The Migration of North American Birds 



8i 



SPRING MIGRATION, continued 



LOCALITY 



Vicksburg, Mich.. . 

 London, Ontario. . . 

 Ottawa, Ontario. . . 



Keokuk, Iowa 



Sioux City, Iowa. . 



Madison, Wis 



Lanesboro, Minn.. . 

 Minneapolis, Minn 



Onaga, Kans 



Red Cloud, Neb. . . 



Number 



of years' 



record 



13 

 12 



34 

 I 2 

 II 

 21 

 10 

 15 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



March 9 

 ]March 16 

 April 2 

 March 5 

 March i 2 

 March 14 

 March 30 

 March 29 

 March 5 

 March 4 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



February 6, 1910 

 March 2, 1885 

 January 10, 1909 

 Rare, winter 

 March 7, 1910 

 March 5, 1894 

 March 21, 1889 

 March 18, 1903 

 Few, winter 

 February 18, 1916 



FALL MIGRATION 



LOCALITY 



Beaver, Pa 



Renovo, Pa 



Morristown, N. J. 

 Hartford, Conn.. . , 

 Providence, R. I.. 

 Amherst, Mass.. . . 



Boston, Mass , 



Portland, Maine. . 

 Montreal, Quebec. 

 Scotch Lake, N. B 

 Concordia, Mo.. . . 



Chicago, 111 



Fort Wayne, Ind.. 

 Richmond, Ind. . . 

 Wauseon, Ohio. . . 



Oberlin, Ohio 



Vicksburg, Mich.. 

 Newberry, Mich.. 

 London, Ontario. . 

 Ottawa, Ontario . . 



Keokuk, Iowa 



Madison, Wis 



Lanesboro, Minn.. 

 St. Vincent, Minn. 

 Onaga, Kans 



WESTERN MEADOWLARK 



The rich, melodious song of the Western Meadowlark {Sturnella neglecta), 

 so different from that of its eastern relative, is a familiar feature of western 

 bird life. The geographic range of the species extends from southwestern 

 Canada through the United States to central Mexico. Two subspecies are now 

 recognizable, of which the distribution is as follows: 



The Western Meadowlark {Sturnella neglecta neglecta) breeds in western 

 North America north to southern Manitoba, central Saskatchewan, central 

 Alberta, and south central British Columbia; west to south central British 



