70 NORTH AMERICAN SHOREBIRDS. 
Nova Scotia, average May 7, earliest May 3, 1895 (Hickman); North 
River, Prince Edward Island, average May 14, earliest May 11, 
1890 (Bain). The earliest date of arrival at New Orleans, La., is 
March 19, 1904 (Kopman); Athens, Tenn., average April 14, earliest 
April 10, 1906 (Gettys); Russellville, Ky., April 9, 1906 (Embody); 
Brookville, Ind., average April 20, earliest April 14, 1883 (Butler); 
Waterloo, Ind., average April 27, earliest April 5, 1895 (Hine); 
Chicago, Ill., average April 30, earliest. April 19, 1896 (Gault); Ober- 
lin, Ohio, average April 16, earliest April 9, 1904 (Jones); Petersburg, 4 
Mich., average April 22, earliest April 15, 1887 (Trombly) ; southern 
Ontario, average April 23, earliest April 13, 1896 (Taverner) ; Ottawa, 
Ontario, average April 30, earliest April 24, 1897 (White); southern . 
Wisconsin, average April 27, earliest April 23, 1897 (Russell) ; Lanes- 
boro, Minn., average April 28, earliest April 18, 1886 (Hvoslef); 
Onaga, Kans., average May 5, earliest April 26, 1896 (Crevecoeur) ; 
Aweme, Manitoba, average May 8, earliest May 2, 1905 (Criddle); 
Columbia. Falls, Mont., average May 7, earliest May 4, 1896 
(Williams); Chilliwack, British Columbia, May 9, 1889 (Brooks); 
' Athabaska Landing, Alberta, May 6, 1901 (Preble) ; Fort, Chipewyan, 
Alberta, May 23, 1893 (Russell); near Fort Providence, Mackenzie, 
May 17, 1904 (Mills); Fort. Simpson, Mackenzie, May, 19, 1904 
(Preble); Dawson, Yukon, May 24, 1899 (Cantwell); Kowak Valley; 
Alaska, May 22, 1899 (Grinnell). The species has been seen south 
of its breeding, grounds as late as May in Brazil (Pelzeln), and to the 
latter part of June on the northern coast of Venezuela (Robinson). 
The species regularly remains in Cuba (Gundlach) and the Bahamas 
to early May (Bonhote) and in Mexico to the latter part of the month 
(Sharpe).. The average date of the last seen in northern: Florida i is - 
May 12, and the latest May 18, 1904 (Pleas). 
The date of the laying of the eggs varies but little over the hls 
extent of the breeding range, as shown by the following dates when 
the earliest eggs were found: Near Richmond, Va., May 22, 1881 
(Robinson); Erie, Pa., May 24, 1893 (Todd); Lawrenceville, N Jd, 
May 27, 1889 (Phillips); Trenton Falls, N. Y., May 19, 1892 (Wil- 
liams); Canaan, Conn., May 16, 1887 (Tobey); Fall River, Mass., 
May 14, 1887 (Durfee) ; ; ‘Orons, Me. , May 24, 1894 (Knight); Montiedl, 
Ghnads; June 8, 1890 (Wintle); fannie: Ontario, May 17, 1884 
(McCallum); Big Charity Island, Michigan, May 20, 1903 (Arnold); 
Cheyenne, Wyo., May 30, 1889 (Bond); Fort Lap wai, Idaho, May 
29, 1871 (Bendire); Fort. Resolution, Mackenzie, May .23, 1860 
(Kennicott); Fort Anderson, Mackenzie, June 9, 1862 (MacFarlane); 
Fort. Yukon, Alaska, June 15, 1862. 
Fall migration. —The individual taken on Barbados, West Indies, 
July 4, 1888 (Feilden), may have been a nonbreeding summer resi- 
dent, or an early fall migrant, but by the end of July migrants have 
