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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. N ewpart, 
R. L., 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, R. 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). a 
Western Willet. Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus (Brewst.)... 
Breeding range.—The western willet breeds not. uncommonly on the 
coast of Texas (Merrill), and from northern Iowa (Berry), southern 
South Dakota (Cheney), and northern California (Beckwith; Christie), 
north to the southern portions of Manitoba (Thompson), Saskatchewan 
(Ferry), Alberta (Macoun), and to Central Oregon (Bendire). 
Winter range.—The western willet 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 (Hastgate); 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 (Bond); Salt Lake City, Utah, April 28, 1897 (Young); Lewis- 
ton, Mont., May 2, 1903 (Silloway); Red 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. 
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