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Its western range is found in eastern Nebraska ( Lincoln, Bea- 

 trice), eastern Kansas (Manhattan, Onaga) and, sparingly, in eastern 

 Texas (Boerne) ; accidental in Maine (Norway, 1865, Waterville, 

 May, 1865). 



Winter Range. — Mexico to Colombia, South America: most of 

 the West Indies and the Bahamas. 



Spring Migration. — 



PIvACE 



Atlantic Coast — 



Gainesville, Fla 



Mt. Pleasant, S. C. ... 



Raleigh, N. C 



Asheville, N. C. (near) 

 French Creek, W. Va. 

 Washington, D. C. . . . 



Waynesburg, Pa 



Englewood, N. J 



Renovo, Pa 



Portland, Conn 



Mississippi Valley — 



New Orleans, La 



Eubank, Ky 



St. Louis, Mo 



Waterloo, Ind 



Oberlin, Ohio 



Petersburg, Mich 



Lanesboro, Minn 



Fall Migration — 



No. of 

 vears' 

 record 



TT 



5 

 4 

 5 

 4 

 7 

 7 

 3 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



March 8, 

 March 21, 

 March 26, 

 March 25, 

 March 27, 

 April 2. 

 April 8, 

 April 14, 

 April II, 

 April 13. 



1887 

 1904 

 1889 

 1894 

 1890 

 1905 

 1894 

 1886 

 1901 



i8Q2 



April 

 April 

 April 

 April 

 April 



April 2, 1898 

 March 24, 1889 

 March 29. 1884 

 April 5, 1893 

 March 28, 1904 

 April 4. 1890 

 April 18, 1887 



PI.ACE 



Lanesboro, Minn 



Renovo, Pa 



Englewood, N. J 



French Creek, W. Va 



No. of 

 years' 

 record 



Average date of 

 last one seen 



August 3 

 September 8 



Latest date of 

 last one seen 



August 26, 1888 

 September 30, 1903 

 October 2, 1885 

 October 7, 1890 



The Bird and its Haunts. — This shy, elusive creature seems to 

 me more like some untameable spirit of the woods than a bird. Cau- 

 tiously we may follow his sharp, decisive call or wild, ringing, almost 

 startling song, through the luxuriant undergrowth only to hear them 

 repeated from some point far ahead or even behind us ; and, if by 

 good fortune, we should get a glimpse of his nervously teetered body, 

 before we have time for one satisfactory look he is off — not to the 

 cover of the nearby bushes, but on a low, darting flight that takes 

 him speedily out of sight. 



