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PAWTUCKET, R. I., OCTOBER, 1885. 



No. 10. 



Mississippi Valley Migration. 



SPJirSG OF ISsa.—Cmtimied. 

 BY PKOF. W. W. COOKE, MOOKIIEAD, MINN. 



PnosBE BiKD, {SKyornisft/sois,) Fayc'ttcvillo, 

 Ai-k. First, March 21st, a fow. Anna, 111. Ac- 

 cording to Mr. Ridgway they arc sometimes resi- 

 dent liere. St. Louis, Mo. First saw a pair on 

 March IGth, and on the 17th two more. A nest 

 was found on April Ulli. Manhattan, Kans. 

 First by Prof. Popenoe, on March 17th; first by 

 Prof. Lantz, April 3d. By April 39th they were 

 in full Summer numbers. Griggsville, 111. First 

 on March Glh. Dcs Moines, la. First, April 17lh. 

 Coralville, la. First. March 31st. Nest and four 

 eggs, April 30th. Polo, 111. First, April 7tli. 

 Racine, Wis. First, April 13th. Jefferson, Wis. 

 On April 4th, first, saw three, and on the 9th, 

 aliout three or four to the mile. April 10th, quite 

 common ; on the 11th there was no increase, but 

 a few more on the 13lh. Waukon, la. First, 

 April Glh, four seen. Mitchell, I.\. First, April 

 3d, one seen. Elk River, Minn. The first were 

 two seen on April 13th. 



RUBY-TIIKO.VTED lIUM.MING-IilKD, (TlVc/lillls 



calubn's). St. Louis, Mo. First saw one male on 

 May 11th, and on the 14th the first female. l!y 

 May I8II1, they were mating. Griggsville, 111. 

 First, May 30th. Grand View, la. First, May 

 Gth, Coralville, la. First, May 23d. Polo, 111. 

 First, May lllh ; numerous on May 10th. Jeffer- 

 son, Wis. First saw one male on May Llth. 

 May 19lli, three seen and two killed with number 

 ten shot ; not a feather injured. June Isl, height 

 of the season. Hastings, Minn. First, May 34th. 

 Elk River, Minn. First, May 33d. 



CriiMNEY Swift, [Cluutuva pdanyiai). St. Louis, 

 Mo. First seen on April 81h. By the 14th they 

 had increased, and on the 18lh the bulk of the 

 species was here. Manhattan, Kans. First, 

 April 29th. Glasgow, Mo. First, April 11th. 

 Jacksonville, 111. First, April 19th, three seen. 

 Griggsville, 111. First, April 11th. Grand View, 

 la. First, May Gth. Des Moines, la. First, 



April, 38lh. Coralville, la. First, May 1st. Polo, 

 }11. First, May Gth. JeSerson, Wis. On May 

 1st, first, saw six, which came in the afternoon 

 and immediately took possession of my chimney. 

 May 4. First flocks have almost gone ; only 

 three or four birds arc circling over the city to- 

 day. May 9. Flock of seventeen seen, apparent- 

 ly migrants. In the afternoon there were many 

 more, it being apparently the height of the sea- 

 son. May 12. Migrants have about all gone. 

 Waukon, la. Six seen for the first lime. May 

 Glh. Mitchell, la. First, May 5th. Hastings, 

 Minn. First, May 2d. Elk River, Minn. First, 

 JIny 8th. Argusville, Dak. First, May 39th. 



Wiiii'-i'OOR. WILL, (Oiiprimvli/us vocifenis). Can- 

 ton, Miss. First, April 4th. Oxford, Miss. First, 

 April 1st. St. Louis, Mo. First seen on May 

 23d, but probably came before. Manhattan, 

 Kans. First, May 28th. Grand View, la. First, 

 MaySOih. Coralville, la. First, May 3d. Jeffer- 

 son, Wis. On May 19th, first saw one pair, and 

 ncme heard nor seen thereafter. Mitchell, la. 

 First, April 3Gth. Pine Bend, Minn. First, 

 April 25th. Elk River, Minn. First, May 3d. 

 [It is a little strange that the observers in Minneso- 

 ta should have seen the birds before the observers 

 in Kansas, Missouri and Wisconsin. The speed 

 of this species is twenty-four miles a day ; calcu- 

 lated from Oxford, Miss., to Elk River, Minn., a 

 distance of seven hundred and eighty-five miles,] 



Yellow-bellied Woodpeckek, (Sphyrapicvs 

 riirius). Anna, 111. According to Mr. Ridgway 

 they are a Winter resident here, but I did not sec 

 any this Winter. St. Louis, Mo. U.sually a 

 transient here. Ou December 28lh, saw one in 

 the woods, but no more seen during the remain- 

 der of the Winter. The first this Spring were 

 four birds, with no adult male among them, seen 

 on February 22d. Ou March lllh, still the same ; 

 on March 13th, a newly arrived female was seen ; 

 and on April 4th and 5lh, an old bird in high 

 plumage. Liter, 111. First, April 7th. Grand 

 View, la. First, April 8lh. Racine, Wis. First, 

 April Gth. Jefferson, Wis. Ou April 4th, first 



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