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St. Marys, March 28, South Carolina — Charleston, March 12; Frog- 

 jiiore, March 31; Columbia, April 6. North Carolina — Raleigh, 

 April 10; Louisburg, April 17. Virginia — Lawrenceville, April 12; 

 Bowers Hill, April 26. Louisiana — Bains, April 2; Bayou Sara, 

 April 11; Baton Rouge, April 18; New Orleans, April 28. Missis- 

 sippi — Biloxi, April 9; Jackson, April 10. Arkansas — Delight, 

 April 10 ; Monticello, April 10 ; Fayetteville, April 14. Tennessee — 

 Chattanooga, April 10 ; Knoxville, April 12 ; Belfast, April 18. Ken- 

 tucky — Covington, April 7; Bowling Green, April 25. Missouri — 

 Valley Park, April 18 ; Monteer, April 23. Texas — Refugio County, 

 March 17; Corpus Christi, March 18; Austin, March 21; Kerrville, 

 April 8. Oklahoma — Tulsa, April 20. Kansas — Manhattan, April 

 26; Elmdale, April 29. 



Fall migration — Data on the autumn movement are not plentiful, 

 but late dates of departure are: Oklahoma — Canadian River, Sep- 

 tember 5. Texas — Grapevine, September 20; Brownsville, October 

 1 ; Corpus Christi, October 22. Akansas — London, September 1 ; De- 

 light, October 7. Mississippi — Bay St. Louis, September 25. Loui- 

 siana — New Orleans, September 21. Virginia — ^Lawrenceville, Au- 

 gust 24. North Carolina — Louisburg, September 19; Raleigh, Sep- 

 tember 21. South Carolina — Summerton, September 23; Charleston, 

 September 28. Georgia — Athens, September 6; Savannah, Septem- 

 ber 23. Florida — College Point, October 19 ; Pensacola, October 21 ; 

 Punta Rossa, October 30. 



Casual records. — Among records of this species north of its known 

 breeding range are several for Maryland — one heard at North Beach 

 on June 28, 1930; one heard at Clements on August 14, 1932; a 

 mounted specimen in the collection of the Cambridge High School, 

 taken at Fishing Creek sometime prior to 1933 ; and one recorded at 

 Laurel on May 12, 1935. A specimen was taken at New Haven, 

 Conn., on May 17, 1889 ; another was captured at East Boston, Mass., 

 on October 13, 1915 ; one was killed at Pictou, Nova Scotia, on Octo- 

 ber 22, 1890; one was taken at Dayton, Ohio, on May 1, 1933, one 

 was collected on Point Pelee, Ontario, on May 19, 1906; one was 

 taken at Indianapolis, Ind., during April or May 1908 ; and one was 

 obtained at Sugar Creek, in southeastern Iowa, on June 17, 1933. 

 There are several records for Kansas north of areas where it is known 

 to breed, among them being a specimen collected at Wichita on June 

 12, 1898 ; one taken at Hamilton on April 30, 1912 ; and one obtained 

 at Lawrence on May 4, 1935. 



Egg dates. — Arkansas: 11 records. May 15 to June 26. 



Florida : 53 records, March 7 to June 30 ; 27 records, March 20 to 

 May 13, indicating the height of the season. 



Georgia : 28 records, April 25 to June 18 ; 14 records. May 7 to 24. 



Texas : 17 records, April 4 to June 16 ; 9 records, May 2 to June 5. 



