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dall (April 20). and Howard (May 8). Xevr York, constituting the 

 meager data at hand. 



The main flight is seemingly up the Mississippi Valley, but even 

 in that region, the record is incomplete. The data available are: 

 Louisiana. Bird Islands. May 18: Kentucky. Row ling Green. April 

 27; Missouri. April 15, and May 20: Illinois. Chicago. April 27; 

 Ohio, Columbus. May 6. 1923 (only record) : Iowa, Xorway. April: 

 Minnesota, Madison. May 16. and Wilder. May 21: Texas, Corpus 

 Christi. March 17. and Gainesrille. April 23; South Dakota. Sioux 

 Falls, May 12, and Fort Sisseton, May 22: North Dakota, James- 

 town, May 6. and Harrisburg. May 7: Mackenzie. Fort Chipewyan, 

 May 24. and Fort Simpson. May 29 ; and Alaska. Demarcation Point, 

 May 26. 



FdR migration. — The fall record is more c-omplete and dates of 

 arriTal and departure can be given with greater consistency. Early 

 dates of arrival are: Bri ti sh Columbia, Chilli wack. July 23: Kee- 

 watin. Cape Eskimo. August 10: Manitoba. Shoal Lake. August 9; 

 North Dakota. GraftoiL August 14: South Dakota. Harding County, 

 August 15: Nebraska, Neligh. August 12, and Waverly, August 14; 

 Texas. Tivoli. August 3: Gainesville. August 4. and Brownsville, 

 Augiist 4: [Minnesota. [Minneapolis, August 1: Iowa, Charles City, 

 August 1, and Sioux City, Atigust 2; Indiana. MiQers, August 30; 

 Ohio. Lake County, August 19; Illinois, Chicago. August 16: 

 Louisiana. Abbeville, August 4: Quebec. Godbout, August 7. and 

 Henley Harbor. August 20; Maine. Scarboro, August 1, and Dama- 

 riscane Island. August 26: New Hampshire. Rye Beach. August 25: 

 Massachusetts. Ipswich, August 7, Cape Cod, August 16, and Nan- 

 tucket, August 26; Bhode Island, Little Compton, July 22: New 

 York. Canandaigua. July 24. Shelter Island. August 22. Syracuse. 

 August 24. Ecxiaway. August 25. and Montauk Point, August 26: 

 New Jersey, Toms Kiver, September S; Virginia, "Wallops Island, 

 September 5: North Carolina. Currituck, September 12: Florida. 

 Lake Jackson. September 12; Costa Rica, San Jose, September 7; 

 Colombia, Cienaga. August 12: Peru, Pebas, August 3, and Yquitos, 

 September 2: and Paraguay. Puerto Pinasco. September 21. 



Late dates of fall departure are : Washington, Westport, Septem- 

 ber 3, and Tacoma. September 20: California, Morro, September 14, 

 1923 (only record for the State): Montana. Yellowstone County. 

 September 1; Colorado, Barr. August 25 and September 4 (only 

 records) ; Manitoba, Lake Winnipeg. September 5, and Oak Lake, 

 September 9: North Dakota. Jamestown. September 30: Nebraska, 

 Lincoln. October 25: Kansas. Salina. October 10; Texas, Browns- 

 ville, October 7, and Corpus Christi, October 10 ; Wisconsin, Pittston, 

 September 7, and Rock Prairie, September 10; Michigan, Kalamazoo 



