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Bird- Lore 



SPRING MIGRATION 



Number 

 of years' 

 record 



Raleigh, N. C 



Washington, D. C 



Randolph, Vt 



St. Johnsbury, Vt 



Monadnock, N. H 



Southern Maine 



Quebec, Can 



Scotch Lake, N. B 



North River, P. E I 



Godbout, Que 



St. Louis, Mo 



Odin, 111 



Oberlin, Ohio 



Plymouth, Mich 



Ottawa, Ont 



Southern Iowa 



Central Iowa 



Lanesboro, Minn 



Central Kansas 



Aweme, Manitoba 



Ft. Resolution, Mackenzie 



Carlisle, N. M 



Ft. Lyon, Colo 



Yuma, Colo 



Los Angeles, Cal 



Southern British Columbia 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



May IS 

 May 25 

 May 23 

 May 23 

 May 26 

 June 2 

 May 27 

 June 3 



May 5, 

 May 6 

 May 14 

 May 16 

 May 24 

 May 10 

 May 19 

 May 24 

 May 6 



May 12 

 May 21 



May 22 



May 14, 1902 

 May 8, 1906 

 May 17, 1889 

 May 21, 1903 

 May 20, 1903 

 May 21, 1906 

 May 25, 1905 

 May 23, 1900 

 May 23, 1887 

 June 7, 1883 

 April 29, 1884 

 May 3, 

 May 7, 

 May II, 

 May 14, 

 April 30, 

 May 17, 1886 

 May 20, 

 May 2, 

 May 26, 1903 

 June 19, 1903 

 April 16, 1890 

 May 9, 1884 

 May 18, 1905 

 May 4, 1895 

 MaV 18, 1889 



1904 

 1892 

 1905 

 [899 



[906 



FALL MIGRATION 



On the return migration in the fall, the first was at Washington, D. C, 

 August 16, 1886; the average date of arrival in southern Mississippi, August 30, 

 earliest August 27, 1896. Some dates of the last seen are: Yuma, Colo., Septem- 

 ber 10, 1906; Lawrence, Kans., September 10, 1905; Grinnell, la., average 

 September 5, latest September 10, 1889; Ottawa, Ont., September 4, 1905; 

 Beaver, Pa., average September 2, latest September 7, 1887; Washington, D. C, 

 September 17, 1890, and Raleigh, N. C, September 21, 1893. 



LEAST FLYCATCHER 



This species spends the winter farther north probably than any other of the 

 eastern members of its genus. It is found at this season in Yucatan and in northern 

 Mexico. Indeed, it may possibly winter occasionally in southern Texas, since 

 one was taken February 7, 1880, near the mouth of the Rio Grande. It migrates 

 eariier in the spring than the other small Flycatchers, and that it is well known 

 is attested by the large number of notes that have been contributed concerning 

 its movements. 



