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and on the Pacific coast almost to the northern limit of its breeding 

 range at Chilliwack, B. C. (Brooks), and Okanogan, B. C. (Brooks). 

 There is an isolated winter colony at Barr Lake, Colo. (Hersey and 

 Rockwell); one wintered at Colorado Springs in 1898-99 (Aiken); 

 one at Boulder in 1909-10 (Betts); three at Helena, Mont., 191'0-11 

 (Saunders); and several near Provo, Utah, 1911-12 (Goodwin). One 

 was taken January 16, 1879, at Walla Walla, Wash. (Baird, Brewer, 

 and Ridgway). 



Spring migration. 



Place. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years' 

 records. 



Average 

 date of 

 spring 

 arrival. 



Earliest date 

 of spring 

 arrival. 



Raleigh, N. C 



Washington, D. C 



Baltimore, Md 



Erie, Pa 



Branchport, N. Y. (near). 



Ithaca, N.Y 



Eastern Massachusetts . . . 



St. Louis, Mo 



Bowling Green, Ky 



Central Indiana 



Chicago, 111 



Southern Wisconsin 



Southwestern Ontario 



Oberlin, Ohio 



Vicksburg, Mich 



Lincoln, Nebr 



Springfield. S. Dak 



Grand Forks, N. Dak 



Aweme, Man 



Indian Head, Sask 



Tucson, Ariz 



Fort Custer, Mont 



Columbia Falls, Mont 



Stony Plain, Alta 



Apr. 10 



Apr. 26 



Apr. 25 



Apr. 20 



Apr. 28 



Apr. 25 



Apr. 27 



May 2 



May 4 



May 16 

 May 23 



Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Mar. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Mar. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 Apr. 

 May 

 May 

 May 



1900 

 1892 

 1S95 

 1900 

 1905 

 1904 

 1899 

 1887 

 1902 

 1892 

 1907 

 1S96 

 1889 

 1907 

 1904 

 1900 

 1910 

 1903 

 1896 

 1910 

 1886 

 1S85 

 1894 

 1908 



The latest dates of the Virginia rail in its winter home are: Savan- 

 nah, Ga., April 3, 190S (Hoxie); Charleston, S. C, April 5 (Wayne); 

 Bayou Sara, La., April 15, 1882 (Beckham) ; and Bay St. Louis, Miss., 

 April 19, 1902 (Allison). 



Eggs have been found at Erie, Pa., May 26, 1891, and June 2, 1892 

 (Todd); Ithaca, N. Y., May 18, 1905 (Reed and Wright); Portland, 

 Conn., May 23, 1894 (Sage); Framingham, Mass., May 17, 1890 

 (Coombs); Hampton, N. H., May 28, 1887 (Shaw); Elkhart County, 

 Ind., May 19, 1890 (McBride); Oberlin, Ohio, May 8, 1903 (Jones); 

 Detroit, Mich., May 25, 1891 (Swales); Iowa City, Iowa, May 29, 

 1884 (Clute); Cedar Rapids, Iowa, May 8, 1902 (Hathorn); Pewau- 

 kee, Wis., May 23, 1871 (specimens in U. S. National Museum); 

 Boulder, Colo., May 28, 1904 (Henderson) ; Barr Lake, Colo., May 18, 

 1907-July6 (Rockwell); Fort Crook, Cal., May 13, 1861 (specimens 

 in U. S. National Museum); Walla Walla, Wash., April 26, 1882 

 (specimens in U. S. National Museum) ; and Tacoma, Wash., March 30, 

 1908 (Bowles). Eggs have been noted as late as July 19, 1903, at 

 Odessa, Del. (Pemiock), and young in the nest August 5, 1896, at 

 Hartland, Me. (Knight). 



