The Migration of North American Birds 



SECOND SERIES 



II. THE SCARLET AND LOUISIANA TANAGERS 



Compiled by Harry C. Oberholser, Chiefly from Data in the Biological Survey 



See frontispiece 



SCARLET TANAGER 



The Scarlet Tanager {Piranga erythromelas) breeds in the United States and 

 southern Canada, north to Nova Scotia, southern Quebec, Ontario, and south- 

 eastern Saskatchewan; south to southern Kansas, Tennessee, northern Georgia, 

 and western South Carohna. It winters in South America from Colombia to 

 Bolivia and Peru, and migrates through the Greater Antilles and Central 

 America. It is of casual occurrence during migration also west of Wyoming and 

 Colorado, and east to the Bahama Islands and the Lesser Antilles. 



I 



SPRING MIGRATION 



LOCALITY 



Miami, Fla 



Mosquito Inlet, Fla 



Dry Tortugas, Fla 



Savannah, Ga 



Atlanta, Ga 



Long Island, Ala 



Bay St. Louis, Miss 



New Orleans, La.. 



Point Bolivar, Tex 



San Antonio, Tex 



Aiken, S. C 



Raleigh, N. C 



Weaverville, N. C 



Variety Mills, Va 



Washington, D. C 



Waverly, W. Va 



White Sulphur Springs, W. Va 



Chattanooga, Tenn 



Eubank, Ky 



Helena, Ark 



St. Louis, Mo 



Onaga, Kans 



Hartford, Conn 



Providence, R. I 



Boston, Mass 



Springfield, Mass 



Phillips, Maine 



Durham, N. H 



Rutland, Vt 



St. Johnsbury, Vt '. 



Morristown, N.J 



Englewood, N. J 



New York City, N. Y 



Alfred, N. Y 



Ballston Spa, N. Y 



Number 

 of years' 

 record 



5 

 28 



31 

 4 

 6 



7 

 9 

 4 

 9 

 8 



23 

 17 

 25 

 7 

 12 



3 

 II 



17 

 17 

 15 

 31 

 21 



17 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



April 14 

 April 19 

 April 16 

 April 10 

 April 12 



April 24 

 April 29 

 April 20 

 April 30 

 May I 

 April 28 

 May 2 

 April 26 

 April 18 

 April 26 

 April 27 

 May 7 

 May 9 

 May II 

 May II 

 May 12 

 May 17 

 May IS 

 May 14 

 May 17 

 May 9 

 May II 

 May 7 

 May 14 

 May 13 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



April 22, 1911 

 April 17, 1902 

 March, 29 189c 

 April I, 191 2 

 April II, 1904 

 April 4, 1910 

 April ID, 1902 

 April 6, 1893 

 April 22, 1907 

 April 12, 1890 

 April 21, 1914 

 April 19, 1911 

 April 17, 1894 

 April 21, 1891 

 April 17, 1899 

 April 25, 1904 

 April 28, 1895 

 April 18, 1910 

 April 14, 1890 

 April 10, 1892 

 April 21, 1887 

 April 24, 1896 

 May 4, 1913 

 May 3, 190S 

 May 6, 1899 

 May 8, 1895 

 May 9, 1905 

 May 9, 1900 

 May 4, 1913 

 May 9, 1905 

 April 12, 1887 

 May s, 1906 

 April 19, 1882 

 May s, 1899 

 May 8, 1913 



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