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Saybrook, Conn., March 8, 1887 (Clark) ; and had reached the coast 
of Newfoundland by April 19, 1883 (Merriam). 
In the interior the first were reported at Grand Rapids, Mich., 
March 28, 1891 (White); St. Louis, Mo., March 7, 1909 (Betts) ; 
Keokuk, Iowa, March 8, 1903 (Currier) ; Storm Lake, Iowa, March 15, 
1888 (Bond); Canton, 111., March 9, 1897 (Cobleigh) ; Madison, Wis., 
average March 19, earliest March 12, 1911; Lanesboro, Minn., March 
23, 1893 (Hvoslef ) ; Heron Lake, Minn., average April 1, earliest 
March 22, 1894 (Miller) ; White Earth, Minn., April 3, 1882 (Cooke) ; 
Lincoln, Nebr., average April 3, earliest March 28, 1899 (Wolcott) ; 
near Valentine, Nebr., average April 1, earliest March 12, 1893 
(Bates); Sioux Falls, S. Dak., March 19, 1911 (Larson); Vermilion, 
S. Dak., March 31, 1884 (Agersborg) ; near Devils Lake, N. Dak., 
average April 16, earliest April 11, 1895; southern Manitoba, average 
April 25, earliest April 21, 1905; Indian Head, Saskatchewan, April 
11, 1908 (Lang); mouth of Pelican River, Mackenzie, May 9, 1901 
(Preble); Pecks Lake, Ariz., April 13, 1886 (Mearns) ; Fort Verde, 
Ariz., April 17, 1888 (Mearns); Loveland, Colo., average March 14, 
earliest March 9, 1890 (Smith) ; San Luis Lakes, Colo., April 4, 1887 
(Woodbury) ; Coventry, Colo., April 13, 1906 (Smith) ; Great Falls, 
Mont., average April 6, earliest April 5, 1890 (Williams) ; and Stony 
Plain, Alberta, April 24, 1911 (Stansell). 
The last in spring were noted at Big Gasparilla Pass, Fla., May 22, 
1886 (Scott) ; Pea Island, N. C, May 10, 1906 (Bishop) ; Washing- 
ton, D. C, April 28, 1887 (Fisher) ; Erie, Pa., April 26, 1902 (Todd) ; 
Loyalhanna Creek, Pa., May 7, 1881 (Townsend) ; Atlantic City, 
N. J., June 20, 1900 (Stone); Geneva, N. Y., May 24, 1888 (Miller); 
New Orleans, La., April 28, 1894 (Beyer); Bay St. Louis, Miss., 
March 29, 1902 (Allison); Kansas City, Mo., May 3, 1902 (Bryant); 
Chicago, 111., June 21, 1907 (Armstrong); Sioux City, Iowa, May 8, 
1904 (Rich); Spirit Lake, Iowa, June 14, 1890 (Berry); Madison, 
Wis., May 17, 1905 (Blackwelder) ; Corpus Christi', Tex., April 12, 
1889 (Sennett) ; Emporia, Kans., May 6, 1884 (Kellogg) ; Hyperion, 
Cal., May 24, 1910 (Grinnell) ; and Quinn River, Nev., June 1, 1909 
(Taylor). 
Nonbreeding individuals remain all summer along the coast of 
Long Island (Braislin), on Lake Ontario near Kingston (Clarke), on 
Lake Michigan, and on the small interior lakes of Wisconsin (Kumlien 
and Hollister), and Barr Lake, Colo. (Rockwell). 
Eggs have been taken from June 20, 1884, in southeastern Labrador 
to August 3, 1860, at Rupert House, Quebec (specimens in U. S. 
National Museum). Eggs were obtained May 23, 1898, at Devils 
Lake, N. Dak. (Job), and June 13, 1893, at Stump Lake, N. Dak. 
(Knight). Audubon found many eggs, but none of them hatched, 
June 18, 1833, at Little Mecattina, on the north coast of the Gulf of 
