The Migration of North American Sparrows 



SPRING MIGRATION, continued 



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PLACE 



Waverly, W. Va 



Plymouth, Mich 



Petersburg, Mich 



Southwestern Ontario. . 



Manhattan, Kan 



Onaga, Kan 



Hillsboro, la 



Keokuk, la 



Grinnell, la 



Iowa City, la 



Sabula, la 



Sioux City, la 



Storm Lake, la 



La Crosse, Wis 



Lanesboro, Minn 



Minneapolis, Minn 



Southeastern Nebraska 

 Northern Nebraska. . . . 

 Grand Forks, N. D.. . . 



Aweme, Ma litoba 



Southern Colorado 



Boulder, Colo. (near).. 



Cheyenne, Wyo 



Terry, Mont.' 



Great Falls, Mont 



Berkeley, Cal 



Chelan, Wash 



Chilliwack, B. C 



Okanagan, B. C 



Number 



of years' 



record 



4 

 6 



4 

 14 



6 

 II 



6 



7 



3 



5 



8 



10 



6 



5 



3 

 4 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



April 27 

 April 30 

 May I 

 May 4 

 April 13 

 April 15 

 April 16 

 April 20 

 April 18 

 April 25 

 April 25 

 April 25 

 May I 

 May I 

 April 28 

 April 29 

 April 23 

 May 7 



May 15 

 April 27 

 May 4 



May 7 

 May 12 

 March 15 



Mav 22 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



April 16, 1906 

 April 22, 1896 

 April 26, 1897 

 .\pril 25, 1897 

 .\pril I, 1882 

 April 2, 1895 

 Ai)ril s, 1898 

 .Vpril ID, 1892 

 April 10,. 1888 

 April 16, 1884 

 April 17, 1898 

 April 19, 1908 

 April 28, 1889 

 April 25, 1906 

 April 21, 1 89 1 

 April 21, 1907 

 April 19, 1900 

 April 28, 1894 

 May 4, 1903 

 May 14, 1905 

 April 24, 1894 

 April 27, 1892 

 May 7, 1889 

 April 27, 1900 

 May 8, 1889 

 March 11, 188; 

 March 19, i89( 

 May 21, 1889 

 ]\Iay 20, 1907 



FALL MIGRATION 



PLACE 



Minneapolis, Minn 



Palmer, Mich 



Plymouth, Mich.. . 



Wauseon, O 



Grinnell, la 



Onaga, Kans 



Yuma, Colo 



Berkeley, Cal 



Mt. Carmel, 111.... 

 Bonham, Tex 



While the Lark Sparrow is regularly a western bird, not ranging east of 

 the Mississippi Valley, it seems to be gradually working its way eastward, 

 as the original forest has been cleared off, and it has been taken quite a num- 

 ber of times east of the Alleghanies. There are a few spring records: Pulaski, 



