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Bird - Lore 



The Western Martin {Progne siibis hespcria) breeds in the Pacific Coast 

 region of North America from southwestern British Columbia to southern 

 Lower California; and occurs during migration in Central America. Its winter 

 home is not known, but is presumably South America. In the following mi- 

 gration tables an asterisk (*) indicates the records belonging to the Western 

 Martin. 



SPRING MIGRATION 



LOCALITY 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Orlando, Fla 



Melrose, Fla 



Tallahassee, Fla 



Savannah, Ga 



Charleston, S. C. . 



Carrollton, Ala 



Biloxi, Miss 



New Orleans, La 



Kerr\'ille, Tex 



( iaines.ville, Tex 



Huachuca Mountains, Ariz. 



Stockton, Calif.* 



Raleigh, N. C 



New Market, Va 



Washington, D. C 



Mardela Springs, Md 



French Creek, W. Va.. 



Eubank, Ky 



Athens, Tenn 



Helena, Ark 



Onaga, Kans 



Loveland, Colo 



Morristown, N. J 



Berwyn, Pa 



Oberlin, Ohio 



Fort Wayne, Ind.. 



Chicago, 111 



St. Louis, Mo 



Keokuk, Iowa. . . . 

 Sioux City, Iowa . . 



Lincoln, Neb 



Jewett City, Conn. 



Block Island, R. I 



Boston, Mass 



Norway, Maine. . 



Tilton, N. H 



Rutland, Vt 



New York, N. Y 



Saratoga Springs, N. Y 



Detroit, Mich 



.^nn Arbor, Mich 



Madison, Wis 



Lanesboro, Minn.. 



Sioux Falls, S. D.. 



Larimore, N. D 



Great Falls, Mont 



lO 



7 



9 



14 



23 



5 



6 



12 



16 



29 



22 



6 



5 



30 



15 

 14 

 23 

 13 



3 

 30 



3 

 14 

 16 



6 

 II 



9 

 18 

 16 

 20 

 22, 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



February 8 

 February 4 

 February 20 

 March 18 

 March 3 

 March 9 

 February 13 

 February 14 

 February 24 

 March i 



March 6 

 April 22 

 March 28 

 April I 

 March 31 

 April II 

 March 21 

 March 21 

 March 4 

 April 6 

 April 22 

 April 17 

 April 19 

 April 8 

 April 4 

 April 1 2 

 March 21 

 March 30 

 April 13 

 April 9 

 April 13 

 April 1 7 

 .\pril 29 

 April 21 

 April 25 

 April 26 

 April 18 

 April 16 

 .\pril 19 

 .\pril 1 2 

 .\pril 13 



April 9 I 



.\pril 19 

 May 6 

 May 14 



Earliest date of 

 , spring arrival 



January 27, 1913 

 January 20, 1901 

 January 29, 191 i 

 March 5, 1911 

 February 16, 1907 

 March 9, 1888 

 January 29, 191 2 

 January 31, 1894 

 February 11, 1909 

 February 27, 1889 

 April 22, 1902 

 March i, 1879 

 March 16, 1907 

 March 14, 1898 

 March 9, 1908 

 March 18, 1889 

 April 9, 1890 

 March 14, 1887 

 March 17, 1907 

 February 18, 1897 

 March 26, 1900 

 April 21, 1887 

 .\pril 8, 1890 

 March 27, 1913 

 March 25, 1910 

 March 19, 1907 

 March 23, 1884 

 March 15, 1888 

 March 17, 1903 



.•\.pril 4, 1900 



April 3, 1900 



April 5, 1912 



April 10, 1915 



April 6, 1907 



April 16, 1914 



April 20, 1906 



April 16, 1915 



March 21, 1907 



April 6, 191 2 



April 5, 191 2 



March 23, 1907 



March 29, 1897 



Feb. 14, 1890! 



April I, 1888 



April 9, 19 ID 



April 19, 1886 



May 10, 1906 



t .\cciiiental at this early (late. 



