YELLOW-LEGS. °- 57 
north of'South America.. A few winter in southern: Mexico, as far 
north as Cozumel Island (Sharpe) and La Barca, Jalisco (Goldman); 
a few are noted occasionally in Louisiana. (Beyer) and in Florida in 
winter (Pillsbury), and the species occurs: ke Be in the Bahamas at 
this season (Bonhote). : 
Migration range:-The vélloweinass is common on elie Atlantic coast 
in fall and many pass through the Lesser Antilles.: In this latter 
region it is practically unknown in spring, and‘it is rare in spring 
migration on the Atlantic. coast north of: Long Island, New York. 
These facts would: seem to: indicate that some -yellow-legs pursue 
different migration routes in fall and spring. The species is a common 
migrant in the Mississippi Valley both spring and fall, and hence 
probably most ofi those that.go south through the Lesser Antilles 
return in spring: ne their ries erannds by. way of the Mississippi 
Valley. = 
‘The species is not.common on the Atlantic coast north of the Gulf 
of St. Lawrence, though one was taken October 8, 1882, near Fort 
Chimo, Ungava (Turner), and two have pede taken in southern 
Greenland. (Winge). : 
The yellow-legs is rarely seen west of the ee Mountains, but a 
few occur along the coast from northern Alaska (Grinnell) to southern 
Lower California (Brewster). One was token June 11, 1890, on St. 
Paul Island (Palmer). 
Spring migration.—The following dates” Siok: the usual time at 
which the yellow-legs arrives in its northward migration: Northern 
Texas, average March 26, earliest March'22; 1899 (Mayer); central 
Missouri, average April 14, earliest April 9, 1903 (Bryant); Keokuk, 
Towa, average April 16, ‘earliest ‘March 11, 1894 (Currier); central 
Nebraska, average April 28, earliest March 27, 1900 (Wolcott); 
Chicago, Il., average April 23, ‘earliest April 15, 1899 (Gault); Oberlin, 
Ohio, average April ‘28, ‘eatliest April 23, ‘1904 (Jones); Raleigh, 
N. C., average April 1, earliest March 25, 1893 (Brimley). The fol- 
lowing. are dates of occurrence somewhat earlier, than the average: 
Cumberland, Ga., March 12, 1902 (Helme); Washington, ‘D. C., 
March 12, 1906 (Green); Havre de Grace, Md. , March 15, 1895 ' (Kirk: 
wood); near Newport, R. I., April 28, 1902 (King); Godbout, Que- 
bec, May 5, 1888 (Comeau) ; ‘San Antonio, Tex., March 20, 1903 (Nor- 
ton); Bay ‘St. Louis, Miss., March' 13, 1902 (Allison) ; Sioux City, 
Iowa, March 11, 1864 (Feilner); southern Ohio, March 18, 1901 
(Henninger) ; Lanesboro, Minn., April 7, 1890 (Hvoslef); Fort ‘Lyon, 
Colo., Match 30, 1886 (Thorne); Indian Head, Saskatchewan, April 
25, 1892 (Macoun); Edmonton, Alberta, May 1,.1901 (Preble); Fort 
Reliance, Yukon, May 3 (Nelson); Fort Rendition Mackenzie, May 
5, 1860 (Kennicott) ; Willow River, Mackenzie, May 9, 1904 (Mills 
Aa Jones) ; Fort Reliance, Mackenzie, May 13, 1834 (Back); Fort 
