SPRING MIGRATION NOTES OF THE CHICAGO AREA (7) 
1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 
25 6. Solitary Sandpiper Helcdromas solitarius solitarius 
Apr. 2 6 Apr. 2 6 Apr. 19 Apr. 2 0 Apr. 18 May 11 May 3 May 10 
Common migrant. 
2 63. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia 
Apr. 2 2 Apr. 18 Apr. 2 Apr. 10 Apr. 24 Apr. 2 8 Apr. 2 2 Apr. 2 4 
Common summer rezident. 
272. Golden Plover Charadrius dominicus dominicus 
May 22 May 30 
Common migrant in fall, less common in spring. 
273. Killdeer Oxyechus vociferus 
Mar. 20 Mar. 14 Mar. 12 Mar. 18 Mar. 10 Mar. 12 Mar. 16 Mar. 13 
Comm^on summer resident. 
274. Semipalmated Plover Aegialitis semipalmata 
_ May 2 4 
Rather common migrant, especially in the fail. 
277. Piping Plover Aegialitis meloda 
June 13 
Rather rare summer resident. Nests at Miller and at Beach. 
2 8 3a. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres morinella. 
_ _ Miy 24 
Not uncommon fall migrant: rarely eeen in spring. 
289. Bobwhite Colinus virginianus virginianus 
Mar. 8 M-r. 2 9 Jan. 1 
Formerly ".eiy common permanent resident, but now rather rare. 
305. Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus americanus americanus 
Apr. 28 Apr. 18 ,Apr. 15 
Formerly abundant permanent resident; now rather rare. 
*** Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus torquatus 
Msr. 29 , ^ 
"ntioduced into the area, but without great success. The bird recorded 
m£y ha\e escaped from one of the game farms in the vicinity. No auth- 
entic record of its breeding in our area. 
316. Mourning Dove Zenaidura macroura carolinensis 
Apr. 2 Apr. 5 Apr. 8 Apr. 4 Mar. 23 Apr. 27 Mar. 25 Apr. 22 
Fairly commcn summer resident. 
325. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura septentrionalis 
Apr. 10 Mar. 31 ...['.. 
Rare visitant from the south. 
3 31. Marsh Hawk Circus hudsonius 
Feb. 16 Mar. 14 Mar. 2 7 Mar. IS Mar. 10 Apr. 13 Mar. 19 Mar. 15 
Common summer resident. 
3 3 2. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter velox 
Apr. 10 Apr. 9 Mar. 2 3 Mar. 15 Feb. 14 Apr. 7 Mar. 15 
Common summer resident. 
333. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperi 
Mac. 30 Apr. 18 Apr. 9 Apr. 13 Mar. 24 May 3 Apr. 10 Apr. 1 
Common summer resident. 
