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VOL. X. 



PA\VTUCKET, R. I., AUGUST, 1885. 



No. 8 



Mississippi Valley Migration. 



BY PROF. W. W, COOKE, MOOUIIEAD, MINN. 



In tills number will be found tlie names of the 

 new stations and ob.servers this year in llic Miss- 

 issippi Valley. It will be noticed that the new 

 stations are lettered to indicate their geographical 

 relation to the stations of la.st year. All old 

 stations retain the same numbers as before. The 

 list comprises eighty new stations and eiglity con- 

 tinued from last year, but of these eighty new 

 ones, several are merely changes of address of 

 last year's observers, so that the real numbers are 

 about ninety of last year's and .seventy new ob- 

 servers. 



Among these new men are many most excel- 

 lent ornithologists whom we are most glad to 

 welcome to our ranks. A great effort was made 

 to fill up the parts of our district which last year 

 lacked observers, but with a few exceptions it 

 proved impossible. The reason is very simple; 

 there are no persons there who are sufficiently ac- 

 quainted with birds to report their movements. 

 There are whole counties in the Southern States 

 and on the western plains, that do not contain a 

 single ornithologist. 



The bulk of this Spring's reports have now 

 been received and they contain an immense 

 amount of valuable material on the subject of 

 migration. Their volume is about the same as 

 last year's, but the notes will on the average be 

 nuich more accurate and trustworthy. It is evi- 

 dent that all the observers have profited liy last 

 year's experience. 



List of Ne'w Stations and Observers 

 for the Year 1885. 



41.42 111. Fernwood. 

 42 34 Wis. Clinton. 



98a 

 99a 

 100a 

 1020 

 1026 



Clinton. 

 Janesvillo. 

 Stoughton. 

 Stonghton. 



Ft. Atkinson. 

 Milwaukee. 



Milwaukee. 



Portage City. 



Green Bay. 



Green Bay. 



Durand. 



River Falls. 



Robert's Station. 



New Richmond. 



Luck. 



Bayfield. 



Honraa. 



New Orleans. 



Reeds. 



Butler. 



Keokuk. 



Denmark. 



Burlington. 



Des Moines. 



Iowa City. 



Iowa City. 



Grinnell. 



Grinnell. 



La Porte City. 



La Porte City. 



Sioux City. 



State Centre. 



Emmetsburg. 



Spirit Lake. 

 . Albert Lea. 



Rochester. 



Lake City. 



Red Wing. 



Red Wing. 



Red Wing. 



Excelsior. 



Excelsior. 



St. Paul. 



Minneapolis. 



Minneapolis. 



Minneapolis. 



Minneapolis. 



Minneapolis. 



St. Cloud. 



Moorhead. 



White Earth. 

 29.2T Tex. San-Antonio. 

 29.27 " San Antonio. 



42.34 

 42.39 

 42.65 

 42.55 

 42.53 



43.31 " 



44.30 " 



44.30 " 



44.36 " 



44.45 " 



44 5R " 



45.09 " 



45.35 " 

 46.50 " 

 29.34 La. 

 30. " 

 37.08 Mo 

 38.14 " 

 40.20 la. 



40.43 " 

 40.50 " 



41.36 " 

 41.38 " 

 41.38 " 



41.44 " 

 41.44 " 

 42.18 '■ 

 42.18 " 

 42.28 " 

 42.69 " 

 43.08 " 

 43.26 " 

 43.58 M in 

 44,01 " 

 44.26 " 

 44.32 " 

 44.32 " 

 44.82 " 

 44.55 " 

 44.55 " 

 44.57 " 



45.32 

 46.56 



47.04 



Geo. B. Holmes. 

 C. Crotsenburg. 

 A. I). Wilcox. 

 H. L. Skanlem. 

 Z. L. Welman. 

 W. W. Gilman. 

 F. H. Webb. 

 W. B. Hull. 

 Chas. A. Keeler. 

 T. P. Camp. 

 J. A. Shoemaker. 

 R. R. Byram. 



E. L. Brown. 

 O. G. Libhy. 



F. M. Style. 

 W. S. Libby. 

 J. P. Peterson. 

 A. I. Sherman. 

 E. C. Wurzlow. 



G. Kohn. 

 S. A. Ball. 

 Harvey Clark. 

 M. Meigs. 



Col. G. B. Brackett. 



John Inghram. 



J. B. Green. 



H. L. Bond. 



W. M. Clute. 



L. Jones. 



Prof. n. W. Parker. 



Harry Peck. 



Norton Peck. 



Alex. Scougal. 



H. S. Williams. 



Rev. C. E. Cline. 



A. A. Mosher. 



Pres. R. B. Abbott. 



W. D. Ilurlbut. 



E. A. Wise. 

 G. Graham. 

 H. Willard. 

 L. Hancock. 

 L. D. Perkins. 



F. Diamond. 

 H. W. Slack. 

 U. S. Grant. 



Prof. C. L. Ilerrick. 

 Franklin Benner. 

 Mrs. L. P. Tinalcy. 

 F. L. Washburn. 

 n. p. Bennett. 

 W. W. Cooke. 

 Mrs. C. A. Cooke. 

 Bro. M. Newall. 

 Prof. G. Jernny. 



Copyright, 1885, by Prank B. Wbbster and Eaton Clifp. 



