BIKDS ov INDIANA. 887 



mot with about the western end of Lake Erie, extending a short dis- 

 tance into that State. From the first, or both of these centers, they 

 have extended their summer range until it has spread over the State 

 from east to west in its northern part, and reached points as far south 

 as northern Union County and the counties of Wayne, Delaware, 



Bobolink. 

 (Beal. Farmers' Bulletin 54, United States Department of Agriculture, p. 18.) 



Madison, Marion, Clinton, Tippecanoe and Vigo, in all of which it 

 breeds. However, it is not generally distributed and usually occurs 

 locally. It is a rare summer resident and probably breeds in Decatur 

 County, where Prof. W. P. Shannon found a pair July 2, 1896. In 

 Carroll County, Elkhart County, and perhaps other counties, it is 

 found rarely, if at all, and in others in but few localities. However, 

 there are places where it is found abundantly. It has been observed 

 in a number of these counties, as well as several others for the first 

 time within the last few years. Doubtless it will continue to extend 

 its range, and we watch its movements with much interest. They 

 evidently reach their breeding grounds by migrating, farther eastward, 

 doubtless along the Atlantic coast, and then turning west towards the 

 lower end of Lake Michigan. They often are found in the area they 



