The Migration of North American Sparrows 



EIGHTH PAPER 



Compiled by Professor W. W. Cooke, Chiefly from Data in the Biological Survey 



With Drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes 

 (See frontispiece) 



SMITH'S LONGSPUR 



Smith's Longspur winters on the plains from Kansas to Texas, and 

 breeds far north beyond the tree limits on the barren grounds of northern 

 central Canada. 



SPRING MIGRATION 



PLACE 



Onaga, Kans 



Fayetteville, Ark 



Keokuk, la 



Grinnell, la 



Carlinville, 111 



Quincy, 111 



Chicago, 111 



Harrisburg, N. D 



Hay River, Saskatchewan 

 Fort Simpson, Mackenzie. 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



February i6 

 April 7 



April 1 8 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



February i, 189 

 February 28, 18 

 March 15, 1903 

 March 9, 1887 

 March 17, 1890 

 March 14, 1889 

 March 30, 1875 

 April 2, 1904 

 May 12, 1908 

 May 18, 1904 



PLACE 



Chester, S. C 



Gainesville, Tex 



King's Lake, Mo 



Keokuk, la 



Lincoln, Nebr 



Grinnell, la 



Chicago, 111 



Carberry, Manitoba 



Fort Simpson, Mackenzie 



oTv"?ar's' Average date of 

 record '^^ '^^^ "'^^ '^^° 



Latest date of the 

 last one seen 



March 8 

 April 1 8 



May 3 



February 9, il 

 April 8, 1885 

 April 12, 1894 

 April 20, 1897 

 April 20, 1901 

 April 30, 1888 

 May 5, 1893 

 May 17, 1884 

 May 21, 1904 



FALL MIGRATION 



PLACE 



Aweme, Manitoba 



Chicago, 111 



Grinnell, la 



Onaga, Kans 



Keokuk, la 



Bonham, Tex. . . . 

 Gainesville, Tex. . . 

 Chester, S. C 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Average date of 

 fall arrival 



October 20 

 November 5 

 November 12 

 November 11 

 November 16 



Earliest date of 

 fall arrival 



August 30, 1901 

 October 3, 1896 

 October 18, 1888 

 October 31, 1895 

 November 7, 1899 

 November 10, 1885 

 November 10, 1877 

 December i, 1880 



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