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College, Scranton), central-southern and southeastern New York 

 (Binghamton, Hempstead), and southwestern Connecticut (Bethel, 

 Portland); south to Central Alabama (Greensboro, Auburn), north- 

 ern Georgia (Kirkwood, Athens), western South Carolina (Greenwood), 

 east-central North Carolina (Raleigh), and southeastern Virginia 

 (Petersburg) . 



Winter range. — Winters within breeding range rarely north to 

 southeastern Pennsylvania (Doylestown, Holmesburg) and Rhode 

 Island (Newport) ; south to the Gulf coast, northern Florida (Cedar 

 Keys, Gainesville), and southeastern Georgia (Riceboro). 



Casual records. — Casual in Texas (Sour Lake), Kentucky (Bar- 

 boursville), western Pennsylvania (Wilkinsburg) , New Hampshire 

 (Til ton), and New Brunswick (Kent Island). 



Migration. — The data deal with the species as a whole. 



Early dates of spring arrival are: South Carolina — Spartanburg, 

 January 27. North Carolina — Raleigh, January 29 ; Charlotte, Febru- 

 ary 4. Virginia — Lexington, February 15. West Virginia — Blue- 

 field, February 14. District of Columbia — January 21 (average of 

 38 years, February 23). Maryland — Baltimore County, January 17; 

 Laurel, January 28 (median of 7 years, February 16). Pennsyl- 

 vania — Doylestown, February 1; Beaver, February 17 (average of 

 19 years, March 8). New Jersey — Princeton, February 6. New 

 York — Shelter Island, February 12 (average of 16 years, March 7); 

 Geneva, February 24 (average of 12 years, March 13). Connecticut — 

 Fairfield, February 16. Rhode Island — Providence, February 22 

 (average of 23 years, March 9). Massachusetts — Harvard, February 

 23 (average of 7 years, March 14). Vermont — Bennington, February 

 28 (median of 29 years, March 25). New Hampshire — Exeter, March 

 6. Maine — Orono, March 1. Quebec — Montreal, March 12 (aver- 

 age of 16 years, April 9) ; Kamouraska, March 24. New Brunswick — 

 Memramcook, March 5; Scotch Lake, March 19 (median of 35 years, 

 April 7). Nova Scotia — Shulee, March 12; Prince Edward Island — 

 North River and Mount Herbert, April 4. Mississippi — Saucier, 

 February 13. Tennessee — Elizabethton, January 28; Athens, Febru- 

 ary 6 (median of 8 years, March 1). Kentucky — Bowling Green, 

 February 4. Missouri — Kansas City, February 1. Illinois — Mur- 

 physboro, February 2; Chicago region, February 22 (average, March 

 10). Indiana — Worthington and Richmond, February 5. Ohio — 

 Toledo, February 1. Michigan — Three Rivers and Ann Arbor, 

 February 20; Germfask, March 17. Ontario — Toronto, February 14 

 (average of 17 years, March 21); Ottawa, March 8 (average of 38 

 years, March 28). Iowa — McGregor, February 20. Wisconsin — 

 Madison, Februaiy 26 (average of 21 years, March 21). Minnesota — 

 Minneapolis, February 28 (average of 9 years, March 16); Fergus 



