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23. 18.S9'". while for Arkansas the last rca)r(l is from Fayelte- 

 villc, March 31, 18<S3. on ihe authority of Prof. F. L. Harvey". 



The quadrangle of states to the north — Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, 

 and Nebraska--sa\v the ])assing through of these curlews during 

 the last few (kivs in March and during .\pril. By the last of 

 March the vanguard of the birds liad readied central Missouri, 

 (St. Fouis. Marcli 2?. 1S84)'* and southern Nebraska. (Waco. 

 March 31, 191 1 )'-. Curlews were on the St. Louis market April 

 6, IHS.^'', a Hock of a h.undred birds was seen in W-rnon comity, 

 southwestern Missouri, x\pril 16, 1894. and a flock of ten was 

 noted in the neighboring county of Jasper as late as May 2, 

 1902' -^ In central Kansas, according to the observations of Kel- 

 logg. the\^ reached lunporia April 14, 1884, and A])ril 13, 1885' ''. 

 In Iowa, the last recorded specimen was taken at Burlington in 

 the extreme southeastern part of the state, April 5, 1893, by Paul 

 Bartsch^^ The bulk of the birds reached southern Nebraska 

 about April 2 to 25 and remained until the 15 to 25 of May; in 

 tiorthern Nebraska they were apparently most numerous in early 

 May. The \an reached Heron Lake, Jackson county, in south 

 western Minnesota, April 3, 1884, and tbe next year, 1885. were 

 noted at this place on April 24**. In southeastern South Dakota, 

 the bulk arrived at Vermilion, Clay county. May 3, 1884*, while 

 Coues reported them present in large flocks between Fort Randall 

 and Yankton during the second week in May, 1873^''. 



By latter May the curlews had reached their breeding range in 

 tiie far north, on the Barren Grounds of Mackenzie within the 

 siiadow of the Arctic Circle or even within the Circle itself. The} 

 reached Fort Resolution, near the south shore of Great Slave 

 Lake, May 26, 1860, Kennicott mentioning in his journal the tak- 

 ing of a specimen there on that date.^". At Fort Anderson. Mac- 

 kenzie, near the Arctic coast, thev were noted Mav 27, 1865, by 



'"Forbusli, E. H. Game Birds, Wildfowl and Shorebirds. pp. 416-432, 1912. 

 "Howell. A. H. Bull. :58. Bureau of Biological Survey, p. 32, 1911. 

 "Eiche. A. Aiitea. v, p. .HI, 1911. 



'AVidmann. O. Trans. Acad. Science St. Louis, p. 75, 1907. 

 ".Anderson. R. M. Proc^ Davenport .\cad. Sciences, xi. p. 227. 1907. 

 '■'Coues, ]i. Birds of the "Northwest, pp. 510-512, 1874. 

 "Biography of Robert Kennicott; Committee, Chicago Acad. Sciences, in; 

 Trans Chicago Acad. Sciences, i, p. 172. 1809. 



