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Minnesota, and 2 from North Dakota. Mississippi has 29 recoveries 

 including 1 from New York, 2 from Pennsylvania, 3 from Ohio, 5 

 from Indiana, 2 from Michigan, 8 from Illinois, 1 from Wisconsin, 



1 from North Dakota, 2 from Kentucky, 1 from Iowa, 2 from Sas- 

 katchewan, and 1 from British Columbia. The largest number of 

 recoveries, 86, is from Louisiana and includes 2 from Massachusetts, 



2 from New York, 1 from Ontario, 8 from Ohio, 8 from Indiana, 6 

 from Michigan, 24 from Illinois, 10 from Wisconsin, 6 from Min- 

 nesota, 3 from South Dakota, 7 from North Dakota, 2 from Manitoba, 

 1 from Saskatchewan, 3 from Iowa, 1 from Missouri, and 2 from 

 Tennessee. The 25 recoveries in Arkansas include 1 from Ohio, 2 

 from Michigan, 2 from Indiana, 8 from Illinois, 3 from Wisconsin, 

 4 from Minnesota, 1 from South Dakota, 1 from North Dakota, 1 

 from Iowa, and 2 from Missouri. The 43 recoveries in Texas in- 

 clude 1 from Ohio, 2 from Indiana, 2 from Michigan, 9 from Illinois, 



3 from Wisconsm, 1 from Minnesota, 3 from South Dakota, 6 from 

 North Dakota, 4 from Manitoba, 1 from Saskatchewan, 10 from Iowa, 

 and 1 from Missouri. The 5 recoveries in Oklahoma include 1 from 

 Saskatchewan, 1 from South Dakota, 2 from Iowa, and 1 from Mis- 

 souri. The 2 recoveries in California are 1 each from Alberta and 

 British Columbia. Many other records that show longer elapsed 

 time between the dates of banding and recovery serve to confirm the 

 evidence of those cited. 



Several records are sufficiently interesting to warrant detailed cita- 

 tion. A robin banded at Groton, Mass., on October 24, 1940, was 

 found in Bladen County, N. C, on November 24, 1940; one banded at 

 Germantown, Pa., on March 25, 1928, was recovered at Torquay, 

 near Selbys Cove, Newfoundland; one banded at Summerville, S. C, 

 on March 23, 1934, was killed on May 26, 1934, at Fond du Lac, 

 Wis.; one banded at Nashville, Tenn., on March 25, 1940, was found 

 dead about June 19, 1940, at Gowanda, N. Y.; one banded at Blue 

 Island, Cook County, 111., on October 8, 1938, was found dead April 

 14, 1939, at Salisbury, Somerset County, Pa.; a young bird banded 

 September 3, 1935, at Aberdeen, S. Dak., was found dead May 24, 



1936, at Plentywood, Mont.; one banded at Modesto, Calif., on Feb- 

 ruary 26, 1939, was found April 25, 1939, at Vernonia, Oreg. ; one banded 

 at Pasadena, Calif., on February 23, 1933, was killed about June 22, 

 1934, at West Jordan, Utah; one banded in Yosemite National Park, 

 Calif., on February 21, 1934, was killed by a hawk on May 25, 1934, 

 at Sandpoint, Idaho ; one banded at Crystal Bay, Lake Minnetonka, 

 Minn., on July 7, 1924, was killed December 17, 1925, at Pachuca, 

 Hidalgo, Mexico; one banded at Fargo, N. Dak., on September 27, 



1937, was shot on January 31, 1940, at Villa Ocampa, Coahuila, 

 Mexico; and one banded at Barkerville, British Columbia, on May 



