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but only once met with on this side of the river. 

 By March 11th they were slowly taking up old 

 stands, and on the 14th their song was heard on 

 all sides ; unusually numerous this year. Man- 

 hattan, Ivans. First, February 10th. A few seen 

 oti and on until the first week in April. On April 

 14th, abundant. Glasgow, Mo. First. March 

 2d. Jacksonville, 111. First, March 1st. Liter, 

 III. Tlie 20th of January, with a temperature of 

 fifteen degrees below zero, both male and female 

 were seen. The bulk of males and females ar- 

 rived February 10th, in full song. Ellsworth, 

 111. First, February 28th. Griggsville.Ill. First, 

 March 12th, three seen. Osceola, 111. First, 

 March 19lh. Grand View, la. First, March 

 17th. Coralville, la. First, March 18th. Polo, 

 III. First, March 27th. Kacine, Wis. First, 

 March 15th. Jefferson, Wis. On March 23d, 

 first saw fifteen to twenty single males; no fe- 

 males until April 1st, and no flocks at any lime. 

 All that were here on April 9th were mated. 

 Waukon, la. First, April 4th, again on April Olh, 

 four seen. Mitchell, la. First seen were two 

 males (m March 20lh. Hastings, Minn. First, 

 April Cth, four seen. Pine Bend, Minn. Mating 

 on Ai>iil 21st. Klk River, Minn. The first seen 

 this year was a single female on April 5th. 



Orchard Oriole, (IcUrus npurius). Anna, 111. 

 First. April 20th ; one seen. St. Louis, Mo. On 

 April ISth, first saw one male, which was very 

 (lark, and on the 19th another one, singing. April 

 21st. First male of last year, and on the 22d there 

 was a slight increase. April 29th it became quite 

 in'ominent ; the first female and a few males of 

 last year have arrived, but the species is not yet at 

 its height. May 3d. Bulk of the species and in 

 wandering troops. ^Manhattan, Ivans. First, 

 April 21st. Liter, 111. Fiist, May 2d. Griggs- 

 ville. 111. First, May IGlli. Grand View, la. 

 First, May 5th. Polo, 111. First, May 9tli. 

 Mitchell, la. First, May 8th ; by May 10th no fe- 

 males had yet been seen. Elk Kiver, Minn. 

 First, Jlay 18lh. 



Baltimore Oriole, (Icterus gnKiila). Oxford, 

 Miss. First, April 15lh. Anna, 111. First, April 

 18lh ; one heard. St. Louis, Mo. On April 19th, 

 first saw two, which were shy and almost silent. 

 April 20th, tvi-o more, and on the 22d a slight in- 

 crease. April 29th, bulk of the species, and they 

 are now the most conspicuous and noisy birds. 

 The females have arrived and the old males are 

 back in full numbers. Manhattan, Kans. First, 

 April 18th. Glasgow, Mo. April 23d, was the first 

 seen. Jacksonville, III. One seen Aprd 27th ; 

 nesting on May 7th. Liter, 111. First, May 2d. 

 Grand View, la. First, May 5th. Des Moines, 



la. First, May 4th. Coralville, la. First, May 

 2d. Polo, 111; First, May 8tb. Racine, Wis. 

 First May 6th. Jefferson, Wis, First seen on 

 May 6th, and the next day about one tenth were 

 here. May 8th, somewhat more common. On 

 the 10th the females arrived, but only a few, and 

 the 12th was the height of the season for males, 

 but not yet bulk of the females. May 19th, the 

 height of the season is past, but yet no signs of 

 building. Waukon, la. First, May 7tli. Pine 

 Bend, Minn. First, May 13lh. Elk River, Minn. 

 First, May 14th; first female. May 19th. 



Purple Grackle, (Quiscalus purpiirciw ancus). 

 Fayetteville, Ark. In large flocks on March 30th 

 and 31st. Anna, 111. Resident in flocks varying 

 from fifty to a thousand ; arrived from the south 

 February 20th to 28th, and on April 8lh are still 

 passing through in flocks. St. Louis, JIo. Saw 

 four on January 18th, and two more on the 29th. 

 On March 14th, the first of the Summer sojourn- 

 ers came ; a very few were among the other 

 Blackbirds in the lowlands on the Illinois side of 

 the river. March lOlh. First seen in Missouri. 

 On April 15th they were mating, but still going 

 to the common roosting place. April 22d. At 

 this date they were carrying building material. 

 Manhattan, Kans. First, March 27lh. About 

 two hundred were seen April 7th, in a five mile 

 walk, and the same April 14th. By the 29th 

 they were in full numbers. Jacksonville, 111. 

 First, March 1st, twenty in one flock. April 9lh, 

 numerous. Osceola, 111. First, February 27lh ; 

 a hundred on March 1st. Grand View, la. S<jme 

 wintered contrary to their usual custom. [The 

 Winter before some stayed in Southern Minne- 

 sota]. Coralville, la. On May 5th, a nest with 

 one egg. Polo, III. First, April 8lh. Racine, 

 Wis. First, March 25th. Jeff'erson, Wis. First 

 saw one on March 25th. March 31st. Seen 

 several times this Spring, ten birds in all. In 

 afternoon of April 4th I saw the first flock, num- 

 bering eleven, and later another flock migrating. 

 On April 9th they began building in my yard. 

 April 21st. Two small flocks were seen, not yet 

 mated. Waukon, la. First, April 6th ; <me seen. 

 Hastings, Minn. First, April 1st. Elk River, 

 Minn. First, April 12th; one seen. Argusville, 

 Dak. First, April 6th ; none seen from then un- 

 til AprH 29th. 



Kingbird, {Tynduiiifi ritivUnt'iisix). Waxa- 

 hachie, Tex. April 25th, not yet come. Canton, 

 Miss. Seen December 1, 1882 ; fiist for this Spring 

 March 10th, probably resident. Anna, III. First, 

 April 17th; two seen. St. Louis, Mo. First saw 

 a silent one on April 18th — a beautiful bird — and 

 on April 30th a second one was seen. April 29th. 

 Begins to be conspicuous, and by May 1st it was 



