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and Fort Sisseton) ; central North Dakota (Bismarck and Devils 

 Lake) ; and probably southeastern Saskatchewan (Indian Head). 



Winter range. — Unknown, but probably over the dense rain forest 

 of the Amazon Valley, in Brazil. During the winter of 1937-38, 

 however, two of these birds remained on the campus of the Louisiana 

 State University, at Baton Eouge. U Vo^y-i i .. ' ' ; 



/Spring migratio7i. — Early dates of spring arrival are: Florida — 

 Pensacola, March 24; Orlando, March 30. Alabama — Autaugaville, 

 March 28. Georgia — Savannah, March 19 ; Atlanta, April 4. South 

 Carolina — Charleston, March 18 ; Columbia, March 26. North Caro- 

 lina — April 4; Henderson ville, April 5. Virginia — New Market, 

 April 7. District of Columbia — Washington, April 5. Maryland — 

 Cambridge, April 15. West Virginia — White Sulphur Springs, April 

 20. Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, April 2; Beaver, April 14. New 

 Jersey — Morristown, April 18; Vineland, April 22. New York — 

 Geneva, April 19; New York City, April 20; Syracuse, April 23. 

 Connecticut — Jewett City, April 19; Hartford, April 23. Massachu- 

 setts — Boston, April 21 ; Northampton, April 23. Vermont — Kutland, 

 April 18 ; Wells River, April 26. New Hampshire — Hanover, April 

 20; Tilton, April 24. Maine— Portland, May 1; Phillips, May 3. 

 Nova Scotia — Wolf ville, May 4 ; Pictou, May 10. New Brunswick — 

 Chatham, April 29 ; St. John, May 8. Prince Edward Island — North 

 River, May 19. Quebec — Quebec City, April 25 ; Montreal, April 27. 

 Louisiana — New Orleans, March 13. Mississippi — Biloxi, March 23. 

 Arkansas — Monticello, March 17; Helena, March 21. Tennessee — 

 Athens, March 29 ; Knoxville, April 10. Kentucky — Lexington, April 

 2. Missouri — Concordia, April 2 ; St. Louis, April 4. Illinois — Odin, 

 April 8; Chicago, April 10. Indiana — Richmond, April 1; Fort 

 Wayne, April 5. Ohio — Columbus, April 7; Youngstown, April 8. 

 Michigan — Ann Arbor, April 9 ; Sault Ste. Marie, April 20. Ontario — 

 London, April 16; Ottawa, April 22. Iowa — Keokuk, April 7; Iowa 

 City, April 17. Wisconsin — La Crosse, April 15 ; Madison, April 21. 

 Minnesota — Minneapolis, April 26. Texas — Houston, March 24 ; Bon- 

 ham, April 2. Kansas — Ottaw^a, April 3 ; Manhattan, April 10. Ne- 

 braska — Omaha, April 27. South Dakota — Vermillion, April 24. 

 North Dakota — Fargo, May 6; Grafton, May 8. Manitoba — Pilot 

 Mound, May 14. 



A swift banded at Charlottesville, Va., on May 2 was found dead 

 on May 19 at Cape May, N. J.; while two birds taken in eastern 

 Massachusetts in May and July had been banded the preceding 

 October at Tuskegee, Ala., and Hattiesburg, Miss., respectively. 



Fall inigration. — Late dates of fall departure are : Manitoba — Win- 

 nipeg, August 27. North Dakota — Grafton, September 5. South Da- 

 kota — Sioux Falls, September 11; Yankton, September 26. Ne- 



