The Migration of North American Birds 



SECOND SERIES 



IV. THE WAXWINGS AND PHAINOPEPLA 



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



(See Frontispiece) 



BOHEMIAN WAXWINQ 



The North American breeding- range of this boreal bird {Bombycilla garrula) 

 extends north to northern Mackenzie and northern Alaska; west to western 

 Alaska and western British Columbia; south to Washington and Montana; 

 and east to northeastern Manitoba. It winters east to Nova Scotia, and south, 

 though irregularly, to Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, southern 

 Illinois, Kansas, Colorado, and southern California. It is of casual occurrence 

 in Arizona. 



SPRING MIGRATION 



LOCALITY 



Banff, Alta 



Fort Simpson, Mack.. 

 Fort Anderson, Mack 

 Dawson, Yukon 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



April 7 

 May i8 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



March 21, 1914 

 April 25, i860 

 May 10, 1863 

 May 24, 1899 



LOCALITY 



Shelter Island, N. Y. . . . 



Geneva, N. Y 



Bennington, Vt 



Scotch Lake, N. B 



Montreal, Quebec 



Youngstown, Ohio 



New Bremen, Ohio 



Chicago, 111 



Ann Arbor, Mich 



Ottawa, Ont 



Sioux City, Iowa 



La Crosse, Wis 



Minneapolis, Minn 



Lincoln, Neb 



Faulkton, S. D 



Margaret, Man 



Boulder, Colo 



Gilmer, Wyo 



Terry, Mont 



Gait, Calif 



Camp Harney, Ore 



Walla Walla, Wash 



Okanagan Landing, B. C 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Average date of 

 last one observed 



April 20 

 April 13 



February 28 



March 18 

 March 20 

 March 18 

 April I 



March 22 

 April I 



March 20 



February 28 



Latest date of 

 last one observed 



May 12, 1887 

 April 27, 1916 

 April 25, 1915 

 April 28, 1905 

 April 27, 1857 

 May 14, 1908 

 January 22, 1910 

 April 18, 191 1 

 March 10, 1888 

 March 30, 1897 

 April I, 191 2 

 April 5, 1905 

 April 25, 1876 

 March 6, 191 1 

 March 17, 1917 

 April 10, 1909 

 April 14, 191 7 

 March 7, 1870 

 March 31, 1904 

 March 14, 1911 

 March i, 1876 

 March 3, 1881 

 March 22, 1907 



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