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Spring migi-ation.— Early dates of spring arrival are: Texas— 

 Rockport, April 18. Oklahoma— Oklahoma City, April 28. Kansas 

 —Harper, April 23. Nebraska— Red Cloud, April 26. South Da- 

 kota— Faulkton, May 3. North Dakota— Fargo, May 6. Manitoba— 

 Aweme. May 17. New Mexico — Fort Webster, March 25. Colo- 

 rado—Fort Morgan, April 20. Wyoming— Lingle, May 5. ISIontana 

 Terry, May 8. Saskatchewan— Old Wives Creek, May 26. Cali- 

 fornia — Buena Park, March 15. Oregon— Coos Bay, April 3. 

 Washington— North Dalles, April 24. British Columbia— Okanagan 

 Landing, April 29. 



Fall migration.— Lain dates of fall departures are: British Colum- 

 bia— Okanagan Landing. September 9. Washington— Grand Dalles, 

 September 1. Oregon— Coos Bay, September 10. California— Exe- 

 ter, October 28. Alberta— Red Deer River, September 1. Montana 

 — Fortine, September 5. Wyoming— Careyhurst, September 6. 

 Colorado— Fort Morgan, September 20. New Mexico— Rio Alamosa, 

 September 28. Saskatchewan— Eastend, August 26. North Dakota 

 — Argusville, September 15. South Dakota— Faulkton, September 

 15. Nebraska— Red Cloud, September 23. Kansas— Lawrence, 

 October 4. Manitoba— Aweme, September 3. Minnesota— Fosston, 

 September 6. 



Casual records.~The Arkansas kingbird has been taken on many 

 occasions at points along the Atlantic seaboard, most of these being 

 in the States of New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, and Maine. 

 A specimen killed by a cat at Lower Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, on 

 October 26, 1935, appears to be the most northerly record in this 

 region. The species also has been recorded in Maryland, near Wash- 

 ington, D. C, September 30, 1874, and near Denton, September 28, 

 1931; Virginia, Wallops Island, September 19, 1919; North Carolina, 

 Lake Mattamuskeet, October 1, 1935; South Carolina, Charleston, 

 December 16, 1913, and Bull Island, November 19, 1937; while there 

 are a number of records for Florida from Pensacola and St. Marks, 

 south to Key West, observed or collected from September 22 to 

 January 18. Specimens also have been taken in Illinois, Highland 

 Park, June 6, 1924; Wisconsin, Albion, June 11, 1877, Kenosha, 

 June 2, 1935, near Madison, August 1, 1927, and Roxbury, May 31, 



1931. A specimen taken at Lake St. Martin, Manitoba, on June 8, 



1932, with others seen in that locality in 1933 and 1936, appears to 

 be the most northerly station. 



Egg dates. — Arizona: 18 records, May 14 to July 20; 10 records, 

 May 30 to June 17, indicating the height of the season. 



California: 106 records, April 17 to July 9; 53 records, May 10 

 to June 4. 



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