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BULLETIN 128,, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Migration range. — The whooping crane seems to have had a pro- 

 nounced southeastward migration in the fall, bringing it to Emsdale, 

 Ont. (Fleming), Yarker, Ont. (Ewart), Cayuga Lake, N. Y. (Eaton), 

 and Beesleys Point, N. J. (Turnbull). There are good grounds for 

 believing that in early colonial times it wandered not rarely to 

 Vermont and Massachusetts. It ceased to visit New England a 

 century ago, and there are hardly a half dozen records of its occur- 

 rence in the last 25 years east of Lake Huron and the Allegheny 

 Mountains. 



The whooping crane probably was never a common visitor to the 

 South Atlantic States. Audubon's records of the crane in that part 

 of the country refer to the sandhill crane, but one was seen about 

 1850 on the Waccamaw River, S. C. (Wayne), and there was a 

 specimen in the museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia, sent from St. Simon Island, Ga. 



The whooping crane has wandered westward a few times to Big 

 Sandy, Mont., May 1-5, 1903 (Coubeau); Terry, Mont., October 5, 

 1904 (Cameron); Loveland, Colo. (Smith); and southern New Mexico 

 (Henry). 



Spring migration. 



Place. 



Num.- ' Average 

 ber of | date of 

 years' | spring 

 records, arrival. 



Earliest date 

 of spring 



St. Louis, Mo 



Stotesbury, Mo 



Indianola, Iowa 



Storm Lake, Iowa 



Heron Lake, Minn 



Bonham, Tex 



East-central Kansas 



Southeastern Nebraska 



Northeastern Nebraska 



Harrison, S. Dak. (near) 



Northeastern North Dakota . 



Loveland, Colo 



Aweme, Man 



Indian Head, Sask. (near) . . , 



Stony Plain, Alta 



Hay River, Mackenzie 



Willow River, Mackenzie. . . 



Fort Rae, Mackenzie 



Fort Anderson, Mackenzie.. 



Brownsville, Tex 



Bonham, Tex 



Bay St. Louis, Miss 



East-central Kansas 



Eastern Nebraska 



Harrison, S. Dak 



Mar. 22 



Mar. 24 

 Mar. 25 

 Mar. 28 

 Mar. 24 

 Mar. 18 

 Mar. 20 

 Apr. 3 

 Apr. 5 

 Apr. 10 

 Apr. 12 

 Apr. 12 

 Apr. 23 



Apr. 



Apr. 15 

 May 10 

 Apr. 30 



Mar. 17,1884 



Mar. 9, 1894 



Mar. 18,1901 



Mar. 22,1886 



Mar. 20,1889 



Mar. 23,1890 



Mar. 7, 1887 



Mar. 16,1890 



Mar. 23,1900 



Mar. 25,1890 



Apr. 5, 1885 



Apr. 8,1889 



Apr. 6, 1900 



Apr. 19,1904 



May 21,1909 



May 12,1908 



May 13,1905 



May 15,1860 



May 25,1865 



Apr. 1, 1877 



Apr. 9, 1886 



Apr. 15,1902 



Apr. 18,1891 



May 16,1890 



May 15,1891 



Eggs have been taken April 25, 1868, at Dubuque, Iowa (specimens 

 in U. S. National Museum) ; May 2, 1882, at Clear Lake, Iowa (Goss) ; 

 May 26, 1894, near Eagle Lake, Hancock County, Iowa (Anderson) ; 

 and May 16, 1900, at Yorkton, Sask. 



