NORTH AMERICAN RAILS AND THEIR ALLIES. 

 Fall migration. 



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Place. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years' 

 records. 



date of 

 fall ar- 

 rival. 



Earliest date 

 of fall arri- 

 val. 



Waverly , Mo 



Grape Vine, Tex 1 



Onaga, Kans 



Southeastern South Dakota. 

 Beloit, Colo 



Oct. 13 

 Oct. 22 

 Sept. 17 



Oct. 10,1890 

 Oct. 3, 1893 

 Oct. 12,1898 

 Sept. 8,1891 

 Sept. 24,1890 



Place. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years' 

 records. 



Average 



date of 



the last 



one seen. 



Latest date 

 of the last 

 one seen. 



Aweme, Man 



Heron Lake, Minn 



Delavan, Wis 



Grinnell, Iowa 



Biclmell, Ind 



Manchester, Mich 



Terry, Mont 



Southeastern South Dakota. 



Wet Mountains, Colo 



Eastern Nebraska 



Richmond, Kans 



Caddo, Okla 



Bonham, Tex 



Oct. 15 

 Oct."i6 



Nov. 1 

 Oct. "25 



Oct. 

 Nov. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 



31,1900 

 9, 1885 

 23, 1892 

 22, 1887 

 27, 1894 

 24, 1896 

 10, 1903 

 7, 1889 

 15, 1899 

 3,1891 

 3,1885 

 11,1883 



LIMPKIN. Aramus vociferus (Latham). 



Range. — Southeastern United States, the Greater Antilles, and 

 Central America. 



The limpkin is a nonmigratory bird whose range extends from 

 northwestern Costa Rica — Rio Frio (Richmond), Bebedero, La 

 Palma, and Bolson (Carriker) — through western Nicaragua (Ometepe 

 Island) and western Honduras (Ceiba) to Tehuantepec City, Oaxaca 

 (Nelson and Goldman), and Alvarado, Vera Cruz (Sumichrast) . 

 It occurs in the Greater Antilles, but is rare in Porto Rico (Gundlach) 

 and still rarer (if not now extinct) in Jamaica (Field). It was noted 

 January 28, 1901, at Cay Lobos Light, Bahamas, near the northern 

 coast of Cuba. 



The species was formerly very abundant on the interior waters of 

 Florida, and, though greatly reduced in numbers, it still occurs over 

 most of its former range, which extended north to Waukeenah (Wayne) 

 and Palatka (Hasbrouck) . A few wander in winter to Indian Key, 

 Key West, and the Tortugas (specimens in the U. S. National 

 Museum), and have occurred casually at Twiggs Dead River, Aiken 

 County, S. C, October 18, 1890 (Wayne); Charleston, S. C, July, 1904 

 (Wayne); and Brownsville, Tex., May 29, 1889 (Sennett). 



The nesting season extends over nearly half the year, eggs having 

 been found in Cuba during December and January (Gundlach), and 

 on the Oklawaha River, Fla., from the middle of February to June 20 

 (Jackson) . 



