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New Hampshire — Durham, September 25. Vermont, Wells River, 

 September 16; St. Johnsbury, September 30. Massachusetts — Am- 

 herst, September 16; Boston, September 21. Connecticut — ^Hartford, 

 September 27. New York — New York City, September 26; Roches- 

 ter, October 1. New Jersey — Morristown, September 29. Pennsyl- 

 vania — Philadelphia, October 12. Renovo, October 15. District of 

 Columbia — Washington, October 20. North Carolina — Raleigh, Oc- 

 tober 7; Weaverville, October 15. Georgia — ^Atlanta, October 18. 



Although the Biological Survey does not advocate the banding of 

 hummingbirds, several have been successfully marked and a few have 

 been recaptured at banding stations in Maine and Massachusetts in 

 subsequent seasons. 



Gasiial records. — ^Among the records of occurrence of the ruby- 

 throated hummingbird outside its normal range, the following may 

 be cited: A male was obtained at Casa Blanca, near Habana, Cuba, 

 on April 4, 1937, and it is probable the species occurs in the western 

 part of this island with fair regularity. To the north it was recorded 

 on August 15, 1901, at Ellis Bay and on July 18, 1898, at English 

 Bay, Anticosti Island; it was reported as seen at Grande Greve on 

 July 6, 1919, and at Gaspe Basin, Quebec, on August 21, 1924; a 

 specimen was obtained at Davis Inlet, Labrador, on July 17, 1882; 

 one was seen at Red Deer River, Manitoba, on August 16, 1881; the 

 Hudson's Bay agent at Lac La Ronge, Saskatchewan, has reported 

 the species as of casual occurrence in his flower garden; and the 

 United States National Museum has a mummified specimen picked 

 up by a native on the beach at Klukatauck, near St, Michael, Alaska, 

 probably during 1925. 



Egg ^^65.— Florida : 23 records, March 25 to June 15 ; 12 records, 

 May 10 to 20, indicating the height of the season. 



Michigan : 8 records, June 1 to July 17. 



New York : 30 records, May 23 to July 4 ; 15 records, June 13 to 26. 



North Carolina: 25 records. May 2 to June 20; 13 seconds. May 11 

 to June 4. 



ARCHILOCHUS ALEXANDRI (Bourcicr and Mulsant) 



BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD 



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This active little hummer is accredited with a rather wide breed- 

 ing range, from southern British Columbia and western Montana to 

 northern Mexico and western Texas, but it is comparatively rare over 

 much of this range. It is most abundant in the southern portions of 

 the range, especially in southern California, southern Utah, Arizona, 



