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Late dates of fall departure are : Alberta, Veteran, September 15, 

 Innisfree-Mundare, September 17, and Edmonton, September 22; 

 Montana, Missoula, December 25 (possibly winters occasionally) ; 

 Idaho, Meridian, December 14, and Rupert, December 23; Saskat- 

 chewan, Eastend, October 10; Manitoba, Treesbank, October 11, 

 Winnipeg, October 12, Aweme, October 15, and Margaret, October 

 15; North Dakota, Charlson, October 8, and Fargo, October 15; 

 South Dakota, Forestburg, October 30, Sioux Falls, November 7, and 

 Yankton, November 11; Nebraska, Nebraska City, November 10, 

 Beatrice, November 16, and Lincoln, November 18; Kansas, Hayes, 

 November 3, Onaga, November 8, Lawrence, November 11, and 

 Harper, November 25; Minnesota, Correll, October 23, Hutchinson, 

 October 25, Elk River, October 2G, and St. Paul, November 26; 

 Wisconsin, Genoa Junction, November 13, Madison, November 14, and 

 Racine, November 16; Iowa, Emmetsburg, November 13, Grinnell, 

 November 15, Keolmk, November 17, and Coralville, November 20; 

 Ontario, Reaboro, November 4, Port Dover, November 8, Listowel, 

 November 10, and Harrow, November 15; Michigan, Croswell, No- 

 vember 4, Sault Ste. Marie, November 5, Jackson, November 9, 

 Livonia, November 13, and Ann Arbor, November 19 ; Quebec, Mont- 

 real, October 26; Maine, Phillips, October 24, and Cape Elizabeth 

 (exceptional), December 25; New Hampshire, Hampton Beach, De- 

 cember 25; Vermont, Bennington, November 12; Massachusetts, 

 Harvard, December 5, and Chatham, December 17; Connecticut, 

 Meriden, NoA^ember 22, and Hartford, November 30; and New York, 

 Collins, November 22, Rhinebeck, November 24, Branchport, No- 

 vember 29, and Montauk Point, December 10. 



Casual records. — The killdeer has been taken both north and south 

 of its normal range in the Western Hemisphere, and casually in the 

 British Isles. In Nova Scotia it was reported from Halifax Harbor 

 on December 5, 1876, and at Meaghers Beach, on January 1 (Downs) ; 

 Macoun (1909) notes it as a rare migrant in Newfoundland without 

 further details; and a specimen in the British Museum was taken 

 in the Hudson's Bay region. In Alaska, one was reported as seen in 

 August, 1898, on the Kuskokwim River (Hinckley), and a specimen 

 was collected on the Stikine Flats, May 10, 1907 (Willett). 



In South America specimens have been reported from several 

 countries but so few in number it does not appear likely that any 

 part of that continent should be included in the regular range. 

 Among these records are: Chile and Paraguay (specimens in the 

 British Museum, date and exact locality of collection unknown) ; 

 Peru (Tambo Valley, October 25, 1867, Callao [Cassin], Pacasmayo, 

 June, 1877 [Taczanowski], and Arequipa [Sclater and Salvin]); 

 Ecuador (Chaupi, in June [Salvador! and Festa], and Sical, speci- 



