Bird -Lore 



FALL MIGRATION, Continued 



LOCALITY 



Montreal, Quebec 



Charlottetown, P. E. I.. . . 



Halifax, N. S 



Scotch Lake, N. B 



Ellsworth, Maine 



Phillips, Maine 



Portland, Maine 



Tilton, N. H..: 



Durham, N. H 



Wells River, Vt 



Aweme, Man 



Athabaska Landing, Alta. 

 Okanagan Landing, B.C. 



Missoula, Mont 



Bozeman, Mont 



Number 



of years' 



record 



5 

 7 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 i6 



Average date of 

 last one observed 



Latest date of 

 last one observed 



September ig 



September 25 



September 21 

 October 2 

 October 4 

 October 7 

 September 20 

 September 20 



September 5 



September 16 



October 25 

 October 22 

 September 

 October 10 

 October 3, 

 September 

 October 21 

 October 10 

 October 20 

 October i, 

 October 8, 

 September 

 September 

 October 13 

 September 



1901 



10, 1902 

 ,1902 

 1912 



25, 1909 

 . 1914 

 , 1906 

 , 1900 

 1914 

 1907 



11, 1903 



15, 1913 

 , I 916 

 29, 1912 



PHAINOPEPLA 



The Phainopepla {Phainopepla nitens) breeds north to central western Texas, 

 New Mexico, southern Utah, southern Nevada, and central Cahfornia (casually 

 to central Nevada and northern California) ; and south to the Mexican States 

 of Mexico (Valley of Mexico), Puebla, and Vera Cruz. It winters locally from 

 central California and southern Arizona south at least to the southern limit of 

 its breeding range. 



SPRING MIGRATION 



LOCALITY 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



Tucson, Ariz 



Tule Wells, Yuma Co., Ariz, 



Tombstone, Ariz 



Santa Barbara, Calif 



Fresno, Calif 



*Probably wintering. 



March 24 



April 24 

 April 13 



February 5, 1916 

 February 12, 1894 

 January 14, 191 2* 

 April 7, 1910 

 March 26, 1906 



Notes on the Plumage of North American Birds 



FORTY-EIGHTH PAPER 



By FRANK M. CHAPMAN 



(See Frontispiece) 



Phainopepla {Phainopepla nitens, Figs, i, 2). — On leaving the nest, the 

 male, as well as the female, Phainopepla bears a general resemblance to the 

 adult female, but is browner with duller and narrower margins to the wing- 

 feathers. The postjuvenal molt is apparently usually complete, the primary 

 coverts being sometimes retained, and the male now acquires a black plumage 

 which, however, differs from that of the adult in having the body feathers, 



