 

 Chilliwak, April 25, and Metlakatla, April 29; Yukon, Dawson, 

 May 24; Alaska, Howcan, April 2, Kuiu Island, April 28, Craig, 

 May 1, mouth of the Yukon River, May 10, Admiralty Island, May 

 14, Fort Kenai, May 16, and Point Barrow, May 31; and Siberia, 

 Bering Island, May 26, and Nijni Kolymsk, May 28. 



Late dates of spring departure are: Florida, Gasparilla Island, 

 May 24, St. Marks, May 26, and New Smyrna, May 26; Georgia, 

 Savannah, May 29; South Carolina. Mount Pleasant, May 29; North 

 Carolina, Fort Macon, May 22, and Churchs Island, May 26; Vir- 

 ginia, Pig Island, May 28; New Jersey, Anglesea, May 20; New 

 York, Canandaigua, May 26, New York City, May 30, Rockaway, 

 June 3, and Geneva, June 7; Massachusetts, Cape Cod, May 22, and 

 Ipswich, May 30; Maine, Scarboro, June 2; Quebec, Quebec City, 

 May 28; Illinois, Waukegan, May 27, Riverdale, May 31, and Chi- 

 cago, June 5; Ohio, Painesville, May 27, Oberlin, June 1, and Lake- 

 side, June 16 ; Michigan, Sault Ste. Marie, May 29, Detroit, May 30, 

 and Neebish Island, June 3 ; Ontario, Mitchell's Bay, June 1, Hamil- 

 ton, June 3, Point Pelee, June 10, and Toronto, June 13; Iowa, 

 Emmetsburg, May 25, Storm Lake, May 26, and Sioux City, June 4 ; 

 Wisconsin, Madison, May 27, and Green Bay, June 4; Minnesota, 



