Fall Migration at Portland, Conn. BY JOHN H. SAGE I. AVERAGE DATES OF DEPARTURE OF THE COMMONER SUMMER RESIDENT BIRDS September i to io Least Bittern, Black-billed Cuckoo, Least Flycatcher, Baltimore Oriole, Veery September io to 20 Kingbird, Cliff Swallow, Purple Martin, Warbling Vireo, White-eyed Vireo, Prairie Warbler, Wood Thrush. September 20 to 30 Spotted Sandpiper, Whip-poor-will, Humming-bird, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Bank Swallow, Yellow-throated Vireo, Nashville Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Redstart, Oven- bird, House Wren. October i to io Green Heron, Nighthawk, Chimney Swift, Wood Pewee, Scarlet Tanager, Red- eyed Vireo, Black and White Warbler, Parula Warbler. October 10 to 20 Virginia Rail, Black-crowned Night Heron, Cooper's Hawk, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Phoebe, Bobolink, Indigo Bunting, Barn Swallow, Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Short- billed Marsh Wren. October 20 to 31 American Bittern, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-winged Blackbird, Meadow Lark, Field Sparrow, Vesper, Savanna and Chipping Sparrows, Towhee, Tree Swallow, Black- throated Green Warbler, Maryland Yellow-throat, Long-billed Marsh Wren. November i to 30 Woodcock, Mourning Dove, Marsh Hawk, Kingfisher, Flicker, Bronzed Grackle, Cowbird, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Robin. II. DATES OF ARRIVAL OF MIGRANTS FROM THE NORTH August 15 to 31 Great Blue Heron, Small-billed Water Thrush. September i to 10 Yellow Rail, Least Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Osprey, Blackburnian War- bler, Yellow Palm Warbler, Canadian Warbler*. September 10 to 20 Pied-billed Grebe, Blue-winged Teal, Wilson's Snipe, Pigeon Hawk, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Rusty Blackbird, White-throated Sparrow, Philadelphia Vireo, Bay- breasted Warbler, Black-poll Warbler, Connecticut Warbler, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Grey-cheeked Thrush. September 20 to 30 Loon, Black Duck, American Coot, Pectoral Sandpiper, Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Greater Yellow-legs, Nelson's Sparrow, Junco, Lincoln's Sparrow, Black-throated Blue Warbler*, Myrtle Warbler, Magnolia Warbler*, Pine Warbler, Wilson's Warbler*, American Pipit, Winter Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Olive-backed Thrush. October i to id Green-winged Teal, Pintail, American Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Short-eared Owl, White-crowned Sparrow, Blue-headed Vireo, Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush. October id to 20 Red-throated Loon, American Scaup Duck, Old-squaw, Surf Scoter, Ruddy Duck, Canada Goose, American Golden Plover, American Goshawk, Fox Sparrow. October 20 to 31 Hooded Merganser, Baldpate, Lesser Scaup Duck, Ring-necked Duck, Buffle-head, Snowflake, Tree Sparrow, Northern Shrike. November i to 20 Red-breasted Merganser, Mallard, Snowy Owl, Pine Siskin. ♦Generally noted at Englewood, N. J., between August 20 and 31. — f. m. c. (128)
