The Migration of North American Sparrows 



TWENTY-NINTH PAPER 



Compiled by Prof. W. W. Cooke, Chiefly from Data in the Biological Survey 



With drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes 



(See Frontispiece) 



LARK BUNTING 



Wintering in northern Mexico, and less commonly in southern Texas 

 and southern Arizona, the Lark Bunting begins its northward journey in early 

 March, but migrates so slowly that it is the first of June before it reaches 

 the northern limit of its breeding range. Its principal home is on the treeless 

 prairies just east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, whence it spreads 

 west in migration to southern California and has wandered east to Mount 

 Pleasant, S. C, April 19, 1895; Montauk Point, N. Y., September 4, 1888; 

 and Lynn, Mass., December 5, 1877. 



SPRING MIGRATION 



PLACE 



Southern Arizona 



Pilot Knob, Calif 



Southern New Mexico. . . 

 Pahrump Valley, Nev. . . . 

 Springfield, Colo, (near) . 



Beloit, Colo, (near) 



Yuma, Colo 



Denver, Colo, (near) . . . . 



Cheyenne, Wyo 



Badger, Nebr 



Valentine, Nebr. (near) . . 



Rapid City, S. D 



Harrison, S. D. (near) . . . 



Lanesboro, Minn 



Terry, Mont 



Aweme, Manitoba (near) , 



Indian Head, Sask 



Dinsmore, Sask 



Flagstaff , Alberta 



Number 

 of years' 

 record 



3 

 S 

 5 

 14 

 4 

 4 

 6 



5 

 9 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



March i 



April 6 



April 29 

 May 2 

 May 8 

 May 14 

 May 10 

 May 7 

 May 9 

 May 10 

 May 13 



May IS 

 May 22 



May 26 

 May 31 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



February 13, 1910 

 April 6, 1890 

 April 3, 1892 

 April 29, 1890 

 April 27, 1908 

 April 28, 1894 

 May 4, 1906 

 April 28, 1889 

 May 7, 1888 

 May 4, 1900 

 April 22, 1894 

 May 6, 1906 

 May 10, 1891 

 May II, 1884 

 May 10, 1893 

 May 15, 1908 

 May IS, 1908 

 May 22, 1909 

 May 24, 1909 



The last were noted at San Antonio, Tex., on the average May 6, and the 

 latest May 13, 1899; the last in the Huachucas, Ariz., May 16, 1902; and at 

 Poway, Calif., May 25, 1886. 



The southward movement in the fall begins so early that by July 27, 1881, 

 the first appeared at Brownsville, Tex., several hundred miles south of the 

 breeding range. The average date of the first seen in southern New Mexico 

 is August 2, earliest July 31, 1901, and in southern Arizona, average August 7, 

 earliest August 5, 1909. An unusually early individual was noted July 20, 1905, 

 at Santa Barbara, Calif. 



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