The Migration of Flycatchers 



SIXTH PAPER 



Compiled by Professor W. W. Cooke, Chiefly from Data 



in the Biological Survey 

 With Drawings by Louis Acassiz Fuertes and Bruce Horsfall 



PHOEBE 



The Phoebe winters in the Guh" States from Florida to Texas, and, occa- 

 sionally, north to the Potomac and Ohio valleys. Hence, no dates of spring 

 migration are available until the northern part of the winter home is reached. 



SPRING MIGRATION 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



Variety Mills, \'a 



New Market, Va 



Washington, D. C 



Beaver, Pa 



Philadelphia, Pa. (near) 



Renovo, Pa 



New Providence, X. J 



Englewood, N. J 



Ballston Spa, N. Y 



Paradox, N. Y 



Jewett City, Conn 



Hartford, Conn 



Beverly, Mass 



Charlotte, Vt 



St. Johnsbury, \^t 



Hanover, N. H 



Monadnock, N. H 



Southwestern Maine 



Montreal, Canada 



Scotch Lake, N. B 



Eubank, Ky 



St. Louis, IVIo 



Independence, Mo 



Odin, 111 



Chicago, 111 



Rockford, III 



Brookville, Ind 



Bloomington, Ind 



Waterloo, Ind. (near) 



Oberlin, O 



Petersburg, Mich 



Plymouth, Mich 



Southwestern Ontario 



Strathroy, Ont 



Ottawa,' Ont 



Manhattan, Kan 



Onaga, Kan 



Keokuk, la i 



Grinnell, la 



Iowa Citv, la I 



1 



March 3 

 March 16 

 March 13 

 March 23 

 March 23 

 March 26 

 March 19 

 March 21 

 March 31 

 April 4 

 ilarch 24 

 March 25 

 March 23 

 .\pril I 

 April 2 

 April 2 

 March 26 

 April 6 

 April 17 

 April 19 

 Feb. 27 . 

 March 16 

 March 13 

 March 16 

 March 22 

 March 21 

 March 11 

 March 15 

 March 19 

 March 20 

 March 16 

 March 21 

 March 30 

 .\pril I 

 April 7 

 March 22 

 March 22 

 March 20 

 March 19 

 March 23 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



Rare, winter 

 March 9, 1892 

 February 23, 1902 

 March 15, 190J 

 January 23, 1894 

 March '15, 1898 

 March 8, 1894 

 March 13, 1894 

 March 20, 1902 

 March 31, 1888 

 March 15, 1902 

 March 13, 1898 

 March 12, 1898 

 March 23, 1897 

 March 22, 1902 

 March 31, 1889 

 March 22, 1903 

 March 24, 1905 

 April 10, 1887 

 April 18, 1907 

 Februarv 13, 1890 

 March "3, 1882 

 March 11, 1902 



March ^ 

 March 12 

 March 12 

 March i 

 March 2 

 March 11 

 March 14 

 March 10 

 March 17, ..^^ 

 March 20, 1903 

 March 19, 1903 

 March 26, 1907 

 March 14, 1S85 

 March 13, 1893 

 March 12, 1893 

 Februarv 27, 18 

 March i, 1882 



[894 

 1904 

 1889 

 r88i 

 1S93 

 1887 



1903 

 1894 

 1894 



(2io) 



