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FALL MIGRATION, Continued 



PLACE 



Aweme, Mantoba 



Grinnell, la 



Keokuk, la 



Chicago, 111 



Onaga, Kans 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Average date of 

 the last one seen 



October 13 

 October 27 



November 14 



Latest date of the 

 last one seen 



October 16, 1900 

 November 4, 1889 

 November 28, 1899 

 November 29, 1906 

 November 19, 1893 



McCOWN'S LONGSPUR 



McCown's Longspur is the westernmost in its breeding range, of the 

 plains-breeding Longspurs, finding its center of abundance just east of the 

 foothills of the Rocky Mountains and breeding thence from southern 

 Wyoming east to western Minnesota and north to central Alberta and 

 southern Saskatchewan; winters from Colorado south to Texas and north- 

 ern Mexico. 



SPRING MIGRATION 



PLACE 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



Grinnell, Iowa 



Cheyenne, Wyo 



Valentine, Nebr 



Badger, Nebr 



Southeastern South Dakota 



Larimore, N. D 



Terry, Mont 



Big Sandy, Mont 



Flagstaff, Alberta 



April 7 



April 18 

 April 21 

 April 24 

 April 26 

 May 2 

 May 3 



March 3, 1887 

 March 12, 1889 

 March 28, 1894 

 April 18, 1901 

 April 6, 1888 

 April 4, 1894 

 April 22, 1894 

 April 28, 1904 

 April 28, 1908 



FALL MIGRATION 



PLACE 



Number 



of years' 



record 



White Mountains, N. M. 



Fort Lyon, Colo 



Gainesville, Tex 



Bonham, Tex 



Average date of 

 fall arrival 



November i 

 November 10 



Earliest date of 

 fall arrival 



September 12, 1902 

 September 29, 1886 

 October 27, 1885 

 November 9, 1889 



