Sept. 1885.] 



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saw from one to ten per day. St. Louis, Mo. 

 First saw two on February 20tli, and on March 

 lltli a few additional individuals. Marcli l'4tli. 

 Found three at one place and severarat another, 

 all singing. On April 3d was the height of the 

 season. April 5th the bulk "departed and the, last 

 one was seen April 7th. Manhattan, Kans. First, 

 April 1st. On April 7th. one seen. Liter, 111. 

 First seen February lOtli, both male and female; 

 during the cold snap in March were quite numer- 

 ous. Osceola, 111. Came April 5th and stayed 

 about a week. Grand View, la. First, April 

 6tli; last, April 13th. .Jefferson, Wis. First saw 

 twenty-four individuals at two places on April 

 4lh, at which time possibly the bulk of the species 

 was Iiere. Last seen on April 11th. Waukon, 

 la. First, April 8th, two seen. Elk River, Minn. 

 First, April 12th, and very numerous. 



TowHEE Bunting, (Pipilo erythrophthalmus). 

 Fayettcville, Ark. Usually a transient, but is a 

 Winter visitant in mild Winters. It remained 

 here as late as January of this Winter. Anna, 

 111. Resident; common throughout tlie j-ear. 

 Saw from five to twenty almost every day that I 

 was in a suitable locality. St. Louis, Mo. Three 

 birds seen on December 30th, and they stayed 

 through .January and February, both male and 

 female. On March 14th calls were heard in three 

 places, and on March 16th saw only four males. 

 The balk of the species were here on April 5th, 

 and tlie height of the season was from April 9th 

 to 15th, and longer. On April 15lh they com- 

 menced building. Manhattan, Kans. Abundant 

 during Fall migration, and were seen at intervals 

 during December, January and February, even 

 in very cold weather. March 13th, common. 

 March 25th, males abundant, but few females. 

 March 31st, twelve males in a five mile walk. 

 April 7th, twenty seen over same ground. April 

 14th, heard many. April 29th, in full numbers. 

 t-Jlasgow, Mo. Two seen March 24th. Jackson- 

 ville, III. First, April 7th. Griggsville, 111. 

 First, [?] May 2d. Osceola, 111. First, April 8th. 

 Grand View, la. First, [?] April 28th. Des 

 Moines, la. First, April 3d. Coralville, la. 

 First, April 14th. Polo, 111. First, April 3d. 

 Jefferson, Wis. First saw three males on April 

 2tst, and on the 25th several males were heard. 

 I5y Slay 3d, not more than twenty seen so far this 

 Spring, and no females. May 10th a few males 

 arrived, and by the 12th it was almost at the 

 height of the season. May 17th: Bulk of the 

 females arrived, and the height of the species. 

 On May 19th, the height was past, and they are 

 now building. Waukon, la. First, April 14th. 

 Mitchell, la. First, April lOlh. Pine Bend, 



Minn. First, [?] May 20th. Elk River, Minn. 

 First, April 27th. 



ROSE-BUEASTED GUOSIiE.\K, {ZlDllclwIia liulii- 



Ttciiinii). Canton, Jliss. Came last Fall on No- 

 vember 5th, and on its return journey is still here, 

 April 26th. St. Louis, Mo. On April 22d, first 

 saw two males in song at old stands. The bulk 

 of the species was here from April 25th to 29th, 

 on the last of which dates they were the most 

 conspicuous and noisy birds The females have 

 arrived, and old males are back in full numbers. 

 Manhattan, Kans. First seen May 12th, being 

 the first that I have ever known of at this place. 

 Jacksonville, 111. First, April 25th. Grand View, 

 la. First, May 5th. Coralville, la. First, May 

 8th. Jefferson, Wis. First seen May 6th, four, 

 all males May 7th, about one-tenth are here, 

 and on May 8th they were somewhat more nu- 

 merous. May 10th. Females arrived, but only a 

 few. May 12lh. About the height of the season 

 for males, and the 17th was the hei.ght for females. 

 May 19th. About in full numbers and most of 

 them mated. Waukon, la. First, May 13th, 

 three seen. Mitchell, la. First, May 2d. By 

 May 10th no females had been seen. Hastings, 

 Minn. First, May 5th. Pine Bend, Minn. First, 

 May 13th. Elk River, Minn. May 3d was the 

 first seen. [Notice what a very irregular record 

 this is. The birds seem to have advanced along 

 the Mississippi River faster than they did on 

 either side.] 



Indigo Bunting, (Pnnmriiut cyaiiea). Anna, 

 111. First one, April 12th. St. Louis, Mo. First 

 saw a flock of about eight males on April 21st. 

 This species and the Black-throated Bunting 

 were together in company with White-crowns, 

 feeding on ploughed ground, alongside a hedge 

 which borders a pond. May 1st. Are scarce, 

 but have met with singing males once or twice 

 each day. May 2d. Bulk of the species; first 

 females, and many males in song. May 3d, wan- 

 dering troops. JIanhattan, Kans. First, May 

 5th. Griggsville, 111. First, May 24th. Grand 

 View, la. First, May 19th. Jefferson, Wis. 

 First saw one male on May 17th, and again on 

 the 19th several were seen, but no females. May 

 29lh, First female. Hastings, Minn. First, May 

 24th. Pine Bend, Minn. First, May 13th. Elk 

 River, Minn. First, May 19th. 



Meadow Lark, (Slnrnella maf/na). Fayette- 

 ville, Ark. Common all Winter in the prairies ; 

 most of them left during the first ten days of 

 March. By March 21st very few were left. 

 Anna, 111. Resident; met them in flocks of from 

 ten to a hundred all Winter. St. Louis, Mo. 

 First seen on March 3d, wncn they were quite 

 numerous and noisy in Illinois, opposite the city. 



