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BULLETIN 128, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Migration range. — The whooping crane seems to have had a pro- 

 nounced southeastward migration in the fall, bringing it to Enisdale, 

 Ont. (Fleming), Yarker, Ont. (Ewart), Cayuga Lake, N. Y. (Eaton), 

 and Beesleys Point, N. J. (Turnbull). There are good grounds for 

 believing that in early colonial times it wandered not rarely to 

 Vermont and Massachusetts. It ceased to visit New England a 

 century ago, and there are hardly a half dozen records of its occur- 

 rence in the last 25 years east of Lake Huron and the Allegheny 

 Mountains. 



The whooping crane probably was never a common visitor to the 

 South Atlantic States. Audubon's records of the crane in that part 

 of the country refer to the sandhill crane, but one was seen about 

 1850 on the Waccamaw River, S. C. (Wayne), and there was a 

 specimen in the museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia, sent from St. Simon Island, Ga. 



The whooping crane has wandered westward a few times to Big 

 Sandy, Mont., May 1-5, 1903 (Coubeau); Terry, Mont,, October 5, 

 1904 (Cameron); Loveland, Colo. (Smith); and southern New Mexico 

 (Henry). 



Spring migration. 



Place. 



St. Louis, Mo 



Stotesbury, Mo 



Indianola, Iowa 



Storm Lake, Iowa 



Heron Lake, Minn 



Bonham, Tex 



East-central Kansas 



Southeastern Nebraska 



Northeastern Nebraska 



Harrison, S. Dak. (near) 



Northeastern North Dakota. 



Loveland, Colo 



Aweme, Man 



Indian Head, Sask. (near) . . . 



Stony Plain, Alta 



Hay River, Mackenzie 



Willow River, Mackenzie 



Fort Rae, Mackenzie 



Fort Anderson, Mackenzie. . . 



Brownsville, Tex 



Bonharn, Tex 



Bay St. Louis, Miss 



East-central Kansas 



Eastern Nebraska 



Harrison, S. Dak 



Num- | Average 

 ber of I date of 

 years' I spring 

 records, arrival. 



Mar. 22 



Mar. 24 

 Mar. 25 

 Mar. 28 

 Mar. 24 

 Mar. 18 

 Mar. 20 

 Apr. 3 

 Apr. 5 

 Apr. 10 

 Apr. 12 

 Apr. 12 

 Apr. 23 



Apr. 5 



Apr. 15 

 May 10 

 Apr. 30 



Earliest date 

 of spring 

 arrival. 



Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 May 

 May 



May 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 



17, 1884 

 9, 1894 



18. 1901 

 22, 1886 



20. 1889 



23. 1890 

 7,1887 



16, 1890 

 23, 1900 



25. 1890 



5. 1885 

 8, 1889 

 6,1900 



19. 1904 

 21, 1909 

 12, 1908 



13. 1905 

 15, 1860 

 25, 1865 



1, 1877 



9. 1886 



15. 1902 



18. 1891 



16. 1890 



15. 1891 



Eggs have been taken April 25, 1868, at Dubuque, Iowa (specimens 

 in U. S. National Museum) ; May 2, 1882, at Clear Lake, Iowa (Goss) ; 

 May 26, 1894, near Eagle Lake, Hancock County, Iowa (Anderson); 

 and May 16, 1900, at Yorkton, Sask. 



