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Louisiana — Baton Kouge, April 17. Mississippi — Gulfport, May 15. 

 Arkansas — Hot Springs, April 18. Ohio — Buckeye Lake, median 

 May 12. 



Early dates of fall arrival are: Kansas — northeastern Kansas, 

 September 10. Texas — Sinton, November 3. Mississippi — Saucier, 

 October 28. Arkansas — Delight, October 8. Louisiana — Reef Light, 

 October 23. Nova Scotia — Digby County, September 27. Mary- 

 land — Ocean City, September 20. Cecil County and Tilghman Island, 

 September 23. South Carolina — Charleston, September 28. Geor- 

 gia — Hinesville, October 10. Florida — Leon County, October 8. 



Late dates of fall departure are: Saskatchewan — Muscow, Sep- 

 tember 30. Manitoba — Treesbank, October 6 (average of 12 years, 

 September 18). North Dakota — Cass County, September 14. Ne- 

 braska^ — Scottsbluff, October 23. Minnesota — Minneapolis, No- 

 vember 15 (average of 10 years for southern Minnesota, October 14). 

 Iowa — Sioux City, October 18. Ohio — Columbus, November 28 (me- 

 dian for central Ohio, October 29) . Indiana — Wayne County, Novem- 

 ber 8. Illinois — Chicago, November 6 (average of 16 years, October 

 24). Nova Scotia — Northport, October 27. New Brunswick — 

 Salisbury, October 24. Quebec — St. Helen's Island, November 4. 

 Maine — Gardiner, November 21. New Hampshire — New Hampton, 

 October 23 (median of 21 years, October 2). Vermont — Putney, 

 October 20. Massachusetts — Belmont, November 12. Connecti- 

 cut — Portland, November 11. New York — Cayuga and Oneida 

 Lake basins, December 5 (median of 16 years, November 3). New 

 Jersey — Island Beach, October 31. Pennsylvania — Beaver, Novem- 

 ber 16. Maryland — Baltimore County, November 24; Laurel, 

 November 5 (median, October 30). District of Columbia — Novem- 

 ber 12. Virginia — Naruna, November 22. 



Egg dates. — Connecticut: 52 records. May 17 to June 25; 26 

 records, May 20 to June 7. 



lUinois: 38 records. May 1 to August 11; 20 records. May 14 to 

 June 3. 



Maryland: 75 records, April 22 to August 28; 38 records. May 22 

 to June 14. 



Massachusetts: 65 records, May 13 to July 9; 35 records, May 21 

 to June 10, 



Michigan: 27 records, April 28 to July 22; 15 records. May 16 to 

 May 31. 



New York: May 8 to June 25 (number of records not stated). 



Ehode Island: 21 records, May 15 to eTune 26; 14 records, May 27 

 to June 9. 



Tennessee : 2 records. May 8 and May 26. 



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