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  Bahamas. 
  The 
  Carolinas 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  place 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  where 
  

   the 
  species 
  is 
  common. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  rare 
  in 
  Maryland, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  

   winter 
  records 
  for 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  The 
  greater 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  

   winters 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  Mississippi 
  Valley, 
  north 
  rarely 
  to 
  southern 
  

   Illinois 
  — 
  accidental 
  January 
  11, 
  1892, 
  at 
  Lanesboro, 
  Minn. 
  — 
  and 
  south 
  

   through 
  Mexico 
  to 
  central 
  Guatemala; 
  indeed 
  many 
  hundreds 
  of 
  

   thousands 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  winter 
  near 
  Lake 
  Chapala, 
  Jalisco. 
  At 
  this 
  sea- 
  

   son 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  Arizona, 
  all 
  of 
  California, 
  and 
  less 
  com- 
  

   monly 
  north 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  to 
  southern 
  British 
  Columbia. 
  Num- 
  

   bers 
  winter 
  in 
  the 
  Hawaiian 
  Islands. 
  During 
  flight 
  between 
  the 
  winter 
  

   and 
  summer 
  home 
  it 
  passes 
  through 
  the 
  northeastern 
  United 
  States, 
  

   not 
  rarely 
  through 
  Penns}dvania 
  and 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  formerly 
  it 
  was 
  

   not 
  rare 
  in 
  Massachusetts; 
  but 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  fifteen 
  years 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  

   hardly 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  single 
  record 
  a 
  year 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  New 
  England. 
  

  

  Spring 
  migration. 
  — 
  Records 
  of 
  the 
  movements 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  

   not 
  numerous 
  enough 
  to 
  permit 
  exact 
  statements. 
  Migration 
  begins 
  

   late 
  in 
  February, 
  but 
  is 
  slight 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  March, 
  at 
  which 
  

   time 
  the 
  species 
  begins 
  to 
  appear 
  north 
  of 
  its 
  winter 
  range. 
  Average 
  

   dates 
  of 
  arrival 
  are: 
  Central 
  Illinois, 
  March 
  23; 
  central 
  Iowa, 
  March 
  

   23 
  (average 
  of 
  sixteen 
  years); 
  Heron 
  Lake, 
  Minn., 
  March 
  26; 
  central 
  

   Nebraska, 
  March 
  25; 
  central 
  Colorado, 
  March 
  12; 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Chicago, 
  

   111., 
  April 
  16; 
  southeastern 
  Minnesota, 
  April 
  9; 
  central 
  North 
  Dakota, 
  

   April 
  13; 
  southern 
  Manitoba 
  (twelve 
  years), 
  April 
  21; 
  Terry, 
  Mont., 
  

   April 
  13. 
  The 
  first 
  were 
  seen 
  near 
  Edmonton, 
  Alberta, 
  May 
  1, 
  1901; 
  

   Fort 
  Chipewyan, 
  Mackenzie, 
  May 
  7, 
  1893; 
  Fort 
  Resolution, 
  Macken- 
  

   zie, 
  May 
  18, 
  1860, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Yukon 
  River 
  the 
  second 
  

   week 
  in 
  May. 
  The 
  general 
  time 
  of 
  breeding 
  can 
  be 
  learned 
  from 
  the 
  

   following 
  dates: 
  Ha} 
  7 
  wards, 
  Cal., 
  eggs 
  April 
  25, 
  1901; 
  East 
  Bernard, 
  

   Tex., 
  downy 
  young 
  May 
  14, 
  1905; 
  Fort 
  Snelling, 
  Minn., 
  eggs 
  May 
  23; 
  

   North 
  Dakota, 
  incubated 
  eggs 
  June 
  7; 
  Oak 
  Lake, 
  Manitoba, 
  eggs 
  

   May 
  24, 
  1892. 
  

  

  Fall 
  migration. 
  — 
  An 
  individual 
  seen 
  at 
  Erie, 
  Pa., 
  September 
  6, 
  1893, 
  

   marks 
  about 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  fall 
  migration, 
  and 
  soon 
  after 
  this, 
  by 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  month, 
  the 
  earliest 
  migrants 
  have 
  reached 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  River. 
  The 
  larger 
  portion 
  has 
  departed 
  from 
  the 
  

   northern 
  United 
  States 
  by 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  October, 
  and 
  the 
  region 
  just 
  

   north 
  of 
  the 
  winter 
  range 
  is 
  deserted 
  early 
  in 
  November. 
  South 
  of 
  

   the 
  United 
  States, 
  at 
  the 
  southern 
  end 
  of 
  Lower 
  California, 
  the 
  first 
  

   arrivals 
  have 
  been 
  recorded 
  October 
  18; 
  Guaymas, 
  Mexico, 
  Novem- 
  

   ber; 
  Panama, 
  October 
  16; 
  Cuba, 
  September; 
  Jamaica, 
  November; 
  

   Trinidad, 
  December. 
  

  

  Dafila 
  acuta 
  (Linn.). 
  Pintail. 
  

  

  Breeding 
  range. 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  breeding 
  duck 
  throughout 
  a 
  

   wide 
  stretch 
  of 
  country 
  from 
  North 
  Dakota 
  to 
  the 
  Arctic 
  Ocean 
  and 
  

  

  