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Yarmouth) ; Massachusetts (Ipswich, Monomoy Island, and Marthas 

 Vineyard) ; New York (Gardiners Island and Shelter Island) ; 

 New Jersey (Barnegat Inlet, Beach Haven, Sea Isle City, and 

 probably Cape May); Maryland (probably Ocean City); Virginia 

 (Chincoteague Island, Cobb Island, and Cape Charles) ; and North 

 Carolina (Pea Island and Beaufort). South to North Carolina 

 (Beaufort) ; northern Pennsylvania (Erie) ; northern Ohio (Paines- 

 ville, Cleveland, Oberlin, and Sandusky) ; northern Indiana (Mil- 

 lers) ; northern Illinois (Waukegan) ; southern Wisconsin (Milwau- 

 kee and Lake Koshkonong) ; and Nebraska (Lincoln, Dannebrog, 

 and Doss). West to Nebraska (Goss) ; 'South Dakota (Miner 

 County) ; North Dakota (Stump Lake, Minnewauken, and Ken- 

 mare) ; and southern Saskatchewan (Big Stick Lake). 



There are many gaps in the range above outlined and the species 

 also has been extirpated from parts of its breeding grounds. 



Winter range. — Almost entirely the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts 

 of the United States. North to southern Texas (Padre Island, 

 Aransas River and High Island) ; Louisiana (Vermilion Bay) ; 

 Alabama (Petit Bois Island and Dauphin Island) ; and Georgia 

 (Savannah). East to Georgia (Savannah and Darien) ; eastern 

 Florida (Amelia Island, Mayport, St. Augustine, Sebastian, and 

 Miami) ; probably the Bahama Islands (Eleuthera and Great In- 

 agua) ; and probably rarely Porto Rico. South to probably rarely 

 Port Rico; Cuba (Matanzas and Habana) ; southern and western 

 Florida (Cape Sable, Key West, Sanibel Island, Fort Myers; mouth 

 of the Withlacoochee River, and probably Pensacola) ; and southern 

 Texas (Padre Island). West to southern Texas (Padre Island). 

 The species has been detected in winter occasionally in Bermuda. 



Spring migration. — Early dates of spring arrival are: South Caro- 

 lina, Frogmore, March 20; North Carolina, Pea Island, April 7; 

 District of Columbia, Washington, March 25; Pennsylvania, Erie, 

 April 16; New York, Shinnecock, March 24, Montauk Point, April 1, 

 and Gardiners Island, April 7; Rhode Island, Newport, March 24; 

 Massachusetts, Marthas Vineyard, March 18, Dennis, March 24, and 

 Nantucket, ^March 26; Nova Scotia, April 24; Illinois, Colona, April 

 9, and De Kalb, April 18 ; Indiana, Waterloo, April 14, and Frank- 

 fort, April 15 ; Ohio, Lakeside, April 7, and Oberlin, April 15 ; Michi- 

 gan, Port Sanilac, April 15, Ottawa Beach, April 23, and Detroit, 

 April 26 ; Ontario, Point Pelee, April 10, Listowel, May 1, and Toronto, 

 May 8; Iowa, German Center, April 10; Wisconsin, Whitewater, 

 April 29, and Elkhorn, May 13; Minnesota, Waseca, May 11, and 

 Heron Lake, May 11 ; Kansas, Lawrence, April 27, ISIcPherson, May 

 3, and Topeka, May 7; Nebraska, Lincoln, April 26, Gibbon, May 4, 

 Nebraska City, May 8, and Doss, May 11 ; South Dakota, Sioux Falls, 



