The Migration of North American Sparrows 



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SPRING MIGRATION, continued 



PLACE 



Waverly, W. Va 



Plymouth, Mich 



Petersburg, Mich 



Southwestern Ontario. . 



Manhattan, Kan 



Onaga, Kan 



HillslDoro, la 



Keokuk, la 



Grinnell, la 



Iowa City, la 



Sabula, la 



Sioux City, la 



Storm Lake, la 



La Crosse, Wis 



Lanesboro, Minn 



Minneapolis, Minn 



'Southeastern Nebraska 

 Northern Nebraska. . . . 

 Grand Forks, N. D.... 



Aweme, Manitoba 



Southern Colorado 



Boulder, Colo, (near) . . 



Cheyenne, Wyo 



Terry, Mont 



Great Falls, Mont 



Berkeley, Cal 



Chelan, Wash 



Chilliwack, B. C 



Okanagan, B. C 



Number 



of years' 



record 



4 

 6 



4 

 14 



6 

 II 



6 



7 

 7 

 S 

 3 

 5 

 8 

 10 

 6 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



April 27 

 April 30 

 May I 

 May 4 

 April 13 

 April 15 

 April 16 

 April 20 

 April 18 

 April 25 

 April 25 

 April 25 

 May I 

 May I 

 April 28 

 April 29 

 April 23 

 May 7 



May 15 

 April 27 

 May 4 



May 7 

 May 12 

 March i 



May 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



April 16, 1906 

 April 22, 1896 

 April 26, 1897 

 April 25, 1897 

 April I, 1882 

 April 2, 1895 

 April 5, 1898 

 April 10, 1892 

 April 10, 1888 

 April 16, 1884 

 April 17, 1898 

 April 19, 1908 

 April 28, 1889 

 April 25, 1906 

 April 21, 1 89 1 

 April 21, 1907 

 April 19, 1900 

 April 28, 1894 

 May 4, 1903 

 May 14, 1905 

 April 24, 1894 

 April 27, 1892 

 May 7, 1889 

 April 27, 1900 

 May 8, 1889 

 March 11, 1887 

 March 19, 1896 

 May 21, 1889 

 May 20, 1907 



FALL MIGRATION 



PLACE 



Minneapolis, Minn, 



Palmer, Mich 



Plymouth, Mich.. . 



Wauseon, O 



Grinnell, la 



Onaga, Kans 



Yuma, Colo 



Berkeley, Cal 



Mt. Carmel, 111.... 

 Bonham, Tex 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Average date of 

 the last one seen 



September 

 September 

 September 

 August 31 

 September 



Latest date of the 

 last one seen 



September 18, 1906 

 September 30, 1894 

 September 20, 1891 

 October 5, 1897 

 October 16, 1886 

 September 9, 1893 

 October i, 1906 

 October 4, 1887 

 October 17, 1885 

 October 22 



While the Lark Sparrow is regularly a western bird, not ranging east of 

 the Mississippi Valley, it seems to be gradually working its way eastward, 

 as the original forest has been cleared off, and it has been taken quite a num- 

 ber of times east of the Alleghanies. There are a few spring records: Pulaski, 



