66 NORTH AMERICAN SHOREBIRDS. 
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) ; 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 (Merriam). gba fa eo rat 3 
Migration’ in the Mississippi Valley begins earlier than on the 
Atlantic coast and is earlier for corresponding latitudes all the way' 
north to the Canadian boundary, as shown by the following dates of 
arrival: Odin, Ill, average April 4, earliest March 30, 1895 (Vander- 
cock); Tampico, Ill, average April 11, earliest April 9, 1890 (Brown) ;: 
Chicago, Ill., average April 16, earliest April 10, 1896 (Gault) ; Oberlin, 
Ohio, average April 14, earliest. March 22, 1904 (Jones); southern 
Michigan, average April 20, earliest April 8, 1895 (Alexander); central. 
Iowa, average April 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 April 26, 1894- 
(Edwards); Larimore, N. Dak., average May 5, earliest April 26, 1888 
(Eastgate); Aweme, Manitoba, average May 3, earliest April 26, 1899: 
(Criddle) ; Lake Como, Wyoming, May 5, 1879 (Williston) ; 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 April (Sclater and Hudson). ‘The species, passes 
through Peru in March and April (Sclater and Salvin); the last was 
seen at Piedra Blanca, Bolivia, April 23 (Allen); at Tonantins, Brazil, 
May 7, 1884 (Berlepsch); Cabanas, Cuba, May. 22, 1900 (Palmer and 
Riley);. 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 
(Phillips); Holland Patent, N. Y., May 21, 1886 (Williams); Marthas: 
Vineyard, Mass., May 25, 1900 (Durfee); Cornwall, Vt., May 26, 1889 
(Parkhill); Philo, Ill., May 4, 1900 (Hess) ; Winnebago, Ill., 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 (Silloway) ; Car- 
