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Early dates of spring arrival are : Florida — Lower Suwannee River, 

 March 10; Pensacola, March 16. Alabama — Woodbine, ISIarch 9. 

 Georgia — Atlanta and Fitzgerald, March 9. South Carolina — Spar- 

 tanburg, March 20. North Carolina — Raleigh, March 14 (average of 

 23 years, March 29). Virginia — Naruna, March 8; Rockbridge 

 County, April 2. West Virginia — French Creek, March 19 (average 

 of 17 years, March 31). District of Columbia — ^Washington, March 

 25 (average of 31 years, April 9) . Maryland — Forest Glen, March 26. 

 Delaware — Kent and Sussex Counties, April 1 (average of 16 years, 

 April 10). Pennsylvania — Sewickley, March 30. New Jersey — 

 Newark, March 28. New York — New York City, April 2; Ithaca, 

 April 4. Connecticut — Kensington, March 30. Rhode Island — 

 Hopkinton, April 10. Massachusetts — Easthampton, April 5. 

 Vermont — West Dummerston, April 24. New Hampshire — New 

 Hampton, May 5. Louisiana — Baton Rouge region, March 14. 

 Mississippi — Saucier, March 8. Arkansas — Rogers, March 10. Ten- 

 nessee — Nashville, March 16 (average of 12 years, March 22). Ken- 

 tucky — Barbourville and Bardstown, March 20. Missouri — south- 

 eastern, March 12 ; St. Louis, March 29. Illinois — Forest Park, March 

 28; Murphysboro and Springfield, March 31. Indiana — Monroe 

 County, March 20; Helmsburg, March 30. Ohio — central Ohio, 

 March 7 (average April 7). Michigan — Battle Creek, April 6. On- 

 tario — Toronto, April 1 (1950) ; London, April 22. Iowa — Iowa 

 City, April 2. Wisconsin — Milwaukee, April 4 (1948), April 7 

 (1947) ; St. Croix Falls, April 15. Minnesota — Lanesboro and Min- 

 neapolis, April 17 (average of 21 years for southern Minnesota, April 

 25). Texas — Refugio County, March 17; Gainesville, March 21. 

 Oklahoma — Tulsa County, April 8. Kansas — Independence, April 1. 

 Nebraska— Peru, April 20. South Dakota— Sioux Falls, April 28. 



Late dates of fall departure are : South Dakota — Sioux Falls, Sep- 

 tember 8. Nebraska — Lincoln, September 30. Minnesota — Minne- 

 apolis, September 20 (average of 8 years for southern Minnesota, 

 August 27). Wisconsin — Reedsburg, September 27. Iowa — Wall 

 Lake, September 29. Ontario — Credit Run, Peel County, August 23 ; 

 Point Pelee, August 28. Michigan — Kalamazoo, October 18. Ohio — 

 Hillsboro, October 10; central Ohio, October 11 (average, September 

 18). Indiana — Indianapolis, October 23. Illinois — Evanston, Sep- 

 tember 28. Missouri — Columbia, October 24. Kentucky — Bowling 

 Green, October 18. Tennessee — Elizabethton, October 30. Arkan- 

 sas — northwestern, October 4. Mississippi — Gulfport, October 29. 

 Louisiana — Baton Rouge region, October 25. Massachusetts — Lenox, 

 August 23. Connecticut — Groton, August 15. New York — New York 

 City, October 3 and November 24. New Jersey — Morristown, Octo- 

 ber 20. Pennsylvania — ^Renovo, October 10. Delaware — Kent and 



