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of 46 years, November 2). North Dakota — Jamestown, November 17. 

 South Dakota — -Sioux Falls, December 8. Nebraska — Lincoln, 

 November 25. Kansas — Newton, November 19. Minnesota — Min- 

 neapolis, December 9 (average, November 14); St Vincent, November 

 29 (average of 9 years for northern Minnesota, November 18). Wis- 

 consin — Green Bay, November 25. Iowa — Sigourney, December 9. 

 Ontario — Plover Mills, November 30; Ottawa, November 5 (average 

 of 25 years, October 17). Michigan — Isle Royale, November 30; 

 Kalamazoo, November 22. Ohio — Canton, November 30; Buckeye 

 Lake, November 24 (median, November 21). Indiana — Sedan, 

 November 25. Illinois — Chicago, November 28. Missouri — Con- 

 cordia and Jasper City, November 26. Kentucky — Versailles, No- 

 vember 20. Tennessee — Athens, November 21. Newfoundland — 

 Tompkins, October 4. Prince Edward Island — Mount Hubert, 

 October 17. Nova Scotia — Yarmouth, October 27. New Brunswick — 

 St. John, November 10; Scotch Lake, November 1 (median 16 years, 

 October 16). Quebec — Anticosti Island, December 4; Montreal, 

 November 8 (average of 9 years, October 24). Maine— near Portland, 

 November 5; Ellsworth, November 4. New Hampshire — Winchester, 

 November 20. Vermont — Burlington, November 24. Massa- 

 chusetts — Martha's Vineyard, December 2. Rhode Island — Provi- 

 dence, November 25. Connecticut — New Haven, December 13. 

 New York — Orient, December 8; Schenectady, November 23. New 

 Jersey — Englewood, December 19. Pennsylvania — Jeffersonville, 

 December 9; Pittsburg, November 26. Maryland — Laurel, Decem- 

 ber 28 (median of 4 years, December 4). West Virginia — Bluefield, 

 December 6. Virginia — Blacksburg, November 28. North Carolina — 

 Raleigh, December 16 (average of 8 years, November 17). 



Egg dates. — Alberta: 53 records, May 15, to June 30; 39 records, 

 May 21 to June 6. 



Alaska: 10 records, May 25 to June 26; 5 records, June 3 to June 19. 



Maine: 17 records, May 18 to June 16; 10 records, May 24 to May 

 29. 



New York: 8 records, May 7 to May 27. 



Nova Scotia: 7 records, May 10 to May 21. 



