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Georgia (Helme)—occasionally to North: Carolina (Bishop)—Loui- 
siana (Edwards), Texas (Merrill),'and California. In this latter State 
it winters on the coast north at least.to Los Angeles County (Grinnell), 
and in the interior to Owen Lake (Fisher). 
Spring migration—The: advance begins in March, and the ‘first 
reach Raleigh, N. C., on the average April 3, earliest March 22, 1893 
(Brimley); Long Island, New York, averagé April 22, earliest April 
17, 1896 (Worthington); eastern Massachusetts, average April 26, 
earliest April 22, 1893: (Browne); southern Maine, average May 9, 
earliest April 26, 1896 (Morrell); city.of Quebec, Canada, average 
April 30, earliest April 18, 1903 (Dionne); Point de Monts, Quebec, 
average May 5, earliest April 26; 1885 (Comeau). Lake Mistassini, 
Quebec, May 7, 1885 (Macoun): Some other early dates along the 
Atlantic coast are: Patapsco Marsh, Maryland, March 26, 1875 (Kirk- 
wood); Carlisle, Pa., March 19, 1844 (Baird); Westport’ Harbor, 
Massachusetts, March 10,1899 (Howe and Sturtevant). The average 
date of arrival in central Illinois is ‘April 6, earliest. March 22, 1890 
(Brown); Chicago, Ill., average April 24, earliest April 14, 1895 
(Blackwelder) ; Oberlin, Ohio, average April 18, earliest April 12, 1905 
(Jones); southern Michigan; average April 27, earliest April 24, 1897 
(Hankinson); southern Ontario, average April 28, earliest April 13, 
1896 (Taverner); Ottawa, Ontario, average May 9, earliest April 28, 
1905 (White) ;, Keokuk; Iowa, average April 14, earliest March 26, 
1893. (Currier); Elk River, Minn., average April 21, earliest April’ 17, 
1886 (Bailey); Aweme, Manitoba, average May 4, earliest April 30, 
1902 (Criddle); Kansas City, Mo., March 9, 1903: (Bryant); Manhat- 
tan, Kans., March:11, 1883’ (Lantz); Lincoln, Nebr., April 10, 1899 
(Wolcott) ;: Fort. Lyon, ‘Colo:, March 28, 1886: (Thorne); Loveland, 
Colo., March 26, 1890 (Smith); Cheyenne, Wyo., April 11, 1888 
(Bond); Great Falls, Mont,, April 17, 1892 (Williams); Rathdrum, 
Idaho, April 20, 1901 (Danby, ; Fort-Simpson, Mackenzie, May 23, 
miles south of the breeding range. __,, 
Eggs have been taken at Fort St. J. ames, British Columbia, May 31, 
1889 (MacFarlane), and at Fort George, British Columbia, May 20, 
1890 (specimens in United States National Museum). . The earliest 
downy young noted in 1901 in the Caribou district, British Columbia, 
were seen on June 15 (Brooks). , % 
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‘Fall migration —Hardly six ‘weeks elapse” between the penis 
of the last northward-bound ‘migrants on Long Island, New York, 
