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1907; Manitoba, Killarney, October 8, 1913, Margaret, October 18, 

 1912, Aweme, October 31, 1900, and Alexander, November 5, 1894; 

 North Dakota, Argusville, October 2, 1885, Antler, October 10, 1908, 

 Keene, October 14, 1913, Westhope, October 16, 1910, Chase Lake, 

 October 22, 1913, and Marstonmoor, October 25, 1909; South Dakota, 

 Huron, October 11, 1887, Wall Lake, October 12, 1908, Sioux Falls, 

 October 22, 1908, Forestburg, October 23, 1905, Harrison, November 

 3, 1891, and White, November 7, 1889: Nebraska, Long Pine, October, 

 10, 1898, Whitman, October 15, 1915, Red Cloud, October 20, 1903, 

 Valentine, October 22, 1914, Lincoln, October 27, 1899, and Belvidere, 

 November 3, 1891; Kansas, North Topeka, October 24, 1890, Onaga, 

 October 30, 1897, Lawi-ence, October 31, 1905, and Richmond, 

 November 3, 1885; Oklahoma, Caddo, November 11, 1884; Brit- 

 ish Columbia, Okanagan Landing, November 12, 1918; Oregon, 

 Arlington, October 25, 1919, Klamath Falls, October 20, 1912, and 

 Klamath Lake, November 8, 1914; Alberta, Veteran, October 16, 

 1918; Montana, Terry, November 10, 1903; Idaho, Meridian, Novem- 

 ber 1, 1914, and Rupert, November 11, 1911; Colorado, Beloit, 

 October 9, 1889, Beulah, October 19, 1904, and West Mountain Val- 

 ley, November 15, 1899, and New Mexico, near Socorro, December 

 16, 1846. 



Casual records. — There is a record of the occm'rence of the sandhill 

 crane in the District of Columbia, sometime prior to 1861; one near 

 Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, in May, 1 902 ; one near Cohoes, New York, 

 in October, 1892; one at Natic, Rhode Island, October 1, 1889; one at 

 Buzzards Bay, MassachiLsetts, in October 1890; one at Lunenburg, 

 Vermont; one at Wakefield, Now Hampshire, in 1896 or 1897; and at 

 Guelph and Beaumauris, Ontario. 



Egg dates. — Manitoba and Saskatchewan: 14 records. May 5 to 

 June 12; 7 records, May 27 to June 2. Iowa: 5 records, Ma^^ 2 to 

 27. Oregon: 8 records, April 14 to May 30. 



MEGALORNIS CANADENSIS PRATENSIS 



Range. — The Florida sandhill crane is a resident subspecies con- 

 fined to the southeastern United States, probably including the 

 coastal regions of Alabama and Louisiana. 



The range extends north to Georgia (Okefinokee Swamp). Easl 

 to Florida (Micanopy, Lake Monroe, Lake Kissimmee, Micco, and 

 Fort Pierce) . South and west to Florida (Fort Myers, Charlotte Har- 

 bor, Miakka, Tarpon Springs, and Cedar Keys) ; probably Alabama 

 (Perdido Bay) ; and probably Louisiana (Houma, Calcasieu Pass, and 

 Cameron Parish). 



In winter cranes have been noted at Waverly, Mississippi, Mer 

 Rouge, Louisiana, and Sabine Pass, Texas. 

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