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land (Miller's Island); Virginia (Cobb Island); North Carolina, 

 (Raleigh); South Carolina (Cooper River and Charleston); Georgia 

 (Blackbeard Island and Savannah); Florida (Palatka, Fruitland Park, 

 and Titusville); the Bahama Islands (Abaco, New Providence, Rum 

 Cay, and Great Inagua); and Panama (Calobre). wSouth to Panama 

 (Calobre); Costa Rica (Juan Vinas and Las Corcovas); Honduras 

 (Lake Yojoa) ; Guatemala (Lake of Duenas and Lake Atitlan) ; Mex- 

 ico, Sinaloa (Escuinapa) ; and Lower California (San Jose del Cabo and 

 La Paz). West to Lower California (San Jose del Cabo); CaUfornia. 

 (Los Angeles, Point Pinos, and San Francisco); Oregon (Klamath 

 Lake, Corvallis, and NetartsBay); Washington (Seattle); and Brit- 

 ish Columbia (Sumas). 



Winter occurrences of the coot outside of its normal range at this 

 season include: West Virginia (Buckhannon) ; New York (Montauk 

 Point, February 22, 1921, Mastic, Long Island, February 12, 1916, 

 Geneva, December 13, 1913, and January 11, 1914, Branchport, Jan- 

 uary 1, 1914, and Oswego, January 17, 1904); and Rhode Island, 

 (Point Judith, December 20, 1900); and one was taken in Connecti- 

 cut, December 26, 1913. One wintered at Jamaica and Leverett 

 Ponds, Boston, Massachusetts, during 1907-8 and another remained 

 on Lake Maxinkuckee, Indiana, until it froze over January 10, 1901. 

 The species also has been noted in winter from Clipperton Island, 

 west of Mexico. 



Spring migration. — Early dates of amval are Pennsylvania, Renova, 

 March 5, 1900, Cumberland County, March 16, 1894, Erie, March 28, 

 1898, Westtown, March 30, 1913, and Coatesville, April 14, 1887; New 

 Jersey, Camden, April 2, 1916, and Audubon, April 12, 1914; New York, 

 Geneva, March 14, 1909, Oswego, March 16, 1890, Rhinebeck, March 

 18, 1903, and Rochester, April 1, 1902; Connecticut, West Haven. 

 April 2, 1910, and Portland, April 22, 1888; Massachusetts, Harvard, 

 March 23, 1911, Sandwich, March 29, 1890, and Boston, April 2, 1910 * 

 Maine, Castine, March 23, 1904, Philhps, April 2, 1908, and Farming- 

 ton, April 12, 1910; Quebec, Montreal, April 28, 1893, and Quebec, 

 May 14, 1890; New Brunswick, Chatham, April 10, 19 14; northern Illi- 

 nois, Odin, February 26, 1890, Chicago, March 14, 1920, Alton, March 

 15, 1894, Rockford, March 19, 1891, and Forest Park, March 21, 1916: 

 Indiana, Indianapolis, March 5, 1884, Goshen, March 6, 1918, Frank- 

 fort, March 8, 1895, Vincennes, March 10, 1922, La Porte, March 16, 

 1894, Waterloo, March 17, 1907, Fort Wayne, March 15, 1918, 

 and New Castle, March 19, 1911; Ohio, Columbus, March 10, 1906, 

 Youngstown, March 13, 1918, Circle ville, March 15, 1884, and New 

 Bremen, March 21, 1911; Michigan, Battle Creek, March 12, 1885, 

 Sandhill, March 18, 1884, Vicksburg, March 19, 1904, Ann Arbor, 

 March 23, 1912, Detroit, March 28. 1905, and Grand Rapids, April 8. 

 1890; Ontario, Dunnville, March 15, 1885, Port Rowan, March 16. 



