NORTH AMERICAN RAILS AND THEIR ALLIES. 29 



Spring migration — Continued. 



Place. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years' 

 records. 



Average 

 date of 

 spring 

 arrival. 



Earliest date 

 of spring 

 arrival. 



Petitcodiac, N. B 



Bowling Green, Ky 



Kansas City, Mo 



Chicago, EI 



New Bremen, Ohio 



Oberlin, Ohio 



Ann Arbor, Mich 



Vicksburg, Mich 



Toronto, Ont 



Ottawa, Ont 



Sioux City, Iowa 



Keokuk, Iowa 



Madison, Wis 



La Crosse, Wis 



Heron Lake, Minn 



Minneapolis, Minn 



White Earth, Minn 



Gainesville, Tex 



Onaga, Kans 



Badger, Nebr 



Northern North Dakota . . 



Aweme, Man 



Indian Head, Sask 



Fort Simpson, Mackenzie. 



Tucson, Ariz 



Boulder, Colo 



Jackson, Wyo 



Terry, Mont 



Edmonton, Alta 



Grapevine Spring, Cal 



Fort Klamath, Greg 



ChiUiwack, B. C 



Okanogan Landing, B. C. 



Apr. 16 

 Apr. 18 

 Apr. 19 



May 2 

 May 3 

 Apr. 19 

 May 6 

 May 11 



Apr. 21 



May 2 



May 3 



May 5 



May 1 



May 6 



May 5 

 May 10 

 May 14 

 ..do ... 

 May 17 



2 May 11 



2 I Apr. 11 



May 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Aj>r. 

 May 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 May 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 May 

 May 

 Apr. 

 May 

 May 

 Apr. 

 May 

 Apr. 

 May 

 May 

 Apr. 

 Mar. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 



17. 1888 

 5, 1902 



17, 1902 

 11, 1896 

 19,1909 



22. 1907 



13. 1908 

 11, 1904 

 23, 1891 



8, 1910 

 20, 1902 

 16, 1893 

 19, 1908 

 20, 1906 



21. 1889 

 25, 1889 



4, 1882 

 8,1885 

 29, 1893 

 7,1886 

 3, 1908 



30. 1902 

 12, 1906 

 19, 1904 



18. 1886 

 8, 1910 



26, 1911 

 9,1906 



10. 1903 

 1, 1891 



28. 1887 

 9, 1889 



26, 1906 



The sora has been found at Swan Island, Honduras, as late as 

 March 25, 1887 (Ridgway); Lake Amatitlan, Guatemala, March 9, 

 1906 (Dearborn); Isla de los Pajaros, Vera Cruz, April 20, 1904 

 (Sheldon); Alta Mira, Tamaulipas, April 12, 1898 (Goldman); St. 

 Croix Island, West Indies, April 24, 1858 (Newton); Bermuda, April 

 26, 1849 (Jardine); Sombrero Key Lighthouse, Fla., April 19, 1887 

 (Marshall); Whitfield, Fla., May 7, 1903 (Worthington) ; Cumberland, 

 Ga. ; April 15, 1902 (Helme); Charleston, S. C, May 14, 1910 (Cham- 

 berlain); Kirkwood, Ga,, May 12, 1897 (Smith); Raleigh, N. C., 

 average May 13, latest May 18, 1888 (Brimley); Cumberland, Md., 

 May 30, 1901 (Eifrig); Hester, La., April 23, 1902 (Pring); Bay St. 

 Louis, Miss., April 20, 1902 (Allison); Bellevue, Tenn., May 20, 1895 

 (Rhoads); and Hidalgo, Tex., May 20, 1889 (Sennett). 



Eggs of the sora were secured at Erie, Pa., May 25, 1892 (Todd); 

 State College, Pa., June 7, 1909 (Harlow) ; Mount Holly, N. J., June 

 2, 1871 (specimens in U. S. National Museum); Stamford, Conn., 

 May 12, 1897 (Howes); Ponkapog, Mass., May 29, 1895 (Bowles); 

 Montreal, Canada, June 8, 1889 (Wintle); Waterloo, Ind., May 16, 

 1890 (McBride); Plymouth, Mich., May 19, 1889 (Purdy); Bay City, 

 Mich., May 25, 1892 (Eddy); Ottawa, Ont., June 18, 1900 (Dawson); 

 Forest, Iowa, May 30, 1893 (Anderson); Horicon, Wis., May 26, 1882 



