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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  haven 
  is 
  reached. 
  The 
  manner 
  and 
  cause 
  of 
  bird 
  migration 
  has 
  furnished 
  

   food 
  for 
  speculation 
  to 
  countless 
  observers 
  since 
  the 
  earliest 
  times 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  

   never 
  failing 
  source 
  of 
  fascination 
  to 
  the 
  bird 
  student. 
  

  

  '^tj 
  

  

  SPRING 
  ARRIVALS 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  loo 
  and 
  more 
  observers 
  in 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  who 
  

   have 
  reported 
  the 
  migrations 
  only 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  sent 
  schedules 
  of 
  any 
  

   extent 
  on 
  the 
  fall 
  migrations, 
  and 
  the 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  spring 
  movement 
  

   in 
  manA- 
  cases 
  are 
  fragmentary, 
  and 
  very 
  few 
  have 
  reported 
  inore 
  than 
  the 
  

   commonest 
  species 
  of 
  birds. 
  The 
  incoinplete 
  nature 
  of 
  these 
  reports 
  even 
  

   in 
  localities 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  records 
  are 
  most 
  desired 
  has 
  rendered 
  it 
  extremely 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  ma] 
  J 
  the 
  advance 
  of 
  species 
  and 
  trace 
  their 
  migration 
  routes. 
  

   Selecting 
  20 
  of 
  our 
  migratory 
  birds 
  which 
  are 
  most 
  universally 
  reported, 
  

   and 
  32 
  of 
  the 
  observers 
  who 
  sent 
  the 
  longest 
  schedules, 
  I 
  find 
  the 
  Robin 
  

   W'^as 
  reported 
  by 
  31 
  observers, 
  the 
  Bluebird 
  and 
  Baltimore 
  oriole 
  by 
  30, 
  

   the 
  Phoebe 
  by 
  27, 
  the 
  Chimney 
  swift 
  by 
  26, 
  the 
  Kingbird 
  by 
  25, 
  the 
  Flicker, 
  

   Barn 
  swallow 
  and 
  Catbird 
  by 
  24, 
  the 
  Chipping 
  sparrow, 
  Bobolink, 
  Yellow' 
  

   warbler 
  and 
  Song 
  sparrow 
  by 
  23, 
  the 
  Red-winged 
  blackbird 
  and 
  Crow 
  

   blackbird 
  by 
  21, 
  the 
  Cowbird 
  and 
  Crested 
  flycatcher 
  by 
  20, 
  the 
  Humming- 
  

   bird 
  b\' 
  18, 
  the 
  Brown 
  thrasher 
  by 
  17, 
  the 
  Spotted 
  sandpiper 
  by 
  16. 
  

  

  The 
  migration 
  dates 
  of 
  all 
  species 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  schedules 
  

   as 
  explained 
  under 
  that 
  heading, 
  but 
  for 
  purposes 
  of 
  comparison, 
  we 
  have 
  

   selected 
  the 
  dates 
  of 
  first 
  appearance 
  in 
  different 
  years 
  at 
  stations 
  in 
  widely 
  

   separated 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  For 
  these 
  comparative 
  tables 
  90 
  of 
  the 
  

   commoner 
  migratory 
  birds 
  which 
  are 
  most 
  generally 
  reported 
  have 
  been 
  

   selected. 
  Many 
  interesting 
  results 
  will 
  follow 
  a 
  careful 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  tables. 
  

   Some 
  stations 
  situated 
  near 
  together 
  were 
  taken 
  to 
  show 
  how 
  at 
  variance 
  

   reports 
  from 
  such 
  places 
  inay 
  be, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  that 
  two 
  observers 
  at 
  

   the 
  same 
  station 
  often 
  record 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  at 
  dates 
  several 
  days 
  apart, 
  

   which 
  is 
  undoubtedly 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  one 
  observer 
  succeeded 
  in 
  catching 
  

   the 
  first 
  migrant 
  on 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  its 
  actual 
  arrival, 
  or 
  was 
  fortunate 
  enough 
  

   to 
  visit 
  its 
  proper 
  haunts. 
  

  

  