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BULLETIN" 128, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



April 18; Bay St. Louis, Miss., May 10, 1902; and Brookville, Ind., 

 May 16, 1884. 



Eggs of the coot have been reported at Newark, N. J., May 30, 

 1907 (Abbott); Ithaca, N. Y., May 25, 1907 (Reed and Wright); 

 Kewanee, 111., May 22, 1893 (Muchison); Terre Haute, Ind., May 19, 

 1888 (Blatchly); English Lake, Ind., May 11, 1890 (Deane); Agri- 

 cultural College, Mich., May 15, 1897 (Hankinson); Dunnville, Ont., 

 June 1, 1884 (McCallum); Fort Snellmg, Minn., May 27, 1891 (speci- 

 mens in U. S. National Museum); Brownsville, Tex., May 16, 1877 

 (Sennett); Decatur, Tex., May 19, 1889 (Donald); Barr Lake, Colo., 

 April 27-July 21, 1907 (Rockwell); Long Lake, Man., June 5, 1894 

 (Arnold); Fort Chippewyan, Alta., June 7, 1880 (MacFarlane) ; 

 Purisima, Lower California, May 17, 1909 (Thayer); Escondido, 

 Cal., April 20, 1903-July 1, 1906 (Sharp); and Fort Klamath, Oreg., 

 May 13, 1878 (Merrill). 



Fall migration. 



Montreal Canada 



Ottawa, t. nt 



Southern Maine 



Durham, N. H 



Cambridge, Mass 



Newport, R. I 



Portland, Conn 



Branchport, N. Y 



Renovo, Pa 



Washington, D . C 



Winfield, W. Va 



Raleigh, N. C 



South Qu'Appelle, Sask. 



Aweme, Man 



Sioux Falls, S. Dak 



Lincoln, Nebr 



Onaga, Kans 



Minneapolis, Minn 



Lanesboro, Minn 



Madison, Wis 



Chicago, 111 



New Harmony, Ind 



Oberlin, Ohio 



Vicksburg, Mich 



Keokuk, Iowa 



Kansas City, Mo 



Sawtooth Lake, Idaho. . . 



Terry, Mont 



Mosca, Colo, (near) 



Chattanooga, Okla 



Place. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years' 

 records. 



Average 



date of 



the last 



one seen. 



Oct. 18 

 Oct. 17 

 Oct. 13 



Nov. 7 



Nov. 11 

 Oct. 25 

 Oct. 21 



Nov. 11 

 Nov. 14 

 Oct. 23 

 Oct. 17 



Oct. 17 

 Oct. 21 

 Oct. 15 

 Nov. 19 

 Nov. 12 



Latest date 

 of the last 

 one seen. 



Oct. 



Oct. 



Oct. 



Oct. 



Dec. 



Dec. 



Nov. 



Nov. 



Nov. 



Oct. • 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Oct. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Nov. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Nov. 



Nov. 



Nov. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Dec. 



Nov. 



Oct. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Nov. 



24, 1892 

 23,1909 

 24,1904 

 10, 1897 



20. 1903 

 20, 1900 

 14, 1892 

 22, 1896 



2, 1894 

 31,1899 

 12, 1907 



1, 1882 

 21 1907 

 15 1909 

 14 1909 

 18 1900 

 26 1899 



6 1906 

 10 1892 

 24 1909 



6 1906 

 27, 1902 

 26, 1906 



5 1909 

 21,1899 



23. 1904 

 2, 1890 

 4, 1903 

 5 1907 



28, 1904 



The first coot arrives in northern Florida, in the fall, on the aver- 

 age October 20, earliest October 17, 1908; Washington, D. C, Sep- 

 tember 20, earliest September 1, 1890; Erie, Pa., September 6, earliest 

 September 5, 1875; Winfield, W. Va., August 20, 1907; Cambridge, 

 Mass., August 16, 1895; Rodney, Miss., September 24, 1888; Jasper 

 City, Mo., September 20, 1902; and Clipperton Island, southwest 

 of Mexico, November 19, 1901. 



