66 NOETH AMERICAN SHOEEBIEDS. 



April 14, 1896 (Williams); central Connecticut, average April 29, 

 earliest April 16, 1896 (Jennings) ; , southern New Hampshire, average 

 April 30, earliest April 22, 1900 (Dearborn) j Plymouth, Me., average 

 May 3, earliest April 25, 1878 (Thorne); central Vermont, average 

 May 5, earliest April 30, 1887 (Goodwin) ; Godbout, Quebec, May 7, 

 1885 (Mem^in). 



Migration in the Mississippi Valley begins earlier than on the 

 Atlantic co^t and is earlier for corresponding latitudes all the way 

 north to the Canadian boundary, as shown by the following dates of 

 arrival: Odin, 111., average April 4, earliest March 30, 1895 (Vander- 

 cock); Tampico, 111,, average April 11, earliest April 9, 1890 (Brown); 

 Chicago, III., average April 16, earliest April 10, 1896 (Gault) ; Oberlin, 

 Ohio, average April 14, earliest March 22, 1904 (Jones); southern 

 Michigan, average April 20, earliest AprU 8, 1895 (Alexander) ; central 

 Iowa, average Apnl 15, earliest April 3, 1893 (Ross); southern Wis- 

 consin, average April 18, earliest April 10, 1853 (Stiles); Heron Lake, 

 Minnesota, average April 24, earliest April 20, 1890 (Miller); Man- 

 hattan, Kans., average April 14, earliest April 4, 1882 (Lantz); 

 Onaga, Kans., average April 14, earliest April 7, 1893 (Crevecoeur) ; 

 southern Nebraska, average April 17, earliest April 6, 1890 (Wilson); 

 northern Nebraska, average April 18, earliest April 7, 1903 (Colt) ; 

 central South Dakota, average April 23, earliest April 19, 1886 

 (Cheney) ; Argusville, N. Dak., average May 5, earliest AprU 26, 1894 

 (Edwards); Larimore, N. Dak;., average May 5, earliest AprU 26, 1888 

 (Eastgate); Aweme, Manitoba, average May 3, earliest AprU 26, 1899 

 (Criddle) ; Lake Como, Wyoming, May 5, 1879 (WUliston) ; Rathdrum, 

 Idaho, average May 12, earliest April 27, 1901 (Danby); Columbia 

 Falls, Mont., average May 12, earliest April 27, 1894 (Williams); 

 Edmonton, Alberta, May 12, 1903 (Preble); Red Deer, Alberta, May 

 13, 1892, May 11, 1893 (Farley); 150-mile House, British Columbia, 

 May 16, 1901 (Brooks). 



In the winter home in Argentina the northern movement begins in 

 February, and most birds are gone by the end of March; a few strag- 

 glers remain to AprU (Sclater and Hudson). The species passes 

 through Peru in March and April (Sclater and Salvin) ; the last was 

 seen at Piedra Blanca, Bolivia, AprU 23 (Allen) ; at Tonantins, Brazil, 

 May 7, 1884 (Berlepsch); Cabanas, Cuba, May 22, 1900 (Palmer and 

 RUey) ; Teopisca, Chiapas, May 7, 1904 (Goldman) ; and New Orleans, 

 La., May 19, 1894 (Allison). 



Eggs have been secured at Lawrenceville, N. J., May 18, 1889 

 (PhUlips); Holland Patent, N. Y., May 21, 1886 (WUliams); Marthfts 

 Vineyard, Mass., May 25, 1900 (Durfee); Cornwall, Vt., May 26, 1889 

 (ParkhUl); PhUo, 111., May 4, 1900 (Hess); Winnebago, lU., May 10, 

 1864 (Tolman); near Dubuque, Iowa, May 14, 1865 (Blackburn); 

 Beatrice, Nebr., May 16, 1895 (Pearse); near Bryant, S. Dak., May 

 26, 1895 (Lee); Lewistown, Mont., May 25, 1904 (SUloway); Car- 



