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occasionally eat Sumac berries. By April 16, all 

 migrants have passed on, St. Louis, Mo. In 

 January these were first seen, but only single 

 birds; no flocks. February 13. Birds are mating, 

 and up to the 34th were a great many arrivals: 

 about half the birds seem to be back, being in 

 pairs or pairing. March 4. The Bluebirds were 

 the chief birds of the past week. They were 

 seen and heard everywhere; the males doing 

 most of the warbling; the females most of the 

 fighting. I caught two females in my hands 

 which had come down to the ground in combat. 

 Manhattan, Kans. Winter resident, unusually 

 abundant. On December 30lh, about 135 were 

 seen; then never more than twenty -five until 

 March 13th, when seventy -five were seen. March 

 35th, they were abundant in pairs. April 7th, 

 only twelve seen in a five mile tramp. Glasgow, 

 Mo. First, February 7th. Jacksonville, III. 

 First, February 38th, and for ne.xt three days 

 were very plenty, Ijut April 4th they almost dis- 

 appeared; some were then pairing and others in 

 pairs. They came back again April 8th and 9lh, 

 when some of them began investigating the l)oxes 

 I have in my yaid. Liter, 111. First, February 

 17th, both male and female; bulk March 1st. 

 Ellsworth, 111. First, February 28th. Griggs- 

 ville. 111. First, with song, February 31st; on 

 February 38th are more numerous and show signs 

 of pairing. Osceola, 111. First, February 38th. 

 On April 1st, only .six seen in four miles. April 

 loth, building. Grand View, la. First, March 

 1st, mating on March 13th. Des Moines, la. 

 First, March 1st. Coral ville, la. First, March 

 1st, a single male, but singing merrily. March 

 14th, half a dozen pairs seen; one took posses.sion 

 of bird house and went to housekeeping in earn- 

 est. Kacine, Wis. First, March 15th. Jefl'er- 

 son. Wis. On March 11th, four were seen for 

 the first time; slowly increased from that date on. 

 Some were paired when they ariived, the rest 

 mated as soon as they came. March 17lli. Tlicy 

 began to be quite common, but the cold put a 

 slop to all migration until the 33d, after which 

 they have been quite numerous. April 9lh. 

 They are now to be seen and heard everywhere 

 in pairs, there being no flocks at all. I have not 

 seen more than four birds together any time this 

 Spring. Waukon, la. First, March 30lh. Very 

 few during the first week in April. Mitchell, 

 la. First, March 12th, with snow two feet on a 

 level. Bulk came March 35th, when five ])airs 

 were seen. Hastings, Minn. First, March 14th. 

 Pine Bend, Minn. First, April 1st. Elk River, 

 Minn. A pair came back April 5th, and are 

 singing on an old nest. 

 Purple Finch, (Oarpodacuspurpumis). Wax- 



ahachie, Tex. Last one, April 10th [?]. Can- 

 ton, Mi.ss. Seen April 36th [?J. Fayetteville, 

 Ark. First seen March 30th. Anna, 111. Saw 

 two April 16th. St. Louis, Mo. From January 

 34th to February 14th, very numerous. Febru- 

 ary 24th. Have been very scarce, only two seen. 

 March 2d. Two at an old stand, (one in brown) 

 singing. March 11th. Almost all gone, but on 

 the 13th there were several new arrivals in three 

 places. On March 16th, I found them in small 

 parties in five places, and all singing beautifully, 

 something like the Warbling Vireo, and on the 

 17th thej' were still numerous and in song. April 

 3d to 7tli, the height of the season, but on the 8th 

 the bulk departed. April 17th. Still present, 

 but silent, on high trees and in plain dress. On 

 April 18th, I saw four small parties in song, and 

 the last one was seen on April 25th. Jackson- 

 ville, III. One in plain plumage was seen Feb- 

 ruary 15th. Liter. III. First, both male and 

 female, February 10th. On April 8th, one male 

 and four females. Jcffer.son, Wis. On April 1st, 

 first saw one male in fine plumage. Singing, but 

 not in full melody. On April 4th I saw the first 

 flock — three males and two females. April 11th. 

 Saw two males and one female; no more until 

 April 28th, when five males and two females were 

 seen. May 2d. A flock of twenty was met; two 

 males in the height of their wedding attire; six 

 or eight much duller, and the rest with no "pur- 

 ple." INIay 6th. Bulk departed and last one 

 seen. Hastings, Minn. First, April 11th. There 

 are many around this season, in flocks of twenty 

 or more. Elk River, !Minn. First, April 12th, a 

 large flock feeding on Poplar buds. 



CuirnxG Sp.\nnow, (Spizella domesticn). An- 

 na, 111. Resident; have noticed perhaps twenty 

 during the Winter. April 11th, numerous; April 

 22d, two nests, eacb with three eggs. St. Louis, 

 Mo. First .seen on April 4tl). Bulk of the spe- 

 cies here on April 9th, and by the loth they had 

 commenced building. Manhattan, Kans. First, 

 March 31st. Two or three seen April 14th in a 

 five mile walk. April 29th. Are here in full 

 Summer numbers. Liter, 111. First, April 3d. 

 Griggsville, 111. First, April 17th. Coralvilk:, 

 la. First. April 31st. Polo, 111. First, [?] May 

 6th, and on May 10th abundant. Racine, Wis. 

 First, April 10th. Jefferson, Wis. On April 

 11th, first saw six males. April 13th a few more 

 came. Transients left about April 16th, but an- 

 other wave came on May 3d, which made them 

 again numerous. Waukon, la. First, April 9th. 

 Hastings, Minn. First, April 17th. 



Fox Sp ARROW, {PiissereUailiaca). Waxahachie, 

 Tex. Last seen April 24th ['!]. Canton, Miss. 

 Seen April 36th [?]. Anna, 111. Winter visitant ; 



