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Bird -Lore 



the arrival of the first in the fall has been noted in southeastern Nicaraugua 

 August 9, 1892; San Jose, Costa Rica, Aug. 25, 1889, and Aug. 24, 1890; 

 Bonda, Colombia, August 27, 1898. 



Newport, Ore 



Berkeley, Cal 



Great Falls, Mont 



Latitude 64°, Mackenzie 



Aweme, Manitoba 



Lanesboro, Minn 



Ottawa, Ontario 



Southern Ontario 



Glen EUyn, III 



Wauseon, Ohio 



North River. Prince Edward Island 

 St. John, New Brunswick . . . 



Montreal, Can. 



Lewiston, Me 



Renovo, Pa 



Beaver, Pa 



Washington, D. C 



Raleigh, N. C 



St, Louis, Mo 



Onaga, Kans 



Bonham, Tex 



New Orleans, La 



No of years' Average date of 

 record last one seen 



October 5 



September 3 

 August 14 

 August 20 

 August 23 

 September 5 

 September 15 

 August 21 



August 26 

 September i 

 September 6 

 August 27 



Latest date of last 

 one seen 



September 18, 1900 

 October 9, 1888 

 September 13, 1889 

 August 10, 1903 



September 10, 1889 

 September 7, 1901 

 September 5, 1902 

 September 6, 1899 

 September 26, 1891 



September 2, 1890 

 September 3, 1890 

 September 5, 1898 

 September 17, 1894 

 September 30, 1888 

 September 28, 1890 

 August 28, 1888 

 September 3, 1896 

 August 24, 1894 

 September 12, 1889 

 October 27, 1893 



MANGROVE WARBLER 



The Mangrove Warbler is a non-migratory species occurring in w^estern 

 Mexico and Lower California. 



PRAIRIE WARBLER 



From its winter home in the West Indies and Florida, the Prairie 

 Warbler begins to move northward early in March, though the full tide of 

 migration does not start until the last of the month. 



SPRING MIGRATION 



PLACE 



No. of years' 

 record 



Average date of 



spring arrival 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



Raleigh, N. C. 



Washington, D. C 



Southeastern New York 



Portland, Conn 



16 



5 



4 

 10 



8 



7 



April 15 

 April 22 

 May 4 

 May 6 

 May 7 

 May 8 

 April 20 



April 6, 1892 

 April 19, 1891 

 May I, 1891 

 April 27, 1888 

 May I, 1896 

 May 4, 1891 

 April 13, 1893 

 May II, 1900 



Jewett City, Conn 



Boston, Mass ... 



Eubank, Ky. 



Toronto, Ont 



The latest records of striking the southern lighthouses are in the first 

 half of May, and the earliest spring date is March 7. Thus the period of 

 spring migration in the southern United States extends over more than nine 

 weeks. 



