The Migration of Thrushes 



SECOND PAPER 



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

 in the Biological Survey 



With drawings by LOUIS Agassiz Fuertes and Bruce Horsfall 

 AMERICAN ROBIN* 

 SPRING MIGRATION 



PLACE 



Atlantic Coast — 



New Market, Va 



Wasliington, D. C 



Waynesburg, Pa 



Beaver, Pa. 



Berwyn, Pa., early years ...... 



Berwyn, Pa., late years 



New Providence, N. J 



Selden, N. Y 



Flatbush, N. Y 



Alfred, N. Y 



Shelter Island, N. Y 



Branchport, N. Y. ... 



Boonville, N. Y 



Center Lisle, N. Y. .... 



Holland Patent, N. Y 



Ballston Spa, N. Y 



Paradox, N. Y 



Hartford, Conn 



Providence, R. I 



Eastern Massachusetts 



St. Johnsbury, Vt 



Hanover, N. H 



Southwestern Maine . . ... 



Halifax, N. S 



Grand Manan, N. B 



St. John, N. B 



Pictou, N. S. . . 



North River, Prince Edward Island 

 St. Johns, Newfoundland .... 



Mississippi Valley — 



Central Tennessee 



Central Kentucky 



Bloomington, Ind 



Waterloo, Ind. (near) . 



Wauseon, Ohio 



Oberlin, Ohio 



Ann Arbor, Mich. • 



Central Michigan 



Northern Michigan 



Rockford, III 



Chicago, 111 



Strathroy, Ont 



Toronto, Ont. 



Listowel, Ont 



Southeast Parry Sound District, Ont 



No. of years 

 record 



12 



7 



4 

 4 

 7 

 13 

 6 



7 

 6 



14 

 6 



9 

 10 



»3 



17 

 16 



4 

 13 



9 

 19 

 10 



5 

 18 



4 



5 

 10 



5 

 4 



7 



7 



7 



II 



7 



7 



19 



7 



5 



6 



18 



13 



14 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



February 23 

 February 26 

 February 21 

 February 17 

 February 14 

 March 7 

 February 24 

 March i 

 March 6 

 March 11 

 March 16 

 March 11 

 March 20 

 March 19 

 March 18 

 March 18 

 March 25 

 March 16 

 March 11 

 March 11 

 March 21 

 March 20 

 March 21 

 March 19 

 March 24 

 March 30 

 April I 

 March 3 t 

 April 6 



February 19 

 February 20 

 February 14 

 March 2 

 February 28 

 February 28 

 February 24 

 March 28 

 April 3 

 March 10 

 March 13 

 March 8 

 March 12 

 March 13 

 April 6 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



A few winter 

 A few winter 

 February 15, 1893 

 February 16, 1890 

 January 16, 1899 

 February 26, 1901 

 January i, 1892 

 January 17, 1892 

 February 9, 1892 

 February 18, 1900 

 January i, 1887 

 February 29, 1896 

 March 4, 1889 

 March i, 1902 

 March 6, 1894 

 January 20, 1892 

 March 20, 1889 

 February 26, 1888 

 January 4, 1905 

 January i, 1903 

 March 9, 1902 

 March 13, 1898 

 March 3, 1902 

 January i, 1890 

 March 14, 1889 

 March 12, 1898 

 March 15, 1887 

 January 9, 1887 

 March 25, 1865 



A few winter 

 A few winter 

 January 16, 1887 

 February 22, 1891 

 February 6, 1887 

 February 14, 1897 

 January 24, 1904 

 March 16, 1889 

 March 23, 1894 

 February 2, 1891 

 February 25, 1888 

 February 19, 1890 

 Wintered 1888-89 

 Wintered 1891-92 

 March 9, 1902 



*The more western records refer to the Western Robin. 



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