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Bird - Lore 



FALL MIGRATION, Continued 



LOCALITY 



Savannah, Ga.. . . 

 Tallahassee, Fla. 



Orlando, Fla 



Carrollton, Ala.. 



Biloxi, Miss 



New Orleans, La, 



Austin, Tex 



Tombstone, Ariz. 

 Stockton, Calif.*, 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Average date of 

 last one observed 



September i8 



August 24 

 August 23 

 October 8 

 September 17 



Latest date of 

 last one observed 



August 30, 1909 

 September 27, 1901 

 December 18, 1915 

 August 28, 1886 

 October 9, 1910 

 October 22, 1894 

 September 28, 1893 

 September 10, 1909 

 September 6, 1878 



CUBAN MARTIN 



The Cuban Martin {Progne cryptoleuca) is a native of the island of Cuba, 

 but is of accidental or occasional occurrence in southern and central Florida. 

 The only authentic records for the United States are one specimen taken at 

 Cape Florida on May 18, 1858, and another specimen, without date, obtained 

 at Clearwater, Fla. 



GRAY-BREASTED MARTIN 



The Gray-breasted Martin {Progne chalybea) ranges from northeastern 

 Mexico and extreme central southern Texas, south through Mexico, Central 

 America, and South America, to Bolivia and southern Brazil. The only records 

 for the United States are a specimen taken at Rio Grande, Tex., on April 25, 

 1880, and another obtained at Hidalgo, Tex., on May 18, 1889. 



BARN SWALLOW 



The Barn Swallow {Hirundo erythrogastris) is one of the most familiar and 

 widely distributed North American birds. It breeds north to central Quebec 

 (southern Ungava) , southern Manitoba, northern Mackenzie, and northwestern 

 .Alaska; south to North Carolina, Arkansas, southern Texas, Guanajuato, 

 Jalisco, and Tepic, Mex. It winters from southern Mexico, through Central 

 America and South America to Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. In migration it 

 passes through the Bahamas and the West Indies, and is of accidental occurrence 

 in Greenland, the Bermuda Islands, and the Galapagos Islands. 



SPRING MIGRATION 



LOCALITY 



Dry Tortugas, Fla 

 Amelia Is., Fla.. . . 



Savannah, Ga 



Charleston, S. C . 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



April 8, 1890 

 April 9, 1916 

 March 26, 1905 

 April 3, 1909 



