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Falls, March 14. Texas — Dallas, February 9. Kansas — Wilsey, 

 January 29. Nebraska — Omaha, February 10; Red Cloud, February 

 12 (median of 24 years, February 28). South Dakota — Aberdeen, 

 March 4; Sioux Falls, March 19 (average of 8 years, March 25). 

 North Dakota — Cass County, March 21 (average, April 1). Mani- 

 toba — Treesbank, March 24 (median of 55 years, April 14). Sas- 

 katchewan — McLean, March 29. Colorado — Fort Morgan, February 

 27. Wyoming — Wheatland, April 1; Laramie, April 13 (average of 

 8 years, April 23). Montana — Billings, March 21. Alberta — 

 Alliance, April 1. 



Late dates of spring departure are: South Carolina — Charleston, 

 April 3. North Carolina — Raleigh, May 8 (average of 7 years, 

 April 15). District of Columbia, April 17. Maryland — Baltimore 

 County, April 20; Laurel, April 14 (median of 6 years, March 31). 

 New York — New York City region, May 17. Connecticut — New 

 Haven, April 24. Ohio — Buckeye Lake, median, April 10. Texas — 

 San Angelo and Cove, May 1. 



Early dates of fall arrival are: Texas — Pecos, September 9. Ohio — 

 Buckeye Lake, median, August 9. Connecticut — New Haven, Octo- 

 ber 6. New York — New York City region, October 5. North Caro- 

 lina — Weaverville, October 25; Raleigh, October 26 (average of 12 

 years, November 1). South Carolina — Chester County, November 1. 



Late dates of fall departure are: Alberta — Belvedere, November 12. 

 Montana — Kirby, October 20. Idaho — Sandpoint, November 19. 

 Wyoming — Douglas, December 18; Careyhurst, November 2. Colo- 

 rado — Fort Morgan, November 20. Saskatchewan — Indian Head, 

 November 7. Manitoba — Brandon, November 27; Treesbank, No- 

 vember 9 (median of 52 years, October 25). North Dakota — Grafton. 

 November 14; Cass County, November 3 (average, October 20). 

 South Dakota — Vermillion, December 26; Sioux Falls, November 28 

 (average of 5 years, November 9) . Nebraska — Blue Springs, Novem- 

 ber 19. Kansas — Clearwater, December 10. Oklahoma — Oklahoma 

 City, November 17. Texas — Dallas, November 30. Minnesota — 

 Minneapolis, December 1 1 (average of 8 years for southern Minnesota, 

 November 8); Isanti County, November 4 (average of 10 years for 

 northern Minnesota, November 1). Wisconsin — Oshkosh, Decem- 

 ber 13. Iowa — Marble Rock, December 11; Hudson, December 1. 

 Ontario— North Bay, November 20; Ottawa, November 12 (average 

 of 26 years, October 11). Michigan — Detroit, December 6 ; McMillan, 

 December 1. Ohio — Leetonia, December 7; Toledo, December 2. 

 Indiana — Elkhart, December 4. Illinois — Urbana, December 13; 

 Chicago region, November 18 (average, October 30). Missouri — 

 Bolivar, November 26. Kentucky — Danville, December 2. Ten- 

 nessee — Athens, November 12 (average of 6 years, October 29). 



