MIGRATION. ra 
there is such a lack of observations with regard to it, that any- 
thing definite cannot be stated, but from nocturnal observations 
made in Narragansett Bay and along the coast, it would seem that 
the main migration of land birds in the fall follows an outside 
ocean route. 
A List OF THE BREEDING BirRDS OF RHODE ISLAND, IIt 
SPECIES. 
Giving earliest dates on which nests contain eggs. 
Pied-billed Grebe (Podi/ymbus podiceps) June 6. 
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) June 9g. 
Black Duck (Anas obscura) May 5. 
Blue-winged Teal (Querquedula discors) ? 
Wood Duck (Azv sfonsa) May ro. 
Ruddy Duck (27ismatura jamaicensis). ? 
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) May 23. 
Least Bittern (4rdetta extlis) May 23. 
Green Heron (Ardea virescens) May 21. 
Black-crowned Night Heron (Vycticorax n. nevius) May 7. 
Virginia Rail (Rallus virginianus) May 29. 
Sora (forsana carolina) May 24. 
Florida Gallinule (Gal/inula galeata) ? 
Woodcock (PAilohela minor) April s. 
Wilson’s Snipe (Gadllinago delicata) ? [May ro.] 
Spotted Sandpiper (Acttis macularia) May 27. 
Killdeer (4gialtis vocifera) May to. 
Piping Plover (4gzalitis meloda) Juness. 
Bob-white (Colinus virginianits) May 25. 
Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) May 8. 
Mourning Dove (Zenaidura macroura) May Is. 
Marsh Hawk (Circus Audsonius) May 25. 
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter velox) May 25. 
Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperit) May 14. 
Red-tailed Hawk (4uteo borealis) April 5. 
Red-shouldered Hawk (Auteo lineatus) April 5. 
Broad-winged Hawk ( Buteo datissimus) May 15. 
American Sparrow Hawk (fako sparverius) May tro. 
