The Migration of North American Sparrows 



FOURTEENTH PAPER 

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



With Drawings by Lonis Agassiz Fijertes 

 (See frontispiece) 



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RED CROSSBILL 



The Red Crossbill is a well-known wanderer; in fact, many of its jnoveinents 

 are wanderings, as distinguished from true periodic migrations. It breeds 

 locally along the whole Alleghany range, from Georgia to New England, and 

 during the winter season invades the lower districts both to the east and the 

 west. These invasions are exceedingly variable as to frequency, time of the 

 year, and number of individuals. This Crossbill is also probably the most 

 irregular of all North American birds in its time of nesting. At Craftsbury, Vt., 

 it was found nesting in February; at Stephentown, N. Y., a bird, on July 12, 

 was found to contain an egg nearly ready to lay; in Yellowstone Park, Wyo., 

 young were noted just out of the nest in August; at Flathead Lake, Mont., 

 eggs were collected July 27, 1903; while eggs must sometimes be deposited 

 in December, or even November, since a young bird taken at Monument, 

 Colo., January 5, 1893, was only a day or two from the nest. 



SPRING MIGRATION 



PLACE 



Yemassee, S. C 



Mt. Pleasant, S. C 



Raleigh N. C 



Lynchburg, Va 



Washington, D. C 



Philadelphia, Pa 



Englewood, N. J. (near) 



Mandeville, La 



Clinton, Ark 



Shannon County, Mo. . 



Northern Illinois 



Northern Indiana 



Oberlin, O 



Columbus, O 



Southern Michigan 



Milwaukee, Wis 



Central, lowj 



Manhattan, Kan 



Lincoln, Neb 



Lamar, Col 



Number 



of years' 



record 



Average 



date of 



the last 



one seen 



May 



17 



May 



22 



May 



13 



April 



19 



April 



24 



May 



16 



April 



30 



May 



I 



Latest date of the 

 last one seen 



May 22, 1887 

 May 26, 1900 

 June s, 1887 

 May 7, 1902 

 June 30, 1884 

 June 8, 1884 

 June 18, 1910 

 March 27, 188; 

 May 5, 1890 

 May I, 1907 

 May 30, 1888 

 April 29, 1890 

 May 25, 1897 

 June 18, 1878 

 June I, 1888 

 May 25, 1885 

 May 16, 1897 

 April 23, 1892 

 May 21, 1899 

 July IS, 1898 



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