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land, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massa- 

 chusetts; casually to British Columbia, Kansas, Tennessee, Maine, 

 and Nova Scotia. 



Casual records. — Casual west to Baja California (San Jose del Cabo) 

 and California (Santa Monica, Areata); north to British Columbia 

 (Victoria, Vaseaux Lake), southern Saskatchewan (Old Wives Lake), 

 eastern Ontario (Ottawa), and Quebec (Bale Johan Beetz, Anticosti 

 Island); and east to Newfoundland (Terra Nova), Nova Scotia (North 

 Sidney, Sable Island), Maine, mid-North Atlantic Ocean (39° 33' N, 

 49° 58' W), Bermuda, Cuba, Jamaica, Aruba, Curagao, and Trinidad. 



Migration. — Early dates of spring arrival are: Costa Rica — El 

 Hogar, March 25. Nayarit — Santa, April 22. Tamaulipas — April 15. 

 Florida — Seven Oaks, April 8; Marathon, April 19. Alabama — 

 Wheeler Refuge, Decatur, April 10. Georgia — Augusta, April 19. 

 North Carolina — Raleigh, May 19. Virginia — Richmond, May 7. 

 District of Columbia — May 10. Maryland — Cecil County, April 24. 

 Pennsylvania — Carlisle, May 2. New Jersey — New Milford, May 6. 

 New York — Branchport, May 5 ; Easthampton and Riis Park, May 18. 

 Connecticut — Glastonbury, May 11. Massachusetts — Martha's Vine- 

 yard, May 23. Maine — Bath, May 25. Louisiana — Baton Rouge, 

 April 12. Mississippi — Rosedale, April 21. Arkansas — Fayetteville, 

 April 29. Tennessee — Knox County, April 29. Kentucky — Versailles, 

 April 4; Bowling Green, April 26. Missouri — St. Louis, April 19 

 (median of 14 years. May 1). Illinois — Urbana, April 25 (median of 

 20 years, May 3). Indiana — Wayne County, May 5 (median of 14 

 years. May 11). Ohio — Cleveland, April 18 (average for central 

 Ohio, May 7). Michigan — Ann Arbor, May 8; Battle Creek, May 20 

 (median of 7 years. May 26). Ontario — Point Pelee, May 8. Iowa — 

 Sioux City, April 6 (median of 38 years. May 10). Wisconsin — 

 Madison, April 9; Manitowoc County, April 18. Minnesota — Fari- 

 bault, May 5 (average of 16 years for southern Minnesota, May 18). 

 Texas — San Antonio, March 25; Bee County, April 10. Oklahoma — 

 Oklahoma City, April 17. Kansas — northeastern Kansas, April 21 

 (median of 21 years. May 4). Nebraska — Brady, April 19 ; Red Cloud, 

 April 27 (median of 22 years. May 12). South Dakota — Rapid City, 

 April 12; Sioux Falls, May 14 (average of 6 years, May 26). North 

 Dakota— Cass County, May 17 (average. May 29). Manitoba — 

 Winnipeg, June 4. New Mexico — Santa Fe, May 7. Wyoming — 

 Wheatland, May 20. Alberta — Nanton, April 24. 



Late dates of spring departure are: Colombia — Santa Marta 

 Region, May 1. Honduras — Tegucigalpa, April 24. El Salvador — 

 Divisadero, April 12. Chiapas — May 13. Tobasco — Balancdn, May 

 15. Quintana Roo — Laguna Chacanbacab, May 15. Florida — Key 

 West, April 30. Maryland — Prince Georges County, May 22. 



