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Bird - Lore 



western North Carolina, and southern Virginia; and east to the Atlantic Coast 

 from Virginia to New Brunswick. In winter it retires from the northernmost part 

 of its range, but remains at this season north, at least irregularly, to southern 

 Maine, southern Ontario, and Michigan, and passing at least as far south as 

 southern South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, and southeastern Texas. It is of 

 casual occurrence northeast to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. 



The Florida Meadowlark {Sturnella magna argutula) is resident and 

 breeds in the southeastern United States north to North Carolina, northern 

 Alabama, northern Mississippi, southwestern Indiana, southern Illinois, south- 

 eastern Missouri, northeastern Arkansas, and northeastern Texas; west to 

 eastern Texas; south to southeastern Texas, with the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, 

 Mississippi, Alabama, and southern Florida; and east to eastern Florida, eastern 

 South Carolina, and eastern North Carolina. 



The Rio Grande Meadowlark {Sturnella magna hoopesi) is resident in 

 the southwestern United States north to south central Texas, central New 

 Mexico, and central Arizona; west to central Arizona and central Sonora; 

 south to Sonora, central Chihuahua, southern Coahuila, and southern Tam- 

 aulipas; and east to eastern Tamaulipas and central southern Texas. 



All the migration dates given below refer to the common Eastern Meadow- 

 lark, and may be more or less misleading because, at all except the northernmost 

 localities, some individuals of this species usually pass the winter. The spring 

 dates represent, however, the normal appearance when the bird is not wintering, 

 or the dates when it becomes more conspicuous from its winter seclusion ; while 

 those for the autumn show its normal disappearance from ordinary observation 

 or from the localities given when not actually wintering. 



SPRING MIGRATION 



LOCALITY 



Beaver, Pa 



Renovo, Pa 



Morristown, N. J.. 



Alfred, N. Y 



Syracuse, N. Y. . . . 

 Jewett City, Conn 

 Providence, R. I.. . 

 Amherst, Mass.. . . 



Boston, Mass 



Rutland, Vt 



Tilton, N. H 



Portland, Maine. . 

 Montreal, Quebec. 

 Scotch Lake, N. B 



St. Louis, Mo 



Chicago, 111 



Fort Wayne, Ind.. 

 Columbus, Ohio. . 

 Oberlin, Ohio 



Number 



of years' 



record 



13 

 18 

 16 

 29 



19 



24 



9 



34 



17 



9 



24 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



March 8 

 March 26 

 March 10 

 March 22 

 March 21 

 March 7 

 March 5 

 March 17 

 March 19 

 March 18 

 April 6 

 April 9 

 March 31 



March 2 

 March 12 ' 

 March i 

 February 27 

 March 3 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



February 11, 1888 

 March 13, 1913 

 Rare, winter 

 March 9, 1913 

 February 6, 1902 

 Rare, winter 

 Rare, winter 

 February 3, 1886 

 Rare, winter 

 Rare, winter 

 March 26, 1915 

 March 20, 1908 

 March 21, 1913 

 April 6, 1907 

 Rare, winter 

 February 28, 1890 

 February 10, 1890 

 February 5, 1915 

 Rare, winter 



