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western Nevada; south to northern Nevada, northern Utah, central Colorado, 

 northern Missouri, central Ilhnois, central Ohio, central West Virginia, north- 

 western Maryland, central Pennsylvania, and central New Jersey; and east 

 to the Atlantic Coast region from New Jersey to Nova Scotia. It migrates 

 through the West Indies, and less frequently through eastern Mexico and 

 Central America to South America, where it winters from Brazil to BoHvia 

 and Argentina. It is also of casual occurrence in California, and accidental in 

 the Bermuda and Galapagos Islands. 



SPRING MIGRATION 



LOCALITY 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Palma Sola, Fla 



Savannah, Ga. 



Charleston, S. C 



Raleigh, N. C 



Waverly, W. Va 



Washington, D. C 



Cambridge, Md 



Beaver, Pa 



Philadelphia, Pa 



Morristown, N. J 



New York, N. Y 



Alfred, N. Y 



Holland Patent, N. Y. 



Hartford, Conn 



Providence, R. I 



Pittsfield, Mass 



Boston, Mass. 



Bennington, Vt 



Hanover, N. H 



Plymouth, Maine. . . . 

 Montreal, Quebec. . . . 



Godbout, Quebec 



Scotch Lake, N. B.. . . 



Chatham, N. B 



Pictou, Nova Scotia . . 



New Orleans, La 



Helena, Ark 



Athens, Tenn 



Versailles, Ky 



St. Louis, Mo 



Chicago, 111 



Richmond, Ind 



Ft. Wayne, Ind 



Oberlin, Ohio 



Detroit, Mich 



London, Ontario 



Ottawa, Ontario 



Wall Lake, Iowa 



Madison, Wis 



Elk River, Minn 



Onaga, Kans 



Badger, Nebr 



Forestburg, S. D 



Argusville, N. D 



Aweme, Man 



Qu'Appelle, Sask 



6 

 14 



7 

 25 



4 

 27 



6 

 II 



9 

 13 

 14 

 30 

 17 

 27 

 12 

 II 

 27 



13 

 II 



19 

 14 



24 

 14 

 13 

 23 

 24 

 II 

 31 

 13 

 22 



9 

 15 



4 



3 



13 



17 

 5 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



April 19 

 April 23 

 April 23 

 May I 

 May 3 

 May 2 

 April 30 

 May 4 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 May ID 

 May II 

 May 8 

 May 7 

 May 10 

 May 12 

 May 17 

 June 4 

 May 20 

 May 26 

 May 19 

 April 19 

 April 25 

 April 27 

 May I 

 May I 

 May I 

 May I 

 April 29 

 April 26 

 May 2 

 May I 

 May 16 

 May 6 , 

 May 4 

 May 9 

 May 10 

 May 6 

 May II 

 May 12 

 May 14 

 May 21 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



April 10, 1913 

 April 9, 191 2 

 April 7, 1912 

 April 17, 1917 

 May I, 1906 

 April 26, 1908 

 April 26, 1914 

 April 29, 1910 

 April 23, 1896 

 May I, 1888 

 April 30, 1896 

 April 25, 1905 

 April 28, 1890 

 May 3, 1911 

 May 2, 1906 

 May 7, 1905 

 May 4, 1914 

 April 28, 1913 

 May 2, 1890 

 May 4, 1880 

 May 7, 1913 

 June 2, 1884 

 May 13, 1910 

 May 17, 1896 

 May 16, 1892 

 April 4, 1894 

 April 20, 1904 

 April 23, 1907 

 April 26, 191 2 

 April 24, 1888 

 April 25, 191 5 

 April 24, 1913 

 April 24, 1913 

 April 16, 1904 

 April 20, 1896 

 April 25, 1913 

 May 3, 1904 

 April 28, 191 2 

 April 25, 1914 

 May 3, 1914 

 May s, 1908 

 May I, 1900 

 May 6, 1904 

 May 2, 1895 

 May 3, 1902 

 May 12, 1913 



