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Belvedere, October 28. Montana — Missoula, November 21. Wyo- 

 ming — Laramie, November 20. Colorado — Boulder, November 2. 

 Saskatchewan — Eastend, October 24. Manitoba — Aweme, Novem- 

 ber 8. North Dakota — Charlson, November 2. South Dakota — 

 Sioux Falls, November 26. Nebraska — Red Cloud, October 17. 

 Kansas — Hays, November 6. Minnesota — St. Paul, November 15. 

 Wisconsin — La Crosse, November 28. Iowa — National, November 14. 

 Missouri — Independence, November 13. Ontario — Ottawa, Novem- 

 ber 21. Michigan — Detroit, October 31. Ohio — Oberlin, November 

 28. Prince Edward Island — North River, November 15. Quebec — 

 Quebec, November 10. New Brunswick — St. John, November 15. 

 Nova Scotia — Wolfville, November 9. Maine — Portland, November 8. 

 Massachusetts — Boston, November 23. New York — Rochester, 

 November 27. Pennsylvania — Pittsburgh, November 7. District of 

 Columbia — Washington, November 12. 



Some early dates of fall arrival are: South Carolina — Charleston, 

 October 20. Georgia — Savannah, October 15. Alabama — Prattville, 

 October 19. Arkansas — Winslow, October 1. Louisiana — New Or- 

 leans, September 12. Mississippi — Biloxi, October 13. 



Records from banded robins show that the migration is by no means 

 a strictly north-and-south movement but that individuals, at least, 

 deviate considerably from that line. Records of 340 individuals 

 banded on their breeding grounds and recovered the following winter 

 give the following results: In Virginia the 3 recoveries include 1 from 

 Nova Scotia, 1 from Massachusetts, and 1 from South Dakota. In 

 North Carolina the 23 recoveries include 5 from Massachusetts, 3 

 from New York, 4 from New Jersey, 6 from Pennsylvania, 1 from 

 the District of Columbia, 1 from Ontario, 1 from Ohio, 1 from Illi- 

 nois, and 1 from Wisconsin. The 23 recoveries in South Carolina 

 include 1 from Nova Scotia, 1 from Quebec, 2 from Massachusetts, 

 4 from New York, 2 from New Jersey, 5 from Pennsylvania, 3 from 

 Ontario, 2 from Ohio, 1 from Michigan, 1 from Indiana, and 1 from 

 Tennessee. The 38 birds recovered in Georgia include 1 from Nova 

 Scotia, 2 from Quebec, 1 from Connecticut, 3 from New York, 3 from 

 New Jersey, 6 from Pennsylvania, 1 from the District of Columbia, 



3 from Ontario, 4 from Ohio, 3 from Michigan, 3 from Indiana, 4 

 from Illinois, 1 from Wisconsin, 1 from North Dakota, 1 from Ken- 

 tucky, and 1 from Tennessee. Florida has 31 recoveries including 



4 from Massachusetts, 1 from Rhode Island, 2 from New York, 

 1 from New Jersey, 9 from Pennsylvania, 2 from Ohio, 2 from Mich- 

 igan, 1 from Indiana, 7 from Illinois, and 2 from Wisconsin. The 

 28 recoveries in Alabama include 1 from Massachusetts, 1 from New 

 York, 1 from New Jersey, 3 from Pennsylvania, 3 from Ohio, 4 from 

 Michigan, 3 from Indiana, 5 from Illinois, 4 from Wisconsin, 1 from 



