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Bird - Lore 



The latest dates south of the United States are : Suapure, Venezuela, April 9, 

 San Jose, Costa Rica, April 20; La Palma, Costa Rica, May i, 1882; Half 

 Moon Bay, British Honduras, May 10, 1862; Tampico, Vera Cruz, May 23, 1888. 



FALL MIGRATION 



The earliest fall migrants reached Ocuilapa, Chiapas, August 22, 1895, 

 and by September 27, 1899, had appeared near the southern limit of the winter 

 range, at Buritaca, Colombia. 



PLACE 



Harrison, S. D 



Onaga, Kan 



Lincoln, Neb 



Caddo, Okla 



Runge, Tex 



Tucson, Ariz 



Chicago, 111 



Wauseon, 



Bicknell, Ind 



Indianola, la 



Winthrop, Mass.. . . 

 North Truro, Mass 

 Westbrook, Me.. . . 

 Miller Place, N. Y. 



Number 



of years' 



record 



13 



Average date of 

 the last one seen 



September 9 



September 

 September 

 September 

 September 



Latest date of the 

 last one seen 



September 

 September 

 September 

 September 

 September 

 September 

 September 

 September 

 September 

 September 

 August 16, 

 September 

 October 10 

 October 10 



4, isgi 

 21, 1906 



23, 1899 

 25, 1883 



19, 1905 

 II, 1884 



16, 1906 



20, 1897 



24, 1907 



17, 1900 



1905 

 30, 1889 



LARK SPARROW 



The Lark Sparrow is a bird of the middle and western United States, 

 breeding from the southern Mississippi Valley, and northwestern Mexico, 

 north to southern Ontario and southern British Colombia. It winters almost 

 entirely south of the United States. 



SPRING MIGRATION 



PLACE 



Kerrville, Tex 



Fredericksburg, Tex 



Gainesville, Tex 



Eubank, Ky 



St. Louis, Mo 



Monteer, Mo 



Carlinville, 111 



Chicago, 111 



Bloomington, Ind.. . 

 Terre Haute, Ind.. . 



Brookville, Ind 



Waterloo, Ind 



Wauseon, O 



Oberlin, O 



Number 



of years' 



record 



5 

 3 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 5 

 3 

 3 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 10 



7 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



March 14 

 March 15 

 March 26 

 April 19 

 April IS 

 April 17 

 April IS 

 April 29 

 April 21 

 April 24 

 April 28 

 April 28 

 April 26 

 Mav 2 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



March i, 1904 

 March 10, 1895 

 March 23, 1886 

 April IS, 1891 

 April 12, 1887 

 April 10, 1906 

 April 12, 1886 

 April 28, 1908 

 April 12, 1903 

 April 20, 1887 

 April 23, 1887 

 April 24, 1904 

 April 12, 1886 

 April 26, 1908 



