The Spring Migration of 1915 at Raleigh, N. C. 



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III. Species normally arriving from April 11 to 20, inclusive. 



Name 



Average 



date of 



arrival (i) 



Days later 



Arrival 191S °' «"''«■• 

 ' than aver- 



Redstart 



Yellow Warbler 



Prairie Warbler 



Yellow-throated Vireo . . . 



Spotted Sandpiper 



Hooded Warbler 



Crested Flycatcher 



Red-eyed Vireo 



W^ood Thrush 



Chimney Swift 



Oven-bird '. . 



Summer Tanager 



House Wren 



Ruby-throated Hummingbird 



Kingbird 



Catbird 



April 12 

 April 14 

 April 14 

 April 14 

 April 15 

 April 16 

 April 16 

 April 16 

 April 16 

 April 16 

 April 17 

 April 17 

 April 17 

 April 18 

 April 19 

 April 20 



IV. Species normally arriving later than April 20. 



Yellow-breasted Chat . . . 



Solitary Sandpiper 



Orchard Oriole 



Wood Pewee 



Water-Thrush 



Black-throated Blue Warbler 

 Green-crested Flycatcher . . 



Bobolink 



Indigo Bunting 



Blue Grosbeak 



Black-poll Warbler 



Kentucky Warbler 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo . . . . 





April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 27 



April 30 



May 



May 



May 



May 



May 



May 



24 

 24 



25 



25 



27 



April 12 

 April 17 

 April 12 

 April 13 

 April 13 

 April 10 

 April 24 

 April 20 

 April II 

 April 13 

 April 9 

 April II 

 April 20 

 April 14 

 April 12 

 April 21 



April 2/ 

 April 13 

 April 27 

 April 27 

 April 23 

 April 21 

 April 21 

 May 3 

 April 27 

 May I 

 May 3 

 April 23 

 May 14 



late 



3 late 



2 early 



1 early 



2 early 

 6 early 

 8 late 



4 late 



5 early 



3 early 

 8 early 



6 early 



3 late 



4 early 



7 early 

 I late 



3 late 



1 1 early 

 2 late 

 2 late 



4 early 

 6 early 

 9 early 



1 late 



5 early 



2 early 

 I early 

 12 early 

 8 late' 



B. RARER SPECIES (2) 



Yellow-crowned Night Heron April 2 and 8 

 Black-crowned Night Heron . . April 6 

 Rough- winged Swallow . . . ^ ^pril 6 



King Rail April 7 



Rusty Blackbird April 8 



Bachman's Sparrow April 10 



Grasshopper Sparrow April 17 



Bartramian Sandpiper April 17 



Purple Martin April 17 



Prothonotary Warbler April 24 



Nighthawk April 24 



(The last two were noted 15 miles east 

 of Raleigh.) 



1. The average date of arrival was calculated from records made during the period 

 1884 to 191 1 inclusive. 



2. This group includes species of which our records are too meager or too irregular 

 to obtain an average as to time of arrival. 



Cape May Warbler . . f . . . April 27 



Olive-backed Thrush April '2^ 



Blue-winged Warbler April 30 



Scarlet Tanager April 30 



Wilson's Thrush May i 



Chestnut-sided Warbler .... May 



Baltimore Oriole May 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak .... May 



Bay-breasted Warbler May 



Gray-cheeked Thrush May 



Wilson's Warbler May 



