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ruary 25 (median of 7 years, March 18). Pennsjdvania — Berks 

 County, February 10. New Jersey — Mill town, February 23. New 

 York — Mastic, February 16; Geneva, February 21. Connecticut — 

 Fail-field, March 2. Rhode Island — Providence, March 17. Massa- 

 chusetts — Belmont and Concord, February 20. Vermont — Rutland, 

 March 11 (average of 13 years, April 3). New Hampshire — East 

 Westmoreland, March 5. Maine — Hebron, March 9; Ellsworth, 

 March 10. Quebec — Quebec, March 31. New Brunswick — Scotch 

 Lake, March 22 (median of 26 j^ears, April 7). Nova Scotia — Wolf- 

 ville, March 20 (median of 8 years, March 25). Prince Edward 

 Island — North River, March 31. Newfoundland — St. Anthony, 

 April 28. Greenland — southwest Greenland, March 8. Arkansas — 

 Winslow, February 21. Tennessee — Knoxville, March 1. Ken- 

 tucky— Russelville, March 11. Missouri — Jasper City, February 20. 

 Illinois — Toulon, February 22; Chicago, February 25 (average, 

 March 15). Indiana — Worthington, February 25. Ohio — Toledo, 

 February 19; Buckeye Lake, February 22 (median, February 28). 

 Michigan — Three Rivers, February 27; Blaney Park, March 18. 

 Ontario — London, March 14 (average of 10 years, March 29) ; Ottawa, 

 March 19 (average of 28 years, April 20). Iowa — Winthrop, Febru- 

 ary 29. Wisconsin— North Freedom, March 7. Minnesota — 

 Owatonna and Wilder, March 10 (average of 14 years for southern 

 Minnesota, March 23); Fosston, March 16 (average of 10 years for 

 northern Minnesota, March 24). Kansas — Topeka, February 12. 

 Nebraska — Red Cloud, February 12 (median of 8 years, March 1). 

 South Dakota — Aberdeen, February 20. North Dakota — Fargo, 

 March 21 (average for Cass County, March 29). Manitoba — Trees- 

 bank, March 19 (median of 53 years, April 6). Saskatchewan — ■ 

 Densmore, April 4. Alberta — Glenevis, April 3. British Columbia — 

 Atlin, April 14. Yukon — west of Dawson, May 2. Alaska — Kalskag, 

 April 10; Fairbanks, May 1. 



Late dates of spring departure are: Florida — Gainesville, April 14. 

 Alabama — Decatur, May 15. Georgia — Athens, May 7. South Car- 

 olina — Greenwood, April 29. North Carolina — Raleigh, May 9 

 (average of 6 years, April 17). Virginia — Naruna, May 6. Dis- 

 trict of Columbia — May 14 (average of 27 years, April 18). Mary- 

 land — Laurel, May 10 (median of 7 years, April 26). Pennsylvania — 

 Renovo, May 22. New Jersey — Morristown, May 18. New York — 

 Long Island, June 3; Rochester, May 23. Connecticut — Norwalk, 

 Alay 15. Massachusetts — Northampton, May 28. Vermont — St. 

 Johnsbury, May 24. Maine — Ellsworth, May 21. Quebec — Mont- 

 real, May 28. Louisiana — New Orleans, May 10. Mississippi — Bay 

 St. Louis, April 25. Arkansas — Winslow, May 1. Kentucky — Dan- 

 ville, May 1. Missouri — St. Louis, May 1. Illinois — Chicago region, 



