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chusetts — Amherst, October 12; Cape Ann Light, November 2; 

 Town Creek, November 4. Rhode Island — Newport, November 1; 

 Warren Island, November 9; Woonsocket, November 10. Connecti- 

 cut — Stamford, September 18; New Haven, October 17; Hartford, No- 

 vember 10. New York — Rochester, October 26 ; Garden City, October 

 29; Buffalo, November 1. New Jersey — Jones Island, Cumberland 

 Comity, October 26; Morristown, November 16; Orange, November 

 19. Pennsylvania — Towanda, October 25; Philadelphia, October 30. 

 Maryland — Allegany and Garrett Counties, November 25. 



Spring migration. — Late dates of spring departure are: Pennsylva- 

 nia — Erie, April 13. New Jersey — Elizabeth, April 1. New York — 

 Hamburg, March 22 ; Lockport, March 29 ; Bronx, April 5. Connecti- 

 cut — Waterford, March 18; Branford, April 15. Massachusetts — 

 Pittsfield, March 21; Amesbury, April 3; Boston, April 15. Maine — 

 Auburn, March 7; Dover, March 10; Manchester, March 11. New 

 Brunswick — Scotch Lake, March 29. Illinois — Milford, March 10; 

 Park Manor, March 16; Philo, March 19. Indiana — Crawfordsville, 

 March 12 ; Richmond, March 17 ; Valparaiso, March 31 . Ohio — Char- 

 don, March 1 ; Scioto River, April 8 (one was taken at Rayland, May 

 9, 1909). Michigan— Detroit, April 14; Sault Ste. Marie, April 23 

 (unusually late dates here are June 4, 1922, June 10, 1924, May 21, 

 1926, and June 8, 1928). Ontario— Kingston, March 18; Sault Ste. 

 Marie, April 2; Toronto, April 6 (unusually late date is June 7, 1902). 

 Iowa — Remsen, March 28; Webb, April 6; Galbraith, April 18. 

 Wisconsin — Berlin, March 1; Racine, March 25; Madison, April 5. 

 Minnesota — Hallock, April 9; Heron Lake, April 15 (unusually late 

 date is Litchfield, June 3, 1890). Nebraska — Ogallala, April 1. South 

 Dakota— Pitrodie, April 7; Aberdeen, April 12. North Dakota — 

 Westhope, April 3; Argusville, April 14; Larimore, April 12. Mani- 

 toba — Winnipeg, April 20; Margaret, April 28; Shoal Lake, May 2 

 (unusually late date is Aweme, May 21, 1923). Saskatchewan — 

 Indian Head, April 20. Colorado — Denver, April 10. Montana — 

 Billings, March 23. Washington — Westport, April 14. Southern 

 British Columbia — Okanagan Landing, March 29. 



Casual records.- — The snowy owl has been seen or taken on several 

 occasions south of the winter range above outlined. Among these 

 records are the following: Two were shot at Bass Cove, Bermuda, 

 in the autumn of 1843; one was shot on Ireland Island on November 

 29, 1853; and two were noted (one taken) in the autumn of 1875. 

 One was killed at Fort Pulaski, Ga., on February 8, 1931. In South 

 Carolina there are several indefinite records, some of which date 

 back to the time of Audubon, but one was taken near Winnsboro 

 on November 28, 1908, and one was reported from Chester in Decem- 

 ber 1886. They were reported as "abundant" at New Bern, N. C, 

 on November 30, 1876; a speciman was collected in Pamlico County 



