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United States National Museum); Beaufort, N. C, May 8 (specimens 

 in United States National Museum); Cobbs Island, Virginia, May 

 25, 1875 (Baily); Warner House, N. J., May 19, 1884 (Bellows); 

 Madison, Conn., June 5, 1873 (Merriam); and on Sable Island in 

 June (specimens in United States National Museum). 



Fall migration. — A gunner who shot for the market near Newport, 

 R. I., obtained 106 willets during eight seasons, 1867-1874, on dates 

 ranging from July 11, 1871, to September 19, 1869 (Sturtevant), 

 One bird was seen July 2, 1902, at Sakonnet, E. I. (King). The 

 average date of arrival of late years on Long Island, New York, has 

 been August 13, earliest August 4, 1901 (Scott). The last was seen 

 at Plymouth, Mass., October 4, 1852 (Browne); Long Island, New 

 York, September 24, 1905 (Latham); southern New Jersey, average 

 September 9, latest October 17, 1885 (Crane); Hog Island, Virginia, 

 November 1, 1886, and October 27, 1887 (Doughty). 



Western Willet. Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inomatus (Brewst.). 



Breeding range. — The western willet breeds on the coasts of Texas 

 (Merrill) and Louisiana (Beyer) and from northern Iowa (Berry), 

 southern South Dakota (Cheney), and northern California (Beck- 

 with; Christie), north to the southern portions of Manitoba (Thomp- 

 son), Saskatchewan (Ferry), Alberta (Macoun), and to central Oregon 

 (Bendire). 



Winter range. — The western wiUet winters on the coasts of Loui- 

 siana (Beyer) and Texas (Sennett) and on the coast of California 

 north to Humboldt Bay (Townsend). In winter it ranges south into 

 Mexico (Nelson) and probably to southern Guatemala (Salvin). It 

 also passes eastward and winters on the Gulf coast of Florida (Scott). 



Spring migration. — Dates of spring arrival are: Stotesbury, Mo., 

 April 8, 1894 (Surber); Keokuk, Iowa, April 30, 1892 (Currier); 

 Lanesboro, Minn., April 26, 1879 (Hvoslef); central Kansas, average 

 April 30, earliest April 28, 1883 (Lantz) ; northern Nebraska, earliest 

 May 5, 1893 (Bates) ; northern North Dakota, average May 3, earliest 

 May 1, 1901 (Eastgate); Indian Head, Saskatchewan, May 6, 1892 

 (Macoun); northern Colorado, average May 1, earliest April 27, 



1887 (Smith); Cheyenne, Wyo., average May 4, earliest April 30, 



1888 ^ond); Salt Lake City, Utah, April 28, 1897 (Young); Lewis- 

 ton, Mont., May 2, 1903 (Silloway) ; Eed Deer, Alberta, May 12, 1892 

 (Farley); Halleck, Nev., May 5, 1871 (specimen in United States 

 National Museum); Fort Klamath, Oreg., April 22, 1887 (Merrill). 



Eggs have been taken at Corpus Christi, Tex., May 17, 1882 (Goss) ; 

 near Turtle Mountain, Manitoba, May 23, 1883 (Thompson) ; Oneida 

 County, Idaho, May 21, 1879 (Anderson); near Beckwith, Calif., 

 May 28, 1891 (Christie) ; Camp Harney, Oreg., May 8, 1878 (Bendire); 

 southern Saskatchewan, June 14, 1906 (Bent). Thus the nesting 

 season is about the same throughout the whole breeding range. 



