The Migration of Flycatchers 



SEVENTH PAPER 



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

 in the Biological Survey 



With Drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes and Bruce Horsfall 



DERBY FLYCATCHER 



This is a non-migratory species ranging throughout most of Central America 

 and extending north to the valley of the lower Rio Grande, in Texas. 



BEARDLESS FLYCATCHER 



A species principally of Central America, from Nicaragua northward, that 

 spends the winter at least as far north as central Mexico. A few have been noted 

 in southern Texas, where the species arrives in March. The bird breeds 

 near Tucson, Arizona ; here the first one was noted April 28, 1881, fledged 

 young were seen May 29, 1881 and young in the wing, but still fed by the parents, 



June ii, 1903. 



OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER 



The Olive-sided Flycatcher occurs throughout the United States except in 

 the southeastern part, where it is almost unknown outside of the mountains. 

 Though it breeds in the mountains as far south as North Carolina, records of 

 its movements are rare south of New England. 



SPRING MIGRATION 



PLACE 



Flushing, N. Y 



Chepachet, R. I 



Eastern Massachusetts. . . . 



Monadnock, N. H 



St. Johnsbury, Vt 



Southwestern Maine 



St. John, N. B 



Scotch Lake, N. B 



Halifax, N. S 



Montreal, Que 



Godbout, Que 



St. Louis, Mo 



Wheatland, Ind 



Urbana, 111 



London, Ont 



Chicago, 111 



Hillsboro, la 



Lanesboro, Minn 



Huachuca Mountains, Ariz 



Loveland, Colo 



Columbia Falls, Mont 



Pasadena, Calif 



Corvallis, Oreg 



Tacoma, Wash 



Fort Kenai, Alaska 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Average date of 



Earliest date of 



spring arrival 



spring arrival 







May 24, 1872 







May 24, 1900 



5 



May 24 



May 20, 1902 



2 



May 20 



May 18, 1903 



4 



May 23 



May 19, 1907 



5 



May 23 



May 20, 1906 



4 



May 24 



May 23, 1891 



5 



May 26 



May 22, 1905 



2 



May 28 



May 26, 1903 

 May 31, 1892 

 June 6, 1883 

 May 8, 1886 

 May 12, 1885 

 May 12, 1904 

 May 13, 1900 



7 



May 24 



May 20, 1898 



5 



Mav 19 



May 15, 1895 



4 



May 25 



May 23, 1891 

 April 20, 1902 

 May 11, 1887 

 May 21, 1897 

 April 24, 1896 

 May 4, 1906 

 May 15, 1904 

 May 26, 1869 



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