66 NORTH AMERICAN SHOREBIRDS. 



April 14, 1896 (Williams); central Connecticut, average April 29, 

 earliest April 16, 1896 (Jennings); southern New Hampshire, average 

 April 30, earliest April 22, 1900 (Dearborn); Plymouth, Me., average 

 May 3, earliest April 25, 1878 (Thorne); central Vermont, average 

 May 5, earliest April 30, 1887 (Goodwin); Godbout, Quebec, May 7, 

 1885 (Merriam). 



Migration in the Mississippi Valley begins earlier than on the 

 Atlantic coast and is earlier for corresponding latitudes all the way 

 north to the Canadian boundary, as shown by the following dates of 

 arrival: Odin, 111., average April 4, earliest March 30, 1895 (Vander- 

 cock); Tampico, 111., average April 11, earliest April 9, 1890 (Brown); 

 Chicago, 111., average April 16, earliest April 10, 1896 (Gault) ; Oberlin, 

 Ohio, average April 14, earliest March 22, 1904 (Jones); southern 

 Michigan, average April 20, earliest April 8, 1895 (Alexander) ; central 

 Iowa, average April 15, earliest April 3, 1893 (Ross); southern Wis- 

 consin, average April 18, earliest April 10, 1853 (Stiles); Heron Lake, 

 Minnesota, average April 24, earliest April 20, 1890 (Miller); Man- 

 hattan, Kans., average April 14, earliest April 4, 1882 (Lantz); 

 Onaga, Kans., average April 14, earliest April 7, 1893 (Crevecoeur) ; 

 southern Nebraska, average April 17, earliest April 6, 1890 (Wilson); 

 northern Nebraska, average April 18, earliest April 7, 1903 (Colt); 

 central South Dakota, average April 23, earliest April 19, 1886 

 (Cheney) ; Argusville, N. Dak., average May 5, earliest April 26, 1894 

 (Edwards) ; Larimore, N. Dak., average May 5, earliest April 26, 1888 

 (Eastgate) ; Aweme, Manitoba, average May 3, earliest April 26, 1899 

 (Criddle) ; Lake Como, Wyoming, May 5, 1879 (Williston) ; Rathdrum, 

 Idaho, average May 12, earliest April 27, 1901 (Danby); Columbia 

 Falls, Mont., average May 12, earliest April 27, 1894 (Williams); 

 Edmonton, Alberta, May 12, 1903 (Preble); Red Deer, Alberta, May 

 13, 1892, May 11, 1893 (Farley); 150-mile House, British Columbia, 

 May 16, 1901 (Brooks). 



In the winter home in Argentina the northern movement begins in 

 February, and most birds are gone by the end of March; a few strag- 

 glers remain to April (Sclater and Hudson). The species passes 

 through Peru in March and April (Sclater and Salvin) ; the last was 

 seen at Piedra Blanca, Bolivia, April 23 (Allen) ; at Tonantins, Brazil, 

 May 7, 1884 (Berlepsch); Cabanas, Cuba, May 22, 1900 (Palmer and 

 Riley) ; Teopisca, Chiapas, May 7, 1904 (Goldman) ; and New Orleans, 

 La., May 19, 1894 (Allison). 



Eggs have been secured at Lawrenceville, N. J., May 18, 1889 

 (Phillips); Holland Patent, N. Y., May 21, 1886 (Williams); Marthas 

 Vineyard, Mass., May 25, 1900 (Durfee); Cornwall, Vt., May 26, 1889 

 (Parkhill); Philo, 111., May 4, 1900 (Hess); Winnebago, 111., May 10, 

 1864 (Tolman); near Dubuque, Iowa, May 14, 1865 (Blackburn); 

 Beatrice, Nebr., May 16, 1895 (Pearse); near Bryant, S. Dak., May 

 26, 1895 (Lee); Lewistown, Mont., May 25, 1904 (Silloway); Car- 



