April, 1S93.] 



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Summer resident. Arrives about the first 

 week in May ; departs in the latter half of 

 August. Males precede females in spring 

 migration by a few days. Breeds abundant- 

 ly in June. Says they are occasionally im- 

 posed on by the Cowbird. 



County No. 7. F. L. Charles. 



Common and familiar summer resident, 

 from early May until into .August. Breeds 

 in open prairies last week in May or first in 

 June. One brood raised ; eggs 4-7, average 

 5. Feeds on wild strawberries. 



County No. 7. H. Gillingham. 



Summer resident ; breeds commonly. Ar- 

 rives in large flocks. Has seen over fifty in 

 one flock. Breeds latter part of May and 

 first of June. Eggs 3-4-5-6 ; one brood. 



County No. 7. D. A. Young. 



Summer resident. .Arrives the last of .^pril : 

 departs during .August. Breeds commonly 

 in fields and prairies from the last of May 

 until July. Eggs 4-5. 



"Birds of Northeastern Illinois." E. W. 

 Nelson. Counties 6 and 7. 



Abundant summer resident. .Arrives the 

 last of ."Vpril and leaves the middle of ."Xugust. 



County No. 8. B. T. Gault. 



Summer resident ; common breeder. Ar- 

 rives first week in May ; departs latter part of 

 September or first of October. Commences 

 to assume winter plumage the last of July. 



County No. 10. L. W. Nichols. 



Summer resident. Common breeder in 

 swampy pastures among the bogs. Nests in 

 June and July; eggs 4-5. Thinks only one 

 brood raised. 



Davenport, Iowa, opposite No. 15. B. H. 

 Wilson. 



Summer resident. Arrives May 6 to 10 ; 

 departs last of August. Abundant in clover 

 fields and breeds in the early half of June. 

 Thinks one brood is raised. Eggs 4-5. 



County No. 16. Dr. A. C. Murchison. 



Transient ; tolerably common. Arrives 

 first week in May ; has not observed it in 

 the fall. Occurs in flocks of five to twenty 

 individuals. Has not found it breeding. 



Has found them in County No. i 7 in June ; 

 thinks they were breeding, as singing males 

 were observed. 



County No. 18. A. Hamfeldt. 



Summer resident. Not very abundant. 

 .■\rrives early in May, generally the first week ; 

 does not ha\ e date of departure. Nests in 

 meadows. 



County No. 25. R. M. Barnes. 



Summer resident ; fairly common. Breeds 

 in limited numbers in meadows containing 

 red clover, from May 20th to June loth; 

 eggs 4-5-7; one brood. 



County No. 26. V. Chase. 



Transient. Observed a flock of 50 to 75 

 birds in the spring of 1892. A male was ob- 

 served through June and July in a meadow; 

 undoubtedly had a nest. 



Keokuk, Iowa, opposite No. 31. E. S. 

 Currier. 



Regards it as a regular but far from com- 

 mon migrant, passing north the first two 

 weeks in May. Has observed them as late 

 as May 24th. [Probably the birds seen on 

 the latter date remained through the sum- 

 mer.— W. E. L.] 



Clark County, Mo., opposite No. 31. C. 

 P. Foir. 



Regards it as a summer resident, but not 

 common. Arrives early in May ; departs in 

 the latter half of July. Has found no nests. 



County No. ^t,. Dr. W. S. Strode. 



Transient and rare summer resident. Has 

 increased in numbers within the last few 

 years. Has not found it breeding, although 

 obser\ed in summer. Earliest date .April 

 10, 1889. 



County No. t,^. W. S. Cobleigh. 



Transient and summer resident. The 

 greater part of them pass north. .Arrives 

 by the loth of May. The summer residents 

 move east instead of south in the fall with 

 their young. 



County No. 34. B. F. Bolt. 



Transient ; a few remain. Has been 

 found breeding. Nests in meadows, diffi- 

 cult to find. 



