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ico, Glenrio, October 11, Las Palomas, October 12, and Mesilla Park, 

 November 9; Manitoba, Margaret, September 15; South Dakota, 

 Harrison, October 28; Wisconsin, Waupaca County, October 21; 

 Nebraska, Gresham, September 10, Long Pine, October 9, and Lin- 

 coln, October 27; and Kansas, Emporia, August 25. The arrival 

 of avocets in the fall has been noted in the Valley of Mexico in 

 August and September. 



Casual records. — The avocet has on a number of occasions been 

 reported or taken at points far outside of its normal range. Some 

 of these records are: Cuba, once in the market at Havana and at 

 Cardenas in August; Jamaica, reported in winter; Barbados, one 

 in the fall of 1880 and again on October 1, 1888 ; Florida, one killed 

 at Palm Beach Inlet in 1916; Georgia, St. Marys, October 8, 1903; 

 North Carolina, six noted at Fort Macon on September 12, 1870; 

 Virginia, two taken at Wallops Island in September, 1925; New 

 Jersey, Barnegat, May 30, 1880; New York, Ponquoque, one in 1844, 

 Carnarsie Bay, one in 1847, Long Beach, May 20, 1877, near Tucker- 

 ton, last of August, 1886, Kenwick, September 16, 1909, and Ithaca, 

 September 16, 1909; Connecticut, near Saybrook, 1871; Massachu- 

 setts, three at Ipswich Neck, September 13, 1896, Lake Cochituate, 

 October 19, 1880, Natick, October 29, 1880, and Salisbury, May 23, 

 1887; Vermont, St. Albans, fall of 1875; Maine, Cape Elizabeth, 

 November 5, 1878, and Calais, spring of 1862; New Brunswick, 

 Quaco, in 1880; Louisiana, New Orleans, November 12, 1889, and 

 November 7, 1819, Derniere Island, April 16, 1837, and Johnsons 

 Bayou, November 26, 1882; Arkansas, a specimen was taken some 

 time previous to 1847; Missouri, St. Louis, October 28, 1878, and 

 Stotesbury, April 8, 1894; Illinois, St. Clair County, October 28, 

 1878, and two at Chicago, May 5, 1889; Indiana, one was taken at 

 Calumet Lake ; Ohio, St. Marys Keservoir, November 10, 1882, Ober- 

 lin, November 4, 1907, and March 16 to 21, 1907, Sandusky, May 24, 

 1914, and near Columbus, November 10, 1882; Michigan, St. Clair 

 Flats, in 1874; Ontario, Toronto, last of May, 1881 and September 

 19, 1901; Mackenzie, Birch Lake, July 15, 1910, and Fort Eae; 

 British Columbia, Okanagan, April 28, 1908, and mouth of the 

 Fraser River, October 20, 1915. Avocets also have been reported 

 from Greenland, but the records lack confirmation. 



Egg dates. — Saskatchewan: 27 records, May 18 to June 16; 14 

 records, May 29 to June 14. Utah : 52 records, April 10 to June 15 ; 

 26 records, May 6 to 16. California: 35 records, April 22 to June 

 25 ; 18 records, May 5 to 29. 



