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of arrival show that it reaches Louisiana earlier than it appears in either Florida 

 or Texas. No proof could be stronger that the Louisiana birds arrive by a direct 

 flight across the Gulf of Mexico. 



SPRING MIGRATION 



PLACE 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Whitfield, Fla 



Southern Georgia 3 



Raleigh, N. C 12 



Washington, D. C 22 



Waynesboro, Pa 3 



Beaver, Pa 5 



Germantown, Pa 4 



Englewood, N.J 4 



Lockport, X. Y j 



Southern Louisiana 9 



Helena, Ark 10 



Athens, Tenn 5 



Eubank, Ky 6 



St. Louis, Mo 5 



Waterloo, Ind. (near) 8 



Oberlin, Ohio 10 



Chicago, 111 5 



Plymouth, Mich 8 



Petersburg, Mich 6 



Hillsboro, la 5 



Lanesboro, Minn 



San Antonio, Tex 4 



Northern Texas 6 



Central Kansas 4 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



Apr: 



Apr: 



Ma 



Ma 



Ma 



Ma 



Ma^ 



Apr 



Ap 



Apr 



Apr 



Apr 



Mav 



Ma 



Ma 



Ma 



Ma 



Ma 



Apr 



Apr 



1 17 

 1 26 



5 



9 



7 



16 



I 11 



1*5 



1 28 

 I23 

 1 28 



7 



9 



10 



15 

 15 

 10 



1 '16 

 1 24 



Mav 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



April 6, 1903 

 April 3, 1904 

 April 20, 1894 

 May 1, 1892 

 April 25, 1891 

 Mav 6, 1902 

 May 2, 1888 

 Mav 5, 1897 

 May 13, 1888 

 March 30, 1904 

 April 20, 1902 

 April 24, 1904 

 April 18, 1890 

 April 27, 1882 

 May 1, 1896 

 May 4, 1899 

 May 6, 1899 

 Mav 10, 1892 

 May 8, 1889 

 Mav 5, 1897 

 May 28,-1884 

 April 14, 1890 

 April 20, 1885 

 May 2, 1906 



FALL MIGRATION 



Some dates of departure in the fall are: Oberlin, Ohio., September 21, 1906; 

 Chicago, 111., September 27, 1906; Hillsboro, la., September 19, 1898; Law- 

 rence, Kans., September 10, 1905; Beaver, Pa., average September 25, latest 

 September 29, 1899; Washington, D. C, September 15, 1907; Raleigh, N. C, 

 average September 7, latest September 11, 1893; Tallahassee, Fla., October 

 9, 1904; Athens, Tenn., October 11, 1904; Ariel, Miss., October 20, 1897; Cov- 

 ington, La., October 27, 1899. 



TRAILL'S AND ALDER FLYCATCHERS 



This species has been separated into two forms, — an eastern, called the 

 Alder Flycatcher, and a western, known as the Traill's, or the Little Flycatcher. 

 The two forms come together in the middle of the Mississippi Valley. The species 

 winters south of the United States and in its migration it shuns the southeastern 

 United States, south of North Carolina. 



