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Saybrook, Conn., March 8, 1887 (Clark); and had reached the coast 

 of Newfoundland by April 19, 1883 (Merriam). 



In the interior the first were reported at Grand Rapids, Mich., 

 March 28, 1891 (White); St. Louis, Mo., March 7, 1909 (Betts) ; 

 Keokuk, Iowa, March 8, 1903 (Currier) ; Storm Lake, Iowa, March 15, 



1888 (Bond); Canton, 111., March 9, 1897 (Cobleigh); Madison, Wis., 

 average March 19, earliest March 12, 1911; Lanesboro, Minn., March 

 23, 1893 (Hvoslef) ; Heron Lake, Minn., average April 1, earliest 

 March 22, 1894 (Miller) ; White Earth, Minn., April 3, 1882 (Cooke) ; 

 Lincoln, Nebr., average April 3, earliest March 28, 1899 (Wolcott) ; 

 near Valentine, Nebr., average April 1, earliest March 12, 1893 

 (Bates); Sioux Falls, S. Dak., March 19, 1911 (Larson); Vermilion, 

 S. Dak., March 31, 1884 (Agersborg) ; near Devils Lake, N. Dak., 

 average April 16, earliest April 11, 1895; southern Manitoba, average 

 April 25, earliest April 21, 1905; Indian Head, Saskatchewan, April 

 11, 1908 (Lang); mouth of Pelican River, Mackenzie, May 9, 1901 

 (Preble); Pecks Lake, Ariz., April 13, 1886 (Mearns) ; Fort Verde, 

 Ariz., April 17, 1888 (Mearns) ; Loveland, Colo., average March 14, 

 earliest March 9, 1890 (Smith); San Luis Lakes, Colo., April 4, 1887 

 (Woodbury) ; Coventry, Colo., April 13, 1906 (Smith) ; Great Falls, 

 Mont., average April 6, earliest April 5, 1890 (Williams); and Stony 

 Plain, Alberta, April 24, 1911 (Stansell). 



The last in spring were noted at Big Gasparilla Pass, Fla., May 22, 

 1886 (Scott) ; Pea Island, N. C, May 10, 1906 (Bishop) ; Washing- 

 ton, D. C, April 2S, 1887 (Fisher); Erie, Pa., April 26, 1902 (Todd); 

 Loyalhanna Creek, Pa., May 7, 1881 (Townsend) ; Atlantic City, 

 N. J., June 20, 1900 (Stone) ; Geneva, N. Y., May 24, 1888 (Miller) ; 

 New Orleans, La., April 28, 1894 (Beyer); Bay St. Louis, Miss., 

 March 29, 1902 (Allison) ; Kansas City, Mo., May 3, 1902 (Bryant) ; 

 Chicago, 111., June 21, 1907 (Armstrong); Sioux City, Iowa, May 8, 

 1904 (Rich); Spirit Lake, Iowa, June 14, 1890 (Berry); Madison, 

 Wis., May 17, 1905 (Blackwelder) ; Corpus Christi, Tex., April 12, 



1889 (Sennett); Emporia, Kans., May 6, 1884 (Kellogg); Hyperion, 

 Cal., May 24, 1910 (Grinnell) ; and Quinn River, Nev., June 1, 1909 

 (Taylor). 



Nonbreeding individuals remain all summer along the coast of 

 Long Island (Braislin), on Lake Ontario near Kingston (Clarke), on 

 Lake Michigan, and on the small interior lakes of Wisconsin (Kumlien 

 and Hollister), and Barr Lake, Colo. (Rockwell). 



Eggs have been taken from June 20, 1884, in southeastern Labrador 

 to August 3, 1860, at Rupert House, Quebec (specimens in U. S. 

 National Museum). Eggs were obtained May 23, 1898, at Devils 

 Lake, N. Dak. (Job), and June 13, 1893, at Stump Lake, N. Dak. 

 (Knight). Audubon found many eggs, but none of them hatched, 

 June 18, 1833, at Little Mecattina, on the north coast of the Gulf of 



