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BULLETIN 185, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



•£: : :*1 BREEDING RANGE 

 7 MM WX.NTER HOME 



principal migration routes 



Fig. 4. Distribution and migration of the golden plover ( Charadrius dominicus). In fall it 

 flies over the ocean from Nova Scotia to South America, 2,400 miles — the longest known flight 

 of any bird. In spring it returns by way of the Mississippi Valley. Thus the migration 

 routes form an enormous ellipse, with a minor axis of 2,000 miles and a major axis stretching 

 S,000 miles from Arctic America to Argentina. (See p. 17.) 



