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ern localities probably refer to crippled birds or erroneous identifi- 

 cations. 



Migration. — The main migration route of the American golden 

 plover is of an elliptical nature. In late summer, after the breed- 

 ing season, the birds move southeast across northern Canada to the 

 coasts of Labrador and Nova Scotia, from which points they fly, 

 apparently without stopping, to the northeast coast of South 

 America, passing thence through the interior to the pampas region 

 of Argentina. The northward flight in spring is made farther west, 

 through General America, up the Mississippi Valley to the prairie 

 Provinces of Canada. 



Individuals and small flocks are, of course, noted more or less 

 regularly in both spring and fall, both on the Atlantic coast and in 

 the interior, but the main route should be borne in mind when con- 

 sidering the following dates of arrival and departure. 



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

 Porto Rico, Mameyes, February 16; Bermuda, March 9, 1852 (only 

 spring record) ; New York, Long Island City, April IT, and Fair 

 Haven Light, May 3; Massachusetts, Eevere, March 6, and Somer- 

 ville, March 20; Nova Scotia, Pictou, May 17; Quebec, Godbout, 

 May 31; Franklin, Igloolik, June 14; Louisiana, New Orleans, March 

 16, Avery Island, March 28; and West Baton Rouge, April 2; Ar- 

 kansas, Fayetteville, March 20; Missouri, St. Louis, March 23, 

 Kansas Cit}^, April 11, and Kings Lake, April 12; Illinois, Mount 

 Carmel, March 12, Lebanon, March 17, and Chicago, March 22; 

 Indiana, Terre Haute, March 22, Greencastle, March 28, and Muncie, 

 March 30; Ohio, Sandusky, March 26, West Liberty, April 2, and 

 Columbus, April 4; Michigan, Pittsfield, April 20; Iowa, Scranton, 

 March 25, Newton, March 27, and Keokuk, April 14; Wisconsin, 

 Clinton, April 9, and Racine, April 14; Minnesota, Heron Lake, 

 April 12, Waseca, April 21, and Wilder, April 24; Texas, Gaines- 

 ville, March 7, Mont Belvieu, March 8, Boerne, March 9, and 

 Indianola, March 15; Oklahoma, Caddo, March 11; Kansas, Rich- 

 mond, March 22, Lawrence, March 29, Manhattan, April 4, and 

 Emporia, April 18; Nebraska, Kearney, April 8; South Dakota, 

 Fort Sisseton, April 13, Huron, April 25, and White, April 26; 

 North Dakota, Larimore, May 2, and Grafton, May 3; Manitoba, 

 Aweme, April 23, Treesbank, May 1, Portage la Prairie, May 8, 

 and Margaret, May 8; Saskatchewan, Osier, May 8, and Indian 

 Head, May 9; Mackenzie, Fort Simpson, May 15, and Fort Reso- 

 lution, May 23 ; Alberta, Alliance, May 5, Mundare, May 12, Cam- 

 rose, May 7, and Red Deer, May 9 ; and Alaska, Beaver Mountains, 

 April 29, Sitka, May 5, Flat, May 11, Fort Reliance, May 13, Fair- 

 banks, May 17, and Point Barrow, May 21. 



