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EiBDs OF North Carolina 



Fall Mighatiox — Continued. 



Name of nird. 



Earliest 



AlTi\:lI. 



1Z?l' Latest Noted. 



Fox Sparrow 1 Oct. 



Pipit Oct. 



Slate-colorcrl Junco ! Oct. 



Purple Finch Oct. 



Purf)i(' (irackle Oct. 



Pine Siskin ^ Nov. 



•Cape May Warbler Nov. 



Mallard Nov. 



Sliort-oarofl Owl Nov. 



•Bronzed Clrackle Nov. 



•Loon Nov. 



•Coot Nov. 



•Pectoral Sandpiper Nov. 



Black Duck Dec. 



C!reen-\vint;eil Teal Dec. 



Horned Lark Dec. 



LonK-eared Owl Dec. 



Lapland Longspur Jan. 



Crossbill Jan. 



Saw-wliet Owl ' Dec. 



Prairie Horned Lark Dec. 



•Blue-winged Teal i Oct. 



White-winged Crossbill.! Feb. 



17, '93 Nov. 8 April 6, '15 



17, '87, '89 Oct. 22 April 6, 'l.'i 



23, '86 Oct. 31 April 24, '07 



28, 'S9, '90 April 30, '90 



28, '86 Mav 8, 'SO 



3, '86 May 11, '11 



1, 'llonlv. 



6, '8.5, '95 April 7, '8.5 



8, '87 Feb. 9, '10 



.5, '9.5, '96 Mar. 3, '93 



17, '87 Dec. 9, '96 



1, '91 Dec. 1, '09 



15, '94 only. 



1, '94 April 11, '95 



1, '88 April 13, '00 



7, '87 Feb. 20, '95 



15, '98 Feb. 24, '10 



13, '93 Feb. 20, '95 



16, '97 Mar. 23, '85 



18, '94 



7, '87 Feb. 20, '95 



19, '88 I Dec. 7, '93 



23, '07 only. 



Length of Stay. 



I 5 mos. 20 days. 

 i 5 mos. 20 days. 



6 mos. 1 day. 



6 mos. 2 days. 



(i mos. 10 days.(g) 



mos. 8 days. 



5 mos. 1 day. 

 3 mos. 1 day. 



3 mos. 26 days. 



1 mo. 22 days. 



1 mo. 



4 mo.s. 10 days. 

 4 mos. 12 days. 



2 mos. 13 days. 

 2 mos. 9 days. 



1 mo. 7 days. 



2 mos. 7 days.(t) 



2 mos. 13 days. 

 1 mo. 19 days. 



NOTES ON FALL MIGRATION 



Unmarked species are winter visitors. 

 • Signifies .species that are transients only. 

 n. Have .so far been taken in fall only. 



b. Yellow Palm Warbli'r is occasional in winter, but never common then, though .sometimes 

 so in the spring or fall migrations. 



c. Hlick-lhniatcd Blue Warbler also once on November 19. 



d. Wilson's Snipe is liable to occur at any time within the dates mentioned, but is rarely com- 

 mon except during the spring migration in March. 



c. Meadowlark also taken on .\ugust S. 



/. Rusty Blackbird also once on December 16, 1889. 



g. Purple (irackle ob.servcd twice in .lune (1 taken June 16, 1891). 



/(. American Crossbill also taken on May 9, 1907, and on June 5, 1887. 



i. Blu(^-wingeil Teal probably occurs all winter, but is certainly more likely to api)ear liuring 

 the migrations. 



Besides the ducks in the above list, the following water-fowl have been taken or .seen at Raleigh 

 during the winter or the migrations: Baklpate, .Vpril 26, 1892, and November 12, 1S91; Lesser 

 Scaup Duck, January 2, 1895, March 10, 1891, March 2S, 190S; also seen on June 1, 1900; Buflle- 

 head, December 6, 1S93; Hooded .Merg.mser, November 21, 18SS, January 31, 1908; Old S(|uaw, 

 January It, 1910; Shoveller, March 31, 1902, a pair seen; Horned Grebe, January 14, 1909. 



