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March 22. Manitoba — Margaret, April 3. Wyoming — Laramie, 

 April 24. Saskatchewan — McLean, April 4. 



Some late dates of fall departure are: Saskatchewan — Eastend, 

 October 12. Wyoming— Laramie, November 7. Manitoba — Aweme, 

 October 26. North Dakota — Fargo, October 24. South Dakota — 

 Yankton, November 27. Minnesota — Lanesboro, November 19. 

 Wisconsin — New London, November 3. Michigan — Ann Arbor, 

 November 27. Quebec — Montreal, November 17. New Hampshire 

 Durham, October 30. Maine — Livermore Falls, November 6. 

 Prince Edward Island — Alberton, November 2. New Brunswick — 

 St. John, November 4. Nova Scotia — Halifax, October 2. New 

 York — Rhinebeck, November 12. 



Banding records. — A few recoveries of banded bluebirds indicate 

 their migration or wanderings. One banded on Cape Cod, as a young 

 bird, on June 23, was found the following December at Merry Hill, 

 N. C. Another young bird banded at the same place on May 17 was 

 caught on December 1 at Soperton, Ga., and one banded May 28 

 was caught November 7 at Durham, N. C. A young bird banded 

 on July 26, 1932, at Manchester, N. H., was killed on February 14, 

 1933, at Sharpsburg, N. C. One banded at East Durham, N. Y., on 

 July 15, 1931, was found dead in April 1932 at Neuse, N. C. A nestling 

 banded at Ottawa, Ontario, on June 24, 1936, was killed on March 3, 

 1937, at Lake City, Fla. An adult banded at Ravenscliff, Ontario, 

 on May 24, 1938, was found in March 1939 at Blairsville, Ga. An 

 immature banded at Quincy, 111., on May 8 was caught the following 

 December at New Waverly, Tex.; another banded at the same place 

 on June 7 was found the following January at Frost, La. An immature 

 banded at Dallas City, 111., on May 24, was found dead on December 

 26 at Sugarland, Tex. One banded at Knox City, Mo., on May 18, 

 1935, was shot on November 17, 1935, at Morrows, La. A nestling 

 banded at Lisle, 111., May 20, 1938, was caught on January 23, 1940, 

 at Stockton, Ga. An immature banded at Gates Mills, Ohio, July 18, 

 1927, came down a chimney on June 2, 1928, at Milwaukee, Wis. 

 An immature banded at Pomfret, Conn., July 29, 1931, was found 

 dead on April 20, 1932, at Lunenburg, Mass. 



Egg dates. — Florida: 18 records, March 17 to June 19; 10 records, 

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



Illinois: 34 records, March 26 to June 20; 17 records, April 2 to 

 April 29. 



Massachusetts: 45 records, April 16 to July 17; 16 records, April 

 23 to May 8; 17 records, May 13 to June 10. 



West Virginia: 38 records, April 3 to May 25; 24 records, April 3 

 to April 15. 



