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Iowa City, March 7. Wisconsin — ^Madison, March 29. Minnesota — 

 Minneapolis, March 31. Manitoba — ^Aweme, April 25. Texas — 

 Grapevine, January 20. Oklahoma — Norman, March 7. Kansas — 

 Topeka, March 18. Nebraska — Beatrice, March 24. South Dakota — 

 Vermillion, April 2. North Dakota — Fargo, April 19. Saskatch- 

 ewan — Indian Head, May 4. Arizona — Huachuca Mountains, April 

 22. Colorado — ^Loveland, April 21. Montana — Great Falls, May 10. 

 Alberta — Red Deer, May 7. California — Stockton, March 1. Wash- 

 ington — Tacoma, April 9. British Columbia — Burrard Inlet, April 

 20. 



Fall 7nigmtion. — Late dates of fall departure are: Washington — 

 Seattle, September 16. Alberta — Glenevis, August 30. Colorado — 

 Lost Park, September 1. Arizona — Puna County, September 20. 

 North Dakota — Fargo, September 4. South Dakota — Aberdeen, Sep- 

 tember 14. Kansas — Onago, September 28. Oklahoma — Oklahoma 

 City, September 16. Texas — Grapevine, October 10. Manitoba — 

 Aweme, September 21. Minnesota — Minneapolis, October 21. Wis- 

 consin — Sheboygan, September 27. Iowa — New Sharon, September 

 24. Ontario — Toronto, September 20. Michigan — Newberry, Sep- 

 tember 27. Ohio — Columbus, October 7. Indiana — Hobart, Septem- 

 ber 30. Illinois — Chicago, September 27. Missouri — Concordia, Sep- 

 tember 13. Tennessee — Knoxville, October 5. Mississippi — Biloxi, 

 October 9. Louisiana — New Orleans, October 22. Quebec — Montreal, 

 September 25. New Brunswick — Scotch Lake, September 12. 

 Maine — Pittsfield, September 12. Vermont — Rutland, September 15. 

 Massachusetts — Harvard, September 12. New York — Geneva, Sep- 

 tember 12. Pennsylvania — Doylestown, September 23. District of 

 Columbia — Washington, September 23. North Carolina — Chapel 

 Hill, September 10. South Carolina — Charleston, October 6. Geor- 

 gia — Atlanta, September 23. Florida — St. Augustine, October 19. 



Casual records. — North of the normal range in Canada the purple 

 martin has been recorded on a few occasions. Among these are : Que- 

 bec, recorded at Godbout on May 20, 1896 ; and northern Alberta, sev- 

 eral reported seen on the White Mud River, in June 1903, and ten or 

 a dozen at Fort McMurray on June 7, 1928. One was taken at Cape 

 Prince of Wales, Alaska, on June 3, 1929. A specimen was captured 

 alive during the winter of 1899-1900 at Nassau, New Providence, 

 Bahama Islands, and one was collected at Palmira, Argentina, on 

 December 15, 1901. 



Egg dates. — California : 33 records, May 5 to July 14 ; 17 records, 

 June 2 to 6, indicating the height of the season. 



Florida : 7 records, March 26 to May 19. 



Baja California: 1 record. May 3. 



New Jersey : 9 records. May 31 to June 1. 



