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of 18 years in northern Minnesota, March 25). Texas — Dallas, 

 February 12. Oklahoma — Skiatook, February 27. Kansas — John- 

 son County, February 23. Nebraska — Red Cloud, January 18 

 (average of 23 years, February 20). South Dakota — Yankton, 

 February 20. North Dakota — Fargo, March 8 (average for Cass 

 County, March 19). Manitoba — Rosser, March 4. Saskatchewan — 

 Qu'Appelle, March 18. Colorado — Weldona, February 24. Utah — 

 Ogden, February 18. Wyoming — Barnum, March 2 (average of 10 

 years, March 15); Yellowstone National Park, March 18. Idaho — 

 Rupert, March 3. Montana — Kirby, February 20 ; Fortine, March 2 ; 

 average of 18 years in Custer County, March 30. Alberta — Camrose, 

 March 8. California — Tule Lake, February 26; Twentynine Palms, 

 March 7. Nevada — Carson City, February 23. Oregon — Corvallis, 

 February 28. Washington — Pullman, February 25; Richardson and 

 Bellingham, February 27. British Columbia — Okanagan Landing, 

 February 28. 



Late dates of spring departure are: Sonora — Oposura, April 4. 

 Baja California — Guadalupe Island, March 22. Alabama — Fort 

 Morgan, March 19. Georgia — St. Marys, March 16. Mississippi — 

 Bolivar County, April 26. Illinois — Port Byron, May 17. Texas — 

 Atascosa County, April 15. Oklahoma — Oklahoma City, May 5. 

 Kansas — Douglas County, May 7. California — Death Valley, April 

 29. 



Early dates of fall arrival are: Washington — Blaine, September 3. 

 Oregon — Prospect, September 28. Nevada — Charleston Mountains, 

 September 11. Oklahoma — Norman and Oklahoma City, October 8. 

 Texas — Atascosa County, October 8. Mississippi — Deer Island, 

 October 13. Baja California — San Jose* del Cabo, October 14. 

 Sonora — Hermosillo, October 20. 



Late dates of fall departure are: British Columbia — Okanagan 

 Landing, November 30. Washington — Westport, December 5. 

 Oregon — Weston, November 23. Nevada — Clark County, No- 

 vember 27. California — Twentynine Palms, November 27. Alberta — 

 Morrin, November 16. Montana — Charlo, November 10. Idaho — 

 Lewiston, November 2. Wyoming — Sundance, November 10; Lar- 

 amie, November 7 (average of 9 years, October 29). Utah — Ogden, 

 November 18. Colorado — Yuma, November 18. Saskatchewan — 

 Eastend, November 15; Indian Head, November 14. Manitoba — 

 Treesbank and Brandon, November 17. North Dakota — Stutsman 

 County, November 27; Cass County, November 24 (average, October 

 26). South Dakota — Sioux Falls, December 3 (average of 7 years, 

 October 30). Nebraska — Lincoln, November 30. Kansas — Douglas 

 County, November 12. Texas — Denison, November 30. Minne- 

 sota — Hutchinson, November 19 (average for southern Minnesota, 



