The Migration of Flycatchers 



FIFTH PAPER 



Compiled by Professor W. W. Cooke, Chiefly from Data 

 in the Biological Survey 



With Drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes and Bruce Horsfall 



KINGBIRD 



The Kingbird winters south of the United States and comes north in the 

 spring across the Gulf of Mexico, in a path much less than a thousand miles 

 wide, whence it ranges northeast, north and northwest, until it reaches the north- 

 ern limit of the breeding range, which extends for nearly three thousand miles 

 in width from Newfoundland to British Columbia. 



SPRING MIGRATION 





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PLACE 



Atlantic Coast — 



Northern Florida 



Southeastern Georgia 



Southern South Carolina 



Raleigh, N. C 



Asheville, N. C. (near) 



Variety Mills, Va 



New Market, Va 



White Sulphur Springs, W. Va 



French Creek, W. Va 



Washington, D. C 



Renovo, Pa 



Caldwell, N. J 



Southeastern New York 



Alfred, N. Y 



Ballston Spa., N. Y 



Jewett City, Conn 



Portland, Conn 



Hartford, Conn 



Hadlyme, Conn 



Providence, R. I 



Eastern Massachusetts 



Randolph, Vt 



St. Johnsbury, Vt 



Milford, N. H 



Hanover, N. H 



Southwestern Maine 



Sherbrooke, Que 



Scotch Lake, N. B 



Chatham, N. B 



Pictou, N. S 



Prince Edward Island 



Godbout, Que 



Mississippi Valley — 



Southern Louisiana 



Southern Mississippi 



Number 



of years' 



record 



12 



17 



4 



20 



13 

 8 



5 

 23 

 12 

 10 

 13 

 17 

 12 



17 



7 

 10 



14 



7 

 12 



7 

 7 

 25 

 4 

 7 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



March 24 

 March 29 

 April 5 

 April 18 

 April 24 

 April 25 

 April 25 

 April 24 

 April 24 

 April 29 

 May 2 



May 



May 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 May 10 

 May 10 

 May 8 

 May 9 

 May 9 

 May 17 

 May 17 

 May 21 

 May 22 

 May 23 



March 25 

 March 29 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



March 14, 1907 

 March 27, 1906 

 March 28, 1878 

 April 13, 1900 

 April 22, 1891 

 April 17, 1888 

 April 18, 1896 

 April 18, 1896 

 April 19, 1 89 1 

 April 18, 1896 

 April 26, 1903 

 April 28, 1885 

 April 29, 1891 

 May 2, 1887 

 May 1, 1890 

 April 26, 1895 

 May 2, 1894 

 May 3, 1906 

 April 26, 1896 

 May 3, 1905 

 April 30, 

 May 5, 

 May 5, 

 May 4, 

 May 3, 

 May 3, 

 May 15, 1904 

 May 13, 1902 

 May 12, 1907 

 May 16, 1894 

 May 19, 1894 

 May 27, 1891 



March 19, 1894 

 March 24, 1890 



1890 

 1894 

 1904 

 1889 

 1904 



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