Nov. 1885.] 



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Hfsident, quite common in AVintcr. but have 

 never counted thorn. St. Louis, Mo. On 

 March 13th, first saw one male, in song, 

 at the same place at which 1 found the first 

 bird last year, twelve days earlier. By 

 llarch 16th, several old acquaintances have 

 returned, and are sitting on the same trees as in 

 former years. Tliey are full of praise, if song 

 means praise. March 17th. A few more, about 

 the bulk of the species. March 30th. The 

 height of the migration. Manhattan, Kans. First, 

 April 30th. Liter, 111. Seen January Gth. (?) 

 Polo, 111. First. April 1.5th. .lefferson, Wis. 

 First seen by me on April 35th, but this proba- 

 bly came some time before. May 10th. Seen 

 for the second time; seems to be quite uncom- 

 mon about here. Hastings, Minn. First, April 

 Otli, four seen. (?) 



SoNO Sp.\Rnow, MdoHpiza fiiKciala). Fayette- 

 ville. Ark. Seen March 17th. Anna, 111. Win- 

 ter visitant ; saw from ten to fifty per day. St. 

 l.,ouis. Mo. Winter visitant ; not many, but cer- 

 tain to find a few along the banks of creeks. 

 Same conditions and numbers continued all 

 through December, .lanuary and February. On 

 March 9th they were found in a very musical 

 mood, l)ut in tlie same numliers. March 13th. 

 New arrivals observed, and on the 14th song was 

 heard in many places. April Gth. Height of the 

 season. BuUv departed April 8th, and the last 

 one was seen April 9tli. Manhattan, Ivans. 

 First, March 10th, abundant, fifty seen in five 

 miles. Twelve seen on the 12th. Three seen 

 April 7th, and the same number the 14th. No 

 change after April 29th. Liter, 111. Resident. 

 Seen .January Gth. .Jefferson, Wis. First, saw 

 three on March 24tli, and during the weeli from 

 March 25th to 81st, seven more were seen. April 

 4th. Everywhere in twos and threes; forty to 

 fifty seen. On April 12th was the heiglit of the 

 season ; two hundred seen. April 24th. Not 

 one-tenth was left, but iiy the 21st they were 

 again more numerous, and in about Summer 

 numbers. Waukon, la. First, April 11th. Elk 

 Itiver, Minn. First one seen April 8tli. 



Swamp Spahrow, {Melosjnza palustiis). Fay- 

 ettoville, Ark. Common all Winter in low 

 swampy ground. Anna, 111. Winter visitant, 

 and perhaps resident. Saw from ten to fifty per 

 day. St. Louis, Mo. Winter visitant and tran- 

 sient. On .January 29th one bird was foimd in 

 the same place as last Winter. March 2d and 8th. 

 Tlirec birds were seen, and on the 14th they were 

 seen several times. The bulk arrived April 4th, 

 and the height of the season was on the 9th. 

 April 17th. Decreased; one part}' only, but on 

 the 20th there were small parties in many places, 



and they were still mimcrous on May 2d. The 

 last regularly was May 5th, but single young 

 birds were seen May 14tli, 15th and 17th. Man 

 hattan, Kans. Were certainly here by April 7th. 

 Liter, 111. .January 20tli. Males and females in 

 Hocks (■!). Racine, Wis. First, April 17th. .lef- 

 ferson, Wis. I saw the first one on April 28th, 

 bnt they probably had come a week earlier. 



Bi^ACK-TiiiiOATED BuNTiNCJ, (Spizrt awmcuiw). 

 St. Louis, Mo. On April 21st, first saw a party 

 of twenty singing males. April 29tli. In small 

 flocks, which disper.sed during the morning hours 

 of warm days, re-entering old staiuls. May 1st. 

 The bulk of the species has arrived, and they are 

 now very conspicuous in the morning, singing, 

 or flying singly or in pairs, calling. Manhattan, 

 Kans. April 2Glh. First, April 29th. Full 

 Summer numbers. Polo, 111. First, May 3d. 

 Mitchell, la. Has been taken hero. Pine Bend, 

 Minn. Occurs here to my certain knowledge. I 

 saw one on a fence singing, in an open field half 

 a mile from any timber. It was positively identi- 

 fied. [This is the most northern record for 

 Minnesota that I have seen, but it is also recorded 

 from the same latitude at Huron, Dak.] 



Bobolink, (DoUclionyx oryzieorun). Waxa- 

 hachie, Te.x. First, February 20th. Last, April 

 1st. St. Louis, Mo. On May 2d, in the morning 

 great numbers were seen going north in five large 

 flocks. May 3d. Two males wore seen in com- 

 pany with Red-wings ; by the 5th they were 

 present in large numbers, and from the 15th to 

 the 17th I noted a rtock of a hundred and fifty 

 males and females. Last one was seen on May 

 21st. Manhattan, Kans. First, May 7th. Not 

 Icnow/t to nest here. Polo, 111. First, May 14th. 

 Racine, Wis. First, April 28lli. .Jeffer.son, Wis. 

 First, saw one fiying and singing on May 5th, and 

 on the 6tli two more. May 7th. There was a 

 slight increase ; about a dozen seen, and on tlie 

 10th there was a still greater increase, but they 

 were not yet common. The bulk arrived on 

 May 12th, and on the 19th was the height for 

 males, though not for females. On May 20th the 

 first females came, and on .Inne 1st they wore 

 thinking about building. Argusville, Dak. First 

 May 13tli. 



Notes from Silver City, N. M. 



liY (HAS. 11. MAUSII. 



(Condiided from linge 149.) 



Cassin's Kingbird builds a very pretty nest ol a 



dusty white weed mixed with grasses and lined 



with wool and fine grass and situated well out 



towards the end of a branch <il the Oak or Cotton- 



