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PA\A^TUCKET, R. I., NOVEMBER, 1885. 



No. II. 



Mississippi Valley Migration. 



SPIirXG OF ISSa.—Cmttinticd. 

 BY PROF. W. W. COOKE, BURLINGTON, VT. 



Warbijng Vireo, ( Vireogylmigilva). St. Louis, 

 Mo. On April 18th, flr.st saw two singing at old 

 stands. Ajiri] 32d. Have increased and are 

 regularly heard, and by the 29th they were ma- 

 ting and were industrious songsters. May 1st. 

 Hciglit of the migration. Manhattan, Kans. 

 First, April 24tli. Liter, 111. First, April 1.5th. 

 .lefferson, Wis. Was the first Vireo of the season 

 and came on May 5th, when four single ones 

 were seen at as many widely separated places ; 

 all in full song. May Gth. Quite an increase ; 

 heard in .about a dozen places, and on the; 7lh 

 they were much the same, with a few additions. 

 May 12th. The height of the season ; forty to 

 fifty seen during the day. May 19th. The 

 height still continues, with much song. 



Yellow-tiiroated Vireo, (Liininreo flavi- 

 fnm-1). Anna, 111. First one, April 20lh St. 

 Louis, Mo. First, seen on April 17th, in song. 

 May 1st. Height of the season. Manhattan, 

 Kans. First, April 24th. Two seen May 4tli. 

 It is here a rare Summer sojourner. Liter, 111. 

 First, about April 28th. .JefFer.son, Wis. First, 

 saw one on May 10th. Height of the season was 

 May 12tli, and the bulk departed during the next 

 week. Saw one on May 19th, and another on 

 May 23d, which was the last one noted, though it 

 probably breeds in favorable localities. 



Cliff Swallow, {Petrochelidon lunifrotu). 

 St. Louis, Mo. First, seen on April 14th, and by 

 the 29th had increased but were not in full num- 

 bers. May 1st. About one-fourth are here. 

 May 3(1. Bulk at colonies. Manhattan, Kans. 

 First, April 25th; by the 29th, in full Summer 

 numbers. Griggsvillc, 111. Twelve seen for the 

 first time on April 13th. Racine, Wis. First, 

 May 4th. Jefferson, Wis. First, saw one on 

 April 4th, Init no more until the 24lh, when a .sec- 

 ond one appeared. April 28lh. For the first 

 time are eoramon and the l)ulk of the species is 



here. By May 7th, most of llie migrants had left 

 and they were in about Summer numbers. 



Barn Swallow, (Ilirundn erythrogmtni). St. 

 Louis, Mo. First, seen on April 14th. Liter, 

 111. First, April 28lh. Grand View, la. First, 

 saw four on April 15th. Kacine, Wis. First. 

 M.aj' 3d. Jetfer.son, Wis. First, saw one on 

 April 27th, and on May 9th, though more had 

 arrived, they were still tpiite scarce. In the 

 evening of May 11th, the bulk arrived, but it was 

 not yet the height of the season. May 19th. In 

 full Summer numbers, but not very common 

 here; probably about ten or twelve pairs in the 

 square mile upon which the town is situated. 

 Argusville, Dak. First, May 12th. 



AViiiTE-wiNGED Crossbill, [Loxia leuaipicni). 

 Anna, 111. According to Ridgway they are an 

 occasional Winter visitant here. Elk River, 

 Minn. On February 7th, seven were sent me 

 from eighty miles north of here. February 26th. 

 One female seen feeding on Tamarack cones. 

 March 29th. Killed a male ; its lower mandible 

 turned to the left, while in si.\ others that I have 

 it turns to the right. Its plumage was changing ; 

 there were a good man,y brown feathers around 

 the head and neck. 



[The irregularity of the movements of the 

 Crossbills are strikingly luought out in the last 

 three years' records of migration. In 1883, they 

 were noted from Jefferson, Wis., and Coralville, 

 la., besides the notes given above. During the 

 whole of 1884 not a note was contributed on their 

 movements. While the Winter and Spring of 

 1885 were marked by an unusual commonness, 

 even abundance in the eastern part of our district. 

 They were noted from south of 38° in Illinois, 

 and over a dozen records attest their presence in 

 Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa.] 



Common Red-poll, {Aegiothtis linaria). Anna, 

 111. Rare Winter visitant ; saw but one flock 

 during the past Winter. St. Louis, Mo. Winter 

 visitant. Saw a Hock of thirty to Ihirty-si.x on 

 February 12th. Jacksonville, 111. Going over 

 in flocks March 4lh. By April 9th must have 



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