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(Escondido, near Long Beach, Santa Barbara, Del Monte, Alameda, 

 Colusa, and Chico) ; and Oregon (Fort Klamath, Silver Lake, and 

 Willow Junction) . 



Winter range. — Resident in Central and South America. In North 

 America the winter range extends north to Oregon (Pendleton and 

 probably Malheur Lake) ; Utah, rarely (Provo) ; Colorado, one record 

 (Ft. Lupton, December 20-24, 1902); Texas (Matagorda and Lake 

 Surprise) ; Louisiana (Cameron Parish and the Mississippi Delta) ; 

 Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) ; Rhode Island (Providence) ; and Massa- 

 chasetts (Boylston and Cambridge). East to Massachusetts (Cam- 

 bridge); New York (Brooklyn and Shelter Island); New Jersey 

 (Pensauken and Trenton); District of Columbia (Washington); 

 North Carolina (Pea Island); South Carolina (near Charleston and 

 Frogmore); Georgia (Blackbeard Island); Florida (Mosquito Inlet) ; 

 and the Bahama Islands (Abaco, Andros, and Great Inagua Islands). 

 West to Lower California (San Jose del Cabo, La Paz, Margarita 

 Island, and the mouth of the Colorado River) ; California (Escondido, 

 Santa Barbara, Tulare Lake, and San Geronimo); and Oregon (Pen- 

 dleton). Accidental in winter at St. John, New Brunswick, and at 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. 



Spring migration. — Early dates of arrival in the north Atlantic 

 areas are: Vermont, Woodstock, April 10, and Middlebury, April 

 26, 1888; New Hampshire, Monadnock, April 11, 1902, and Hanover, 

 April 13, 1917; Maine, Bucksport, April 12, 1890, and Portland, April 

 18,1906; Quebec, Montreal, April 19, 1890, and Quebec, April 10, 

 1904; and New Brunswick, St. John, April 20, 1888. In the Mis- 

 sissippi Vallej : Arkansas, Jonesboro, April 17, 1913, and Osceola, 

 April 20, 1886; Missouri, Stillwell, April 1, and Corning, April 10, 

 1907; Illinois, Urbana, March 26, 1904, Fernwood, March 27, 1886, 

 Elgin, March 29, 1914, and Chicago, March 30, 1904; Iowa, Charles 

 City, March 29, 1918; Indiana, Richmond, April 6, 1911, Hanover, 

 April 7, 1910, and Indianapolis, April 8, 1884; Ohio, Hamilton, 

 March 22, 1897, Garrettsville, March 31, 1888, and Sandusky, March 

 28, 1907; Michigan, Ann Arbor, April 25, 1910, and St. Clair Flats, 

 May 5, 1904; Ontario, Todmorden, April 9, 1891, and Ottawa, April 

 18, 1894; Wisconsin, Beaver Dam, April 4, 1897, Janesville, April 7, 

 1888, Clinton, April 9, 1886, and Delavan, April 19, 1896; and Mani- 

 toba, Margaret, April 25, 1917, and Shell River, May 16, 1885. On 

 the Great Plains, Kansas, Wichita, April 8, 1916, Richmond, April 

 17, 1885, Manhattan, April 19, 1885; and Lawrence, April 21, 1906; 

 Nebraska, Dunbar, April 2, 1904, Vesta, April 2, 1882, and Lincoln, 

 April 5, 1.900; and South Dakota, Forestburg, March 23, 1913, and 

 Vermilion, April 17, 1911. In the Rocky Mountain region: Colorado, 

 Colorado vSprings, April 9, 1913, Boulder, April 7, 1912, and Greeley, 

 April 17, 1911. 



