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Bird - Lore 



FALL MIGRATION, continued 



LOCALITY 



Harvard, Mass 



Tilton, N. H . 



Plymouth, Maine 



Montreal, Quebec 



Scotch Lake, N. B 



Pictou, Nova Scotia 



Athens, Tenn 



Chicago, 111 



Bicknell, Ind 



Youngstown, Ohio 



Wauseon, Ohio 



Detroit, Mich 



Ottawa, Ont 



Wall Lake, Iowa 



Madison, Wis 



Elk River, Minn 



Badger, Nebr 



Forestburg, S. D 



_ Aweme, Man 



"Corvallis, Mont 



Okanagan Landing, B. C. 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Average date of 

 last one observed 



3 

 9 



S 

 6 



lO 



5 



September i6 

 September 5 

 August 22 

 September i 

 September 6 



September 28 

 September 22 

 September 25 

 September 25 

 September 25 

 September 29 

 September 10 

 September 17 

 September 9 

 August 31 

 August 27 

 September 10 

 September 14 



Latest date of 

 last one observed 



September 25, 1908 

 September 19, 1907 

 August 30, 1895 

 September 16, 1893 

 September 25, 1907 

 August 22, 1894 

 October 6, 1908 

 October 3, 1915 

 October 17, 1915 

 October 14, 1916 

 October 8, 1897 

 December 20, 1908 

 September 29, 1892 

 October 10, 1915 

 September 28, 1909 

 September 7, 1915 

 September 7, 1899 

 September 18, 1905 

 September 20, 1910 

 September 4, 191 1 

 August 13, 1908 



Notes on the Plumage of North American Birds . 



FIFTY-SEVENTH PAPER 

 By FRANK M. CHAPMAN 



(See Frontispiece) 



Starling {Sturnus vulgaris, Figs. 1,2). When the young StarKng leaves the 

 nest it wears a lusterless, smoky brown or grayish brown plumage resembling 

 in color that of a female Cowbird. This is worn for several weeks, during the 

 first part of which time the bird remains under the care of its parents and is 

 succeeded, through complete molt, by the first winter plumage which is essen- 

 tially similar to that of its parents (Fig. 2). During the molt the new shiny 

 black, brown, or white-tipped feathers blotch the brownish juvenal plumage, 

 giving the bird a mottled appearance. There is no spring molt, and the change 

 from winter to breeding plumage is accomplished by a complete or partial 

 wearing off of the brownish or white tips to the feathers. These largely, or 

 wholly, disappear from the crown, throat, and breast, but traces of them remain 

 on the back and belly. The bill changes in color from brown or blackish to 

 yellow and becomes a conspicuous field character. The sexes are practically 

 alike in color. 



Bobolink {DoUchonyx oryzivorus, Figs. 3, 4). The nestling or juvenal plum- 

 age of both the male and female Bobolink resembles in color the one which 

 succeeds it; that is, the first- winter plumage. This is acquired by molt of all 



