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Three specimens at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in December, 1872, 

 constitute the only winter record for that region. 



In the eastern hemisphere it winters from the coasts of southern 

 Europe and Asia to southern Africa, Madagascar, the Seychelles, 

 and Australia, 



Sfyring migration. — Early dates of spring arrival are: Pennsyl- 

 vania, Neville Island, April 26; New Jersey, Atlantic City, April 

 27, Cape May, April 30, and Ocean City, May 5 ; New York, Montauk 

 Point Light, April 30, Great South Bay, May 1, and Long Beach, 

 May 2; Ehode Island, South Auburn, April 23, and Newport, May 

 9; Massachusetts, Cape Cod, April 19, Monomoy Island, April 22, 

 and Billingsgate, April 27; Nova Scotia, Pictou, May 17; Missouri, 

 Courtney, April 1, and Concordia, April 19; Illinois, Hennepin, 

 April 2, and Eantoul, April 16; Indiana, Knox County, March 30; 

 Ohio, Oberlin, April 24; Michigan, Forestville, May 2; Ontario, 

 Toronto, May 11, and Oshawa, May 14; Iowa, Keokuk, April 22, 

 Sioux City, May 8, and New Hampton, May 12 ; Wisconsin, Kacine, 

 April 14, and Leeds Center, April 17 ; Minnesota, Heron Lake, April 

 21, and Hutchinson, May 7; Nebraska, Vesta, April 21, and Lincoln, 

 May 10; South Dakota, Pitrodie, May 1, and Vermilion, May 3; 

 North Dakota, Kice Lake, May 5, Bathgate, May 9, and Harrisburg, 

 May 10; Manitoba, Margaret, May 5, and Whitewater, May 20; 

 Saskatchewan, Wiseton, May 4, and Indian Head, May 9; Mackenzie, 

 Fort Resolution, June 2; Colorado, Denver, May 11, and Loveland, 

 May 14; Utah, Provo, May 11; Alberta, Camrose, May 1, Sturgeon 

 River, May 12, Tofield, May 19, Veteran, May 22, and Fort Chipe- 

 wyan, May 23; British. Columbia, Comox, April 23, and Courtenay, 

 April 24; Yukon, Dawson, May 20; and Alaska, Kuiu Island, May 3, 

 Fort Kenai, May 6, Hooper Bay, May 9, and mouth of the Yukon 

 River, May 12. 



Last dates of spring departure are: Panama, mouth of the Rio 

 Venado, March 27; Bahama Islands, Andros, April 14; Green Cay, 

 April 29, and Nassau, April 28; Florida, St. Marks, May 8, New 

 Smyrna, May 14, Pensacola, May 16, Daytona Beach, May 24, and 

 Cedar Keys, May 27; Alabama, Dauphin Island, May 19; Georgia, 

 Savannah, May 13; South Carolina, Frogmore, May 17, and Hilton 

 Head, May 24; North Carolina, Cape Hatteras, May 20, and Churchs 

 Island, May 30; Virginia, Cobb Island, May 19, and Wallops Island, 

 May 26; Maryland, Dulaneys Valley, May 13; Pennsylvania, Erie, 

 May 19 ; New Jersey, Cape May County, May 23, and Elizabeth, May 

 30; New York, Jamaica, May 26, Lake Canandaigua, May 30, and 

 Orient Point, May 30; Connecticut, Westport, May 28, Fairfield, 

 May 30, and Norwalk, June 1; Rhode Island, Block Island, May 



