LOCAL FLIGHTS IN 1877. 167 



Delafield, Jackson County : Wind south of oast ; go northwest mostly ; very high ; 

 none alighted. 



Christiana, Jackson County : Go a little north of west ; a few alighted ahout 3 o'clock 



Tenhassen, Martin County : Wind south-southwest in the afternoon, moderate, very 

 warm ; fly northwest. 



Pipestone, Pipestone County : Go southwest at 10 in the forenoon, none alighting. 



Bigstone Lake, Bigstone County : Fly northwest, many alighting. 



NEBRASKA. 



La Platte Valley : Flying east of north. Heavy rains. 



Omaha, Douglas County : Flying very high to northwest at 11 in the forenoon. Wind 

 southeast, clear. 



IOWA. 



Tabor, Fremont County : Go north and northwest. 



KANSAS. 



Claytonville, Brown County : Fly northwest ; wind south. 

 Becord of flights for July 20, 1877. 



DAKOTA. 



Walhalla, Pembina County : Light northwest wind ; sunshine ; fly southeast ; not 

 many. 



Caledonia, Traill County : north wind for five days past ; good many go south ; none 

 have passed from south this season. 



Yellow Banks, Deuel County : Light northwest winds ; warm ; a frightful swarm 

 came about 9 a. m. ; those that were here joined the flight at once, making a dense 

 swarm from about 40 feet high to as high as the eye could reach. By 11 a. m. the lower 

 ones were from 150 to 200 feet high, and continued much the same to 3 p. m. None 

 alighted. 



Gary, Deuel County : Strong wind ; fly south in great numbers ; very high. 



Medary, Brookings County : north wind ; clear ; immense swarms go south all day ; 

 the few scattered on the prairie rise and leave. 



Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County : Wind northeast ; a great many go southwest. 



Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County : Fly south ; few alighted as yet. The greatest quan- 

 tity of hoppers that has yet been seen passed over to the southeast. A few came down 

 about 6 miles south of here, but did no damage. 



MINNESOTA. 



Moorhead, Clay County : Fly south and southeast very thick. 



Audubon, Becker County : Wind north 10 degrees west ; air full — highest I ever saw ; 

 some stragglers alight. 



Detroit, Becker County : Wind northwest ; very pleasant ; began to fly at 10 a. m.,, 

 and all we had here left us ; an immense quantity passed. 



Township 136, range 45, Wilkins County : Wind northwest and very unsteady ; hop- 

 pers fly ; those of our hatch rise that are large enough ; they rise most numerously 

 when the wind comes in gusts. 



Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County : Commenced flight to southward. 



Elbow Lake, Grant County : Fly southeast ; wind northwest; more than at any time' 

 this season. 



Long Prairie, Todd County : North winds ; cool and clear ; go south thick. 



Saint Wendell, Stearns County : Wind nearly north ; great numbers fly nearly south ;, 

 some came down. 



