YELLOW WABBLER. 55 



Kecords from the Mississippi Valle}^ are given in tabular form: 



3fississippi Valley records of arrival of yellow vmrhler. 



Year. 



New Or- 

 leans 

 and 

 vicinity. 



Helena, 

 Ark. 



Eubank, 

 Ky. 



St. Louis, 

 Mo. 



Onaga, 

 Kans. 



1884 









Apr. 19 

 Apr. 18 

 Apr. 19 

 Apr. 20 

 Apr. 15 





1885 



Apr. 9 

 Apr. 12 









1886 











1887 









1888 



Apr. 2 

 Apr. 6 

 Apr. 5 









1889 





Apr. 12 

 Apr. 14 

 Apr. 15 

 Apr. 18 

 Apr. 17 

 Apr. 20 





1890 









1891 







Apr. 26 

 Apr. 28 

 Apr. 26 

 Apr. 26 

 Apr. 23 

 Apr. 24 

 Apr. 29 



1892 



Apr. 1 







1894 







1895 



Apr. 6 

 Apr. 4 



Apr. 21 





1896 





1897 



Apr. 18 







1898 



Apr. 2 

 Apr. 3 

 Apr. 8 

 Apr. 9 







1899 



Apr. 16 

 Apr. 23 

 Apr. 14 







1900 







Apr. 22 

 Apr. 25 



1901 



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Average 







Apr. 6 



Apr. 18 i Apr. 16 



1 



Apr. 18 



Apr. 25 



Records of average date of arrival farther north are: Brookville, 

 Ind., April 15; Waterloo, Ind., April 25; Wauseon, Ohio, April 26; 

 Cleveland, Ohio, April 28; southern Ontario, May 1; Ottawa, May 7; 

 Petersburg, Mich., April 26; Chicago, May 2; southern Wisconsin, 

 May 6; Keokuk, Iowa, April 30; Grinnell, Iowa, May 1; Lanesboro, 

 Minn., May 7; Aweme, Manitoba, May 14. The birds of the Rocky 

 Mountains arrive considerably later than at corresponding latitudes in 

 the East. Arrival in Colorado is principally during the second week 

 of May; at Cheyenne, Wyo., on May 11; Terr}^ and Great Falls, 

 Mont., Ma}^ 16. Other records in the far North are: Osier, Saskatche- 

 wan, May 17, 1893; Red Deer, Alberta, May 16, 1893; Pelican Rapids, 

 Athabasca, May 18, 1903; near Lake Athabasca, May 17, 1901; Fort 

 Chippewyan, May 21, 1893; Fort Simpson, May 26, 1861, and May 

 21, 1904. 



The records of arrival of the yellow warbler in Texas are important 

 as bearing on the general problem of migration routes in the State, 

 and are as follows: Corpus Christi, April 22, 1891; Refugio County, 

 April 17, 1899; San Antonio, April 15, 1890, and April 16, 1891; 

 Austin, April 16, 1893; Dallas, April 12, 1898, and April 15, 1899; 

 Bonham, April 9, 1885, April 10, 1886, April 8, 1887, April 8, 1889, 

 April 14, 1890, and April 15, 1891, and Gainesville April 18, 1886, 

 and April 13, 1889. 



Some late spring records south of the United States are as follows: 

 Central Ecuador, common in April; Costa Rica, May 1; Vera Cruz, 

 May 6-10, 1894; Cozumel Island, April 18, 1901. 



Fall migration. — The striking characteristic of the records of the 

 fall migration of the yellow warbler is their earliness. Along the 



