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days of July. It was probably the swarms from this section which were 

 observed about this time in Fremont County, Iowa, moving northward. 

 In August and Septiember swarms were observed passing southward 

 over Holt, Nodaway, Atchison, Jasper, and Barry Counties. 



ArJcansas. — The only accounts of flights we have received from this 

 State are from Benton County, in which it is stated that in September 

 some swarms passed over from the northwest. 



Indian Territory. — We were very desirous of obtaining notices of 

 flights from this Territory, for the purpose of ascertaining whether it 

 was possible to trace particular swarms in their movements, the possi- 

 bility of succeeding being rendered much more likely in the case of an 

 early swarm, starting from the extreme south and moving north, than 

 at a later date, when the movements became more general. But it was 

 impossible to obtain correspondents in this Territory in the sections 

 where such swarms were likely to be observed. There is some evidence 

 that flights to the north were observed in the early part of May in some 

 portions of the Territory ; but it is too indefinite to be of any value, 

 except as showing the direction of the movement. At Camp Supply, 

 locusts were observed moving north on May 23, and at the same place 

 they were seen moving south on the 11th of September. 



Kansas. — Flights were observed in Nebraska two days before any 

 movements were noted in this State. The first swarm observed here of 

 which we have any notice was on May 17th, in Trego County, in the 

 western part of the State; this moved north-northwest. Other swarms 

 going northward were observed in Ellis and Labette Counties on the 

 21st and 23d of the same month. On the 26th and 27th extensive 

 swarms passed northward over the western part of the State which 

 were observed at Kit Carson, Monotony, also in Phillips and Greenwood 

 Counties. On the 12th, 13th, and 14th of June, the large body of those 

 hatched in the State commenced to migrate, and although a large por- 

 tion moved toward the north, yet this was by no means universally the 

 case. Although the counties in which flights were observed on these 

 days are all in the northeast part of the State and hence in the vicinity 

 of each other, yet the direction of the flights varied from north to south- 

 west, a few going almost directly south at one point. On the 12th, in 

 Saline, they moved northwest, and in Clay, south. On the 13th, the 

 movement was entirely to the west and southwest, except in Brown 

 County, where they went northeast. These we have reason to believe 

 came down in the vicinity of Sioux City, Iowa, in the afternoon of June 

 14. On the 14th it was entirely toward the north. After this but few 

 flights were observed until in July ; at least but few notices of movements 

 have been received by the Commission, which occurred during this time. 

 Between the 18th and last of this month they began to return toward 

 the south. In August there were movements in both directions, but 

 chiefly southward ; this was continued at intervals through September. 



Nehraslca. — A small flight passed over Franklin County as early as 

 May 15, going north ; another over Dodge County on the 17th, going 



