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(White); Keokuk, Iowa, average March 23, earliest March 13, 1900 

 (Currier); central Iowa, average March 22, earliest March 11, 1897; 

 southern Wisconsin, average March 30, earliest March 18, 1894; 

 Heron Lake, Minn., average April 5, earliest April 1, 1888 (Miller) ; cen- 

 tral South Dakota, average April 11, earliest April 7, 1890; Aweme, 

 Manitoba, average April 24, earliest April 18, 1896 (Criddle); central 

 Montana, average April 4, earliest March 27, 1894; Rathdrum, 

 Idaho, average April 14, earliest April 8, 1899 (Danby); Okanagan 

 Landing, British Columbia, April 8, 1907 (Brooks); Bulyea, Alberta, 

 April 27, 1904 (Huck); near Fort Providence, Mackenzie, May 2, 

 1904, and May 1, 1905 (Jones); Fort Simpson, Mackenzie, May 10, 

 1904 (Preble); Nushagak, Alaska, April 25, 1882 (McKay); Fort 

 Reliance, Yukon, May 2 (Sharpe); Fort Kenai, Alaska, May 5, 1869 

 (Bischoff); Nulato, Alaska, May 21,1868 (Dall); Kowak River, Alaska, 

 May 22, 1899 (Grinnell). 



In southern Louisiana the average date of departure is April 19, 

 latest April 30, 1887; Raleigh, -N. C, average April 26, latest 

 April 28, 1898 (Brimley); central Nebraska, average April 27, latest 

 May 18, 1899; Chicago, III, average May 4, latest May 6, 1904 (Dear- 

 born); Oberlin, Ohio, average May 5, latest May 16, 1904 (Jones). 

 Some late dates of the last seen are : San Jose, Costa Rica, February 

 16, 1890 (Cherrie); Gainesville, Fla., April 15, 1887 (Chapman); 

 Lake Ellis, N. C, May 9, 1906 (Brimley); Washington, D. C, May 

 4, 1900 (Preble); Bay St. Louis, Miss., May 10, 1902 (Allison); Dal- 

 las, Tex., May 1, 1898 (Mayer); Long Pine, Nebr., May 18, 1899 

 (Bates). 



Eggs have been taken at Meadville, Pa., May 13, 1875 (Huidekoper) ; 

 young about two days old at Trenton, N. J., May 26, 1876 (Abbott); 

 eggs at Branchport, N. Y., May 20, 1896 (Stone); near Waukegan, 

 III, April 24, 1896 (Deane); Davis Station, Ind., April 24, 1898 

 (Deane); Pewaukee, Wis., May 12, 1871 (Goss); Elk River, Minn., 

 May 24, 1884 (Bailey); Minneapolis, Minn., May 14, 1887 (Cantwell); 

 American Fork, Utah, April 29 (Johnson); Fort Klamath, Oreg., 

 May 20, 1883 (Bendire); Yukon River, Alaska, May 28, 1861; Fort 

 Resolution, Mackenzie, May 30, 1864 (Lockhart) ; Shumagin Islands, 

 Alaska, June, 1895 (Call). 



Few of the shorebirds suffer so much from spring shooting as the 

 Wilson snipe. All winter long in the swamps of the southern States 

 it is persecuted by hunters, and as it moves northward it meets a 

 fusillade throughout its whole course. In the central parts of the 

 South shooting is at its height early in March, and just south of the 

 breeding range the bulk of the birds pass early in April. 



Fall migration. — July birds south of the breeding grounds are very 

 rare, though they have been noted at Bay St. Louis, Miss., on the 

 very early date of July 29, 1901 (Allison). Some dates of arrival 



