The Migration of North American Sparrows 



EIGHTEENTH PAPER 

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



With drawings Iiv Louis Agassiz Fuertes 

 (See Frontispiece) 



TOWHEE 



The Towhees of eastern North America have been separated into two 

 forms differing in the color of the eyes; the southern form, the White-eyed 

 Towhee, is resident in the southeastern United States from South CaroUna to 

 Florida. The breeding range of the other form, the Red-eyed Towhee, extends 

 from near the northern boundary of the white-eyed form north to Canada. 

 The two forms are together during the winter, the red-eyed race arriving in 

 its southward migration at Raleigh, N. C, on the average, October 13, earliest, 

 October 4, 1889; Atlanta, Ga., (near) average, October 12, earliest, October 

 5, 1903; northern Florida, average, October 15, earliest, October 11, 1903. It 

 departs on the average from northern Florida, April 18, latest. May 2, 1909; 

 Atlanta, Ga., (near) average, April 21, latest, April 27, 1902; Raleigh, N. C, 

 average. May 7, latest. May 15, 1886. Near Gainesville, Texas, it arrives 

 on the average, October 27, earliest, October 5, 1888; and leaves on the average, 

 April 20, latest, May 12, 1885. 



There could scarcely be found a better example of migration occurring 

 earlier west of the Alleghenies than at corresponding latitudes to the eastward. 

 The Towhees arrive in northern Ohio more than a month earlier than at the 

 same latitude on the Atlantic coast. At the date of their arrival in Washing- 

 ton, D. C, they have already been present for a week at Beaver, Pa., a hundred 

 and fifty miles farther north. 



SPRING MIGRATION 



Newmarket, Va 



White Sulphur Springs, W. Vi 



Washington, D. C 



Philadelphia, Pa. (near) 



Berwyn, Pa 



Beaver, Pa 



Renovo, Pa 



Morristown, N. J 



Englewood, N. J 



New Providence, N. J 



Flatbush, N. Y 



Alfred, N. Y 



Hadlyme, Conn 



Jewett City, Conn 



Hartford, Conn 



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