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and on the Pacific coast almost to the northern limit of its breeding 

 range at Chilliwack, B. C. (Brooks), and Okanogan, B. C. (Brooks). 

 There is an isolated winter colony at Barr Lake, Colo. (Hersey and 

 Rockwell); one wintered at Colorado Springs in 1898-99 (Aiken); 

 one at Boulder in 1909-10 (Betts); three at Helena, Mont., 1910-11 

 (Saunders); and several near Pro vo, Utah, 1911-12 (Goodwin). One 

 was taken January 16, 1879, at Walla Walla, Wash. (Baird, Brewer, 

 and Ridgway). 



Spring migration. 



Place. 



Num- Average 



ber of date of 



years' spring 



records, arrival. 



Earliest date 

 of spring 

 arrival. 



Raleigh, N. C 



Washington, D. C 



Baltimore, Md 



Erie, Pa 



Branchport, N. Y. (near). 



Ithaca, N. Y 



Eastern Massachusetts . . . 



St. Louis, Mo 



Bowling Green, Ky 



Central Indiana 



Chicago, 111 



Southern Wisconsin 



Southwestern Ontario 



Oberlin, Ohio 



Yicksburg, Mich 



Lincoln, Nebr 



Springfield, S. Dak 



Grand Porks, N. Dak 



Aweme^Man 



Indian Head, Sask 



Tucson, Ariz 



Fort Custer, Mont 



Columbia Palls, Mont 



Stony Plain, Alta 



Apr. 10 



Apr. 26 



Apr. 25 



Apr. 20 



Apr. 28 



Apr. 25 



Apr. 27 



May 2 



May 4 



Mav 16 

 May 23 



Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Mar. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Mar. 

 Apr.. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 May 

 May- 

 May 

 May 

 Apr. 

 May 

 May 

 May 



7, 1900 

 6, 1892 



20. 1895 

 18, 1900 



7, 1905 

 24, 1904 



14. 1899 

 31,1887 



6, 1902 

 17, 1892 

 16, 1907 



19. 1896 

 23, 1889 



15. 1907 

 27, 1904 



28. 1900 

 13,1910 

 14,1903 

 10, 1896 

 19, 1910 

 11,1886 

 11, 1885 

 16, 1894 



20. 1908 



The latest dates of the Virginia rail in its winter home are: Savan- 

 nah, Ga., April 3, 1908 (Hoxie); Charleston, S. C, April 5 (Wayne); 

 Bayou Sara, La., April 15, 1882 (Beckham) ; and Bay St. Louis, Miss., 

 April 19, 1902 (Allison). 



Eggs have been found at Erie, Pa., May 26, 1891, and June 2, 1892 

 (Todd); Ithaca, N*. Y., May 18, 1905 (Reed and Wright); Portland, 

 Conn., May 23, 1894 (Sage); Framingham, Mass., May 17, 1890 

 (Coombs); Hampton, % H., May 28, 1887 (Shaw); Elkhart County, 

 Ind., May 19, 1890 (McBride); Oberlin, Ohio, May 8, 1903 (Jones); 

 Detroit, Mich., May 25, 1891 (Swales); Iowa City, Iowa, May 29, 

 1884 (Clute); Cedar Rapids, Iowa, May 8, 1902 (Hathorn); Pewau- 

 kee, Wis., May 23, 1871 (specimens in U. S. National Museum); 

 Boulder, Colo., May 28, 1904 (Henderson); Barr Lake, Colo., May 18, 

 1907-July 6 (Rockwell); Fort Crook, CaL, May 13, 1861 (specimens 

 in U. S. National Museum); Walla Walla, Wash., April 26, 1882 

 (specimens in U. S. National Museum) ; and Tacoma, Wash., March 30, 

 1908 (Bowles). Eggs have been noted as late as July 19, 1903, at 

 Odessa, Del. (Pennock), and young in the nest August 5, 1896, at 

 Hartland, Me. (Knight). 



