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Bird - Lore 



FALL MIGRATION, Continued 



Raleigh, N. C 



Central Wisconsin . 



Chicago, 111 



Oberlin, O 



Grinnell, la 



Lawrence, Kans. ... 

 Fredericksburg, Tex 



Number 

 of years' 

 record 



Average date of 

 the first one seen 



No\ember 

 October 14 

 October 8 

 October 20 

 October 21 



Earliest date of the 

 first one seen 



November 3, 

 September 5, 

 September 18 

 September 26 

 October 14, 1889 

 September 30, 1905 

 October 17, 1894 



903 



1896 



1896 



The average of nine years' records at Aweme, Manitoba, of spring arrival 

 is May 19, and the earUest May 4, 1901 ; Columbia Falls, Mont., April 10, 1894; 

 Edmonton, Alberta, May 20, 1909; Godbout, Quebec, March 26, 1888. The 

 average of the last seen at Aweme, Manitoba, is October 30, and the latest 

 November 6, 1908; Quebec City, Canada, December 18, 1888. 



GOLDFINCH 



The Goldfinch, represented by the three races mentioned in the succeeding 

 article, ranges from ocean to ocean, spends the winter principally south of 

 the forty-third parallel, and breeds, for the most part, north of the thirty-fifth 

 parallel. In the region between these two parallels, it is found all the year. 

 But, in addition, it occurs irregularly in winter over much of the northern 

 United States and even sometimes in southern Canada. The great bulk 

 of the Goldfinches migrate late, but a few wander from their winter stations 

 at an earlier date, and the records of the real migration are so mixed with 

 records of these wanderers and of winter birds that no exact statement can 

 be made of the date of migration throughout most of the United States. A 

 good example of this irregularity is found in the dates of the first seen at 

 Ottawa, Ontario, where the following are the dates of "arrival" for twenty- 

 two years: January 14, 29, February 10, 13, 28, March 5, 8, 13, 15, 25, 28, 

 April 7, II, 12, 17, 26, May 9, 10, 13, 14, 22. 25. It is obvious that where 

 the dates of arrival extend o\-er four months no exact average date can be 

 obtained. 



SPRING MIGRATION 



Alfred, N. Y 



Eastern Massachusetts 



Plymouth, Me 



Scotch Lake, N. B 



St. John, N. B 



Chatham, N. B 



Pictou, N. S... 



North River, Prince Edward Island 



