The Migration of North American Sparrows 



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for the winter. Three forms, breeding in Alaska, come south in winter to 

 California; but not enough data have as yet been secured to formulate their 

 times of migration. Nearly all of the dates given in the following tables refer 

 to the eastern bird, and it is particularly to be noted that this is the case 

 with the Mackenzie records and those for Kotzebue Sound, Alaska. Note 

 also the variations in speed of migration; forty days are occupied in the 

 1,000 miles from Missouri to Manitoba, and only thirty days for the 2,500 

 miles thence to northwestern Alaska. 



SPRING MIGRATION 



PLACE 



Washington, D. C 



Englewood, N. J 



New Providence, N. J.. 



Morristown, N. J 



Jewett City, Conn 



Hartford, Conn 



Providence, R. I 



Beverly, Mass 



Taunton, Mass 



Durham, N. H 



St. Johnsbury, Vt 



Portland, Me 



St. John, N. B 



Scotch Lake, N. B 



Halifax, N. S 



Pictou, N. S 



Chatham, N. B 



North River, P. E. I.... 



Ottawa, Ontario 



Quebec City, Canada... 



Monteer, Mo 



Lexington, Ky 



Odin, 111 



Chicago, 111..- 



Tampico, 111 



Brookville, Ind 



Bloomington Ind 



Waterloo, Ind. (near) . . . 



Oberlin, O 



Southern Michigan 



Hillsboro, la 



Keokuk, la 



Grinnell, la 



Madison, Wis 



Lanesboro, Minn 



Minneapolis, Minn 



Elk River, Minn 



White Earth, Minn 



Onaga, Kans 



Southeastern Nebraska. 

 Northern North Dakota 



Aweme, Manitoba 



Anthony, Ore 



Chilliwack, B. C. (near) 



Number 

 of years' 

 record 



Average date of 



Earliest date of 



spring arrival 



spring arrival 



8 



March 13 



rare, winter. 



14 



March 16 



January 24, 1907 



II 



March 17 



March 7, 1884 



5 



March 14 



February 15, 1890 



19 



March 17 



March 6, 1902 



9 



March 19 



March 14, 1909 



9 



March 18 



January 2, 1906 



10 



March 20 



March 15, 1908 



5 



March 15 



March 11, 1891 



3 



March 22 



March 16, 1898 



3 



March 30 



March 27, 1903 



7 



March 25 



March 19, 1905 



11 



April 4 



March 20, 1898 



4 



April 18 



April 14, 1905 



5 



April 8 



April 2, 1894 



8 



April 17 



April 9, 1889 



5 



April 20 



April 14, 1899 



4 



April 20 



April 18, 1889 



13 



April 21 



April 13, 1890 

 April 19, 1895 



4 



March 5 



February 29, 1904 



3 



March 15 



March 11, 1899 



3 



March 13 



February 10, 1891 



17 



March 19 



March 6, 1908 



6 



March 25 



March 19, 1886 



5 



March 16 



March 7, 1890 



5 



March 17 



February 20, 1892 



9 



March 27 



February 28, 1903 



8 



March 19 



March 9, 1894 



5 



March 30 



March 7, 1909 



5 



March 11 



March 1, 1896 



9 



March 15 



February 17, 1888 



5 



March 23 



March 15, 1889 



5 



March 20 



March 15, 1908 



11 



April 3 



March 25, 1889 



6 



April 5 



April 2, 1903 



8 



April 8 



March 28, 1884 

 April 14, 1882 



s 



March 7 



March 1, 1891 



7 



March 21 



March 2, 1906 



6 



April 20 



April 10, 1910 



13 



April 20 



April 10, 1903 

 April 5, 1906 



3 



March 23 



March 18, 1889 



