The Migration of North American Birds 



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SPRING MIGRATION, continued 



LOCALITY 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Average date of 

 last one observed 



Latest date of 

 last one observed 



San Antonio, Texas 



Onaga, Kans 



Syracuse, Neb 



4 

 14 

 10 



May 21 

 May 19 

 May 10 



May 25, 1885 

 June 3, 1893 

 May 16, 1895 



FALL MIGRATION 



LOCALITY 



Chicago, 111 



Sioux City, Iowa. . 

 St. Vincent, Minn . 

 Sioux Falls, S. D.. . 

 Aweme, Manitoba. 



Boulder, Colo 



Rupert, Idaho 



Great Falls, Mont. 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Average date of 

 last one observed 



October 26 



September 18 

 September 14 

 September 28 



Latest date of 

 last one observed 



October 30, 1891 

 October i, 1910 

 October 25, 1897 

 September 20, 1908 

 October 20, 191 1 

 October 30, 1910 

 September 16, 1911 

 September 12, 1891 



CASUAL RECORDS 



Florida No date. ' 



Augusta, Ga September 23, 1893. 



Chester, S. C April 18, 1884. ■ 



Buckhannon, W. Va Spring, 1888. 



Washington, D. C August 29, 1892. 



Baltimore, Md. (near). September 10, 1891; September 18, 1893, October 



I, 1894. 



Erie, Pa. (near) .■ August 22, 1896. 



Allegheny Co., Pa April 26, 1895. 



Chester Co., Pa May 3, 1880; September 15, 1885. 



Fish House, N. J. (near) No date. 



New Haven, Conn June, 1878. 



Hartford, Conn ^ . . . .July, 1884. 



Stamford, Conn July, 1888. 



Watertown, Mass... October 15, 1869. 



Eastham, Mass September 10, 1877. 



Monomoy Island, Mass September 8, 1897. 



Spruce Head, Maine August 17, 1882. 



Godbout, Quebec September 4, 1878. 



MEADOWLARK 



The well-known Meadowlark {Sturnella magna) has a wide geographic 

 distribution, occurring from southern Canada through the United States, 

 Mexico, and Central America, to Venezuela. Of its eight recognized subspecies, 

 only three occur in North America. These with their geographic ranges are as 

 follows: 



The Eastern Meadowlark {Sturnella magna magna) breeds in eastern 

 North America north to New Brunswick, southern Quebec, southern Ontario, 

 and northeastern Minnesota; west to central and southwestern Minnesota, 

 western Nebraska, central Kansas, and northwestern Texas; south to central 

 Texas, southwestern Missouri, central Illinois, central western Tennessee, 



