﻿WHISTLING 
  DUCK. 
  85 
  

  

  Biological 
  Survey 
  found 
  the 
  whistling 
  swan 
  breeding 
  at 
  Becharof 
  

   Lake 
  in 
  southern 
  Alaska, 
  latitude 
  58°, 
  this 
  being 
  the 
  most 
  southern 
  

   breeding 
  record. 
  Thence 
  it 
  breeds 
  along 
  the 
  Yukon, 
  about 
  Kotzebue 
  

   Sound, 
  and 
  probably 
  to 
  Point 
  Barrow. 
  Though 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  Asiatic 
  

   side 
  at 
  Bering 
  Island, 
  as 
  yet 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  record 
  of 
  its 
  breeding 
  in 
  

   that 
  country. 
  Accidental 
  once 
  in 
  Scotland 
  and 
  once 
  in 
  the 
  Bermudas. 
  

  

  Winter 
  range. 
  — 
  Probably 
  about 
  as 
  common 
  on 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay 
  

   during 
  the 
  winter 
  as 
  in 
  any 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  winter 
  home; 
  many 
  pass 
  to 
  the 
  

   coast 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  to 
  Florida. 
  It 
  winters 
  regularly 
  

   north 
  to 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1877-78, 
  one 
  remained 
  

   on 
  Nantucket 
  Island, 
  Massachusetts, 
  in 
  which 
  State 
  the 
  species 
  was 
  

   common 
  when 
  the 
  first 
  settlers 
  arrived, 
  but 
  is 
  now 
  so 
  rare 
  that 
  it 
  seems 
  

   to 
  have 
  been 
  recorded 
  only 
  four 
  times 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  thirty 
  years. 
  It 
  

   never 
  was 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  North 
  America, 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  occur 
  

   locally 
  in 
  winter 
  from 
  southern 
  Indiana 
  and 
  Illinois 
  to 
  the 
  Gulf 
  

   coast 
  of 
  Louisiana 
  and 
  Texas. 
  It 
  is 
  more 
  common 
  along 
  the 
  Pacific 
  

   coast, 
  and 
  winters 
  regularly 
  from 
  southern 
  British 
  Columbia 
  to 
  south- 
  

   ern 
  California 
  (Ventura 
  Count}^), 
  and 
  probably 
  one 
  was 
  seen 
  at 
  San 
  

   Rafael, 
  Lower 
  California. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  recorded 
  as 
  wintering 
  on 
  

   Near 
  Island, 
  Alaska, 
  far 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  winter 
  home. 
  One 
  was 
  

   seen 
  January 
  18, 
  1904, 
  near 
  Colonia 
  Diaz, 
  Chihuahua, 
  and 
  some 
  } 
  r 
  ears 
  

   earlier 
  one 
  was 
  killed 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  at 
  Silao, 
  Guanajuato. 
  

  

  Syring 
  migration. 
  — 
  The 
  northward 
  movement 
  begins 
  in 
  March, 
  as 
  

   shown 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  dates 
  of 
  arrival: 
  Erie, 
  Pa., 
  March 
  11, 
  1897; 
  

   Williamsport, 
  Pa., 
  March 
  20, 
  1905; 
  Deerfield, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  March 
  13, 
  1890; 
  

   Lockport, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  March 
  20, 
  1886; 
  Detroit, 
  Mich., 
  March 
  14, 
  1905; 
  

   Delavan, 
  Wis., 
  April 
  1, 
  1895, 
  March 
  31, 
  1896; 
  Heron 
  Lake, 
  Minn., 
  

   April 
  6, 
  1886, 
  March 
  31, 
  1894; 
  Elk 
  River, 
  Minn., 
  April 
  8, 
  1886; 
  Fort 
  

   Collins, 
  Colo., 
  March 
  16, 
  1895; 
  Jordan 
  River, 
  Utah, 
  March 
  10, 
  1850; 
  

   St. 
  Michael, 
  Alaska, 
  April 
  27, 
  1878; 
  Kowak 
  River, 
  Alaska, 
  May 
  11, 
  

   1899; 
  Fort 
  Simpson, 
  Mackenzie, 
  May 
  5, 
  1904; 
  Fort 
  Anderson, 
  

   Mackenzie, 
  May 
  18, 
  1865, 
  and 
  Melville 
  Island, 
  May 
  31, 
  1820. 
  One 
  

   seen 
  near 
  St. 
  John, 
  New 
  Brunswick, 
  April 
  8, 
  1882, 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  

   only 
  spring 
  record 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  north 
  of 
  Long 
  Island 
  for 
  the 
  

   last 
  fifty 
  years. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  species 
  breeds 
  to 
  the 
  westward 
  of 
  Hudson 
  Bay 
  and 
  win- 
  

   ters 
  commonly 
  on 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay 
  and 
  yet 
  is 
  practically 
  unknown 
  in 
  

   spring 
  in 
  northeastern 
  North 
  America, 
  it 
  follows 
  that 
  its 
  route 
  in 
  

   spring 
  migration 
  trends 
  to 
  the 
  northwestward, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  evident 
  why 
  

   at 
  this 
  season 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  uncommon 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  

   Lakes 
  and 
  Manitoba. 
  

  

  Most 
  whistling 
  swans 
  leave 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  to 
  the 
  

   latter 
  part 
  of 
  April; 
  unusually 
  late 
  birds 
  were 
  seen 
  near 
  Baltimore 
  

   May 
  4, 
  1905, 
  at 
  Williamsport, 
  Pa., 
  May 
  30, 
  1901, 
  while 
  nonbreeders 
  

   have 
  spent 
  the 
  summer 
  on 
  Lake 
  Malheur, 
  Oregon. 
  

  

  