. Distribution and migration of North American rails and their allies . iberiawere observed August 18, 1880, crossing Bering Strait to Alaska(Bean), and this probably represents about the beginning of the fallmigration. The birds continue to pass south for a month and the lastone seen is reported on Kowak River, September 4, 1898 (Grinnell);St. Michael, Alaska, September 27, 1880 (Nelson); Fort Reliance,Mackenzie, September 14, 1907 (Seton); near Athabasca Landing,Alta., September 22, 1903 (Preble); Terry, Mont., October 10, 1898(Cameron); Okanogan Landing, B. C, September 22, 1888 (Brooks);Ed
. Distribution and migration of North American rails and their allies . iberiawere observed August 18, 1880, crossing Bering Strait to Alaska(Bean), and this probably represents about the beginning of the fallmigration. The birds continue to pass south for a month and the lastone seen is reported on Kowak River, September 4, 1898 (Grinnell);St. Michael, Alaska, September 27, 1880 (Nelson); Fort Reliance,Mackenzie, September 14, 1907 (Seton); near Athabasca Landing,Alta., September 22, 1903 (Preble); Terry, Mont., October 10, 1898(Cameron); Okanogan Landing, B. C, September 22, 1888 (Brooks);Edmonds County, S. Dak., October 22, 1883 (specimen in U. Museum); Glendo, Wyo., October 7, 1898 (Jesurun); andBee County, Tex., October 25, 1887 (Sennett).50602°—14 2 10 BULLETIN 128, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. SANDHILL CRANE. Grus mexicana (Miiller). Range.—North America from southern Canada to Florida, Cuba,and Mexico. Breeding range.—The sandhill crane has two distinct and widelyseparated breeding areas. The smaller includes Cuba (Gundlach),. Fig. 3.—Sandhill crane (Grus meiicana). Isle of Pines (Gundlach), and southern Florida north to Waukeenah(Wayne), and Lake Monroe (Bryant). It has been known to nestin the Okefenokee Swamp, Ga. (Wayne); it nested in 1911 near NORTH AMERICAN RAILS AND THEIR ALLIES. 11 Perdido Bay, Ala. (Gutsell), and it also breeds at Houma, La.(Wurzlow), and, as late as 1907, at Calcasieu Pass, La. (Kopman). The larger breeding area extends north to near Rondeau, Ont.(Mcllwraith), Morrice, Mich. (Brownell), Vans Harbor, Mich. (VanWinkle), Mille Lacs, Minn. (Trippe), Oak Point, Man. (Small), SheURiver, Man. (Calcutt), Big Quill Lake, Sask. (Barnes), Midvale, Mont.(Bailey), 158-Mile House, (Brooks), and Strait of Juan de Fuca,Wash. (Cooper). The species is definitely known to have nestedsouth to Chicago Junction, Ohio (Jones), Carroll County, Ind.(Sterling), Decatur County, Iowa (Trippe), Alda, Nebr. (Powell),Animas Park, Col
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