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Arizona and to the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains in Montana, 

 Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico; also in the Sierra de la Laguna, 

 Cape district of Lower California; the eastern hermit thrush {H. g. 

 faxoni) breeds from southwestern Mackenzie, central Alberta, Sas- 

 katchewan, Manitoba, and northern Minnesota eastward to the At- 

 lantic Ocean. The winter ranges of the various races overlap. 



Migration. — Some late dates of spring departure from the winter 

 home are: Guatemala — Tecpam, April 17. Mexico, Guerrero — Omil- 

 teme, May 14. Texas — Somerset, May 6. Louisiana — New Orleans, 

 May 15. Arkansas — Helena, May 10. Mississippi — Bay St. Louis, 

 May 11. Tennessee — Nashville, April 25. Kentucky — Lexington, 

 May 17. Alabama — Leighton, April 8. Florida — Pensacola, April 

 23. Georgia — Athens, April 22. South Carolina — Charleston, April 



20. North Carolina — Charlotte, May 6. West Virginia — French 

 Creek, May 6. District of Columbia — Washington, May 17. Penn- 

 sylvania — Wayne, May 11. 



Some early dates of spring arrival are: West Virginia — Parkersburg, 

 April 1. Pennsylvania — Carlisle, March 21. New York — Ballston 

 Spa, March 31. Massachusetts — Amherst, April 9. Maine — Orono, 

 April 16. Quebec — Montreal, April 14. Nova Scotia — Halifax, 

 April 19. New Brunswick — Grand Manan, April 5. Newfound- 

 land — St. Anthony, April 24. Ohio — Oberlin, March 28. Ontario — 

 London, March 30. Indiana — Bloomington, March 31. Michigan — 

 Ann Arbor, March 26. Illinois — Chicago, March 26. Iowa — 

 Keokuk, March 30. Minnesota — Hutchinson, April 13. North 

 Dakota — Fargo, April 1. Manitoba — Winnipeg, April 22. Sas- 

 katchewan — Regina, April 23. Colorado — Colorado Springs, April 



21. Wyoming — Torrington, April 19. Montana — Great Falls, May 

 7. Alberta — Glenevis, April 28. Mackenzie — Simpson, May 6. 

 Alaska — Ketchikan, April 16. 



Some late dates of fall departure are: Alaska — Wrangell, October 12. 

 Mackenzie — Simpson, September 6. Alberta — Glenevis, October 7. 

 Idaho — Priest River, October 12. Montana — Fortine, September 20. 

 Wyoming — Laramie, October 30. Colorado — Denver, October 20. 

 Manitoba — Aweme, October 15. North Dakota — Argusville, October 

 21. Minnesota — Minneapolis, October 28. Iowa — Marshall town, 

 October 24. Wisconsin — Madison, October 24. Illinois — Waukegan, 

 November 4. Michigan — Detroit, November 8. Ontario — Toronto, 

 October 29. Ohio — Cleveland, November 3. Newfoundland — St. 

 Anthony, October 24. New Brunswick — Scotch Lake, November 3. 

 Quebec — Montreal, October 27. New Hampshire — Concord, Novem- 

 ber 5. Virginia — Lexington, October 15. West Virginia — French 

 Creek, October 5. North Carolina — Raleigh, October 16. South 

 Carolina — Spartanburg, October 10. Alabama — Leighton, October 



