The Migration of North American Sparrows 



FIRST PAPER 

 Compiled by Professor W. W. Cooke, Chiefly from Data in the Biological Survey 



With Drawings by Louis Ac \ssiz I~uertes 



TREE SPARROW 



This is one of the best examples of a bird that remains near its far-northern 

 breeding-grounds in the fall until forced southward l)y the apprf)ach of winter. 

 The last birds left Nome City, Alaska, September lo, 1899; Kowak River, 

 Alaska, September 12, 1898; St. Michael, Alaska, September 21, 1899; Fort Rae, 

 Mackenzie, October 11, 1893; North River, Prince Edward Island, average 

 October 13, latest, October 25, 1889; Yuma, Colo., latest, November 17, 1908; 

 Aweme, Manitoba, average of ten years, November 3, latest, November 13, 1905; 

 Montreal, Canada, average, November 2, latest, November 7, 1889; Ottawa, 

 Ontario, average of thirteen years, October 30, a few occasionall\- seen in winter; 

 southern Maine average of nine years, November 19, and a few in winter. The 

 northern limit of the normal winter range extends from Oregon to Colorado, 

 southern Minnesota, southern Ontario and southern ]\Iaine, and the species 

 winters thence to Arizona, Oklahoma and South Carolina. The following table 

 gives the dates of arrival in the fall at the winter home. The more western records 

 relate to the western form of this species. 



FALL MIGRATION 



PLACE 



French Creek, W. Va. . . . 



Washington, D. C 



Erie, Pa 



Central New Jersey 



Providence, R. I 



Central Massachusetts.... 

 Southern New Hampshire 



Southern Maine 



Quebec, Canada 



Central Missouri 



Chicago, 111 



Waterloo, Ind. (near). . . . 



Oberlin, O 



Wauseon, O 



Palmer, Mich 



Plover Mills, Onl 



Guel[)h, (3nt 



Sahula, la 



Grinnell, la 



North P'reedom, Wis 



Lancsboro, Minn 



Onaga, Kans 



Southeastern Nebraska. . . 



Aweme, Manitoba 



Yuma, Colo 



Cheyenne, Wyo 



Terry, Mont 



Okanagan Landing, B. C 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Average date of 

 fall arrival 



7 

 4 

 4 

 7 



15 

 3 



10 



November 15 

 November 21 



November i 

 October 31 

 October 24 

 October 19 

 October 19 

 August 21 

 November 12 

 October 13 

 November 4 

 October 25 

 November 7 



October 20 

 October 22 

 October 16 

 October 16 

 Novemlier i 

 October i ; 

 Sc|)tcmber ig 

 (October 10 



Octol)er 1(1 



Earliest date of 

 fall arrival 



October 15, 

 October 31 

 October 26 

 September 

 October 7, 

 October 20 

 October 13 

 September 

 .\ugust 20, 

 November 

 October 4, 

 October 15 

 October 21 

 (October 19 

 October 7, 

 October i, 

 September 

 October 8, 

 October 19 

 October 10 

 October 6, 

 October 19 

 October 7, 

 September 

 October 5, 

 September 

 September 

 October 23 



1886 



1889 

 30, 1905 

 1906 



1886 

 , 1899 

 26, 1892 

 1890 

 5, 1889 

 1896 

 , 1887 

 , 1907 

 , 1892 

 1894 

 1890 

 20, 1904 

 1892 



1886 



1903 

 1889 

 , 1901 

 1899 

 9, 1901 

 1906 

 28. 1888 

 26, 1896 

 . 1905 



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