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October, four in the former month and one in the latter. Three 

 of the September recoveries were in West Virginia and one was in 

 North Carolina. The October bird was taken at Mclntyre, Fla. 

 Another, banded at Gardiners Island, N. Y., in July, was caught 

 in a steel trap the following September at Hancock, Md. ; one 

 banded in July at Milford, Del., was taken at Sitlington, Va., in 

 September; and another banded in July at Gardiners Island, N. Y., 

 was recaptured at Shell, S. C, also in September, which is clearly 

 the principal month of the southward movement on the Atlantic 

 coast. While the West Virginia records seem to indicate a migration 

 route in the interior, H. H. Bailey (1913, p. 281) has recorded one 

 that came on board a vessel about 100 miles east of Cape Hatteras, 

 N. C, on October 16, 1911. The banding files contain the records 

 of two more recoveries in this same general area. One, banded 

 at Orient, Long Island, N. Y., on June 30, 1928, was retaken CO 

 miles offshore on September 20, 1928; the other, also banded at 

 Orient on July 23, 1933, was shot 73 miles at sea off Cape Hatteras on 

 October 9, 1933. 



The distance traveled in migration by ospreys is indicated by 

 two banding records. One, banded at Slaughter Beach, Del., on 

 April 25, 1932, was retaken on the Milk River, Jamaica, British 

 West Indies, on March 10, 1933; while the other, banded at the 

 same place on April 26, 1934, was recovered at El IMojan-Estado, 

 Zulia, Venezuela, on June 28, 1935. 



Casual records. — According to Macoun (1903, p. 261) "a single 

 specimen was obtained at Godhaven, Greenland, by Mr. E. Whymper 

 and sent to the Museum at Copenhagen." 



Egg dates. — Quebec: 35 records. May 24 to June 28; 18 records, 

 May 28 to June 8. 



New York and New England : 48 records, April 25 to June 18 ; 

 24 records, May 6 to 18. 



Delaware and New Jersey : 513 records, April 24 to June 16 ; 257 

 records. May 3 to 25. 



Maryland and Virginia: 90 records, March 10 to May 30; 45 

 records, April 29 to May 8. 



Florida : 19 records, December 4 to April 28 ; 10 records, March 

 13 to April 10. 



California: 15 records, March 14 to May 30; 8 records, April 2 

 to May 3. 



Lower California and Mexico: 29 records, January 22 to April 16; 

 15 records, February 20 to April 8. 



