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night. No. (42) had before this found his 

 first one on 4-27, and (38) on 4-29, but from 

 the time the bulk arrived at St. Louis thej 

 spread rapidly, reaching (21) 5-4, (45) 5-6, 

 and the same day at (52) and (47.) No. 

 (44) did not see them until 5-9, and they 

 had reached (60) 5-12, and (56) saw his first 

 5-14. All of this migration was rather later 

 than usual. At (52) it was at least two 

 weeks behind time ; bat consequently the 

 bulk followed very close to the van. The 

 day after the first came twenty per cent 

 were present, and three days later, 5-10, 

 brougnt the bulk ; height of the season 

 was 5-12 to 19. 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet, (i2. calendula.) 

 winters in Southern States and occasion- 

 ally a little further north ; breeds from the 

 extreme northern part of the United States 

 northward. No. (35) did not see a single 

 individual the whole Winter. The north- 

 ward movement reached Southern Illinois 

 about Ajjril 1st, but either the bird is so 

 small that it was not noticed by some until 

 long after it arrived, or else its movements 

 are very irregular. Probably both causes 

 have ojDerated to give us the very irregular 

 notes which folloAv: No. (30) 4-4 F; 4-9 

 to 4-12, height of season ; 4-17, only two 

 seen ; 4-27, still present ; 5-1, one pair : 

 5-3, last. No. (32) 4-23 F ; (37) 4-11 F, 

 five seen ; (45) 4-25 F, six seen ; (51) 4-5 

 F ; (52) 4-11 F, seven seen, three of them 

 in song; (47) 4-10 F; (57) 4-17 F, a few; 

 5-3, saw two males and one female picking 

 larvse out of a small pine tree ; (60) 4-12 

 F. The full record of (52) is 4-13, height 

 of the season ; about seven birds to the 

 mile ; bulk departed 4-14 or 15. On 4-28 

 visited a tamarac swamp a few miles dis- 

 tant. There the Ruby-crowns were in their 

 glory. The swamp was full of them. I 

 counted twenty -three in front of me at one 

 time ; and the rest of the swamp seemed to 

 be just as full. As this was only one of 

 many such swamps within a mile, the total 

 number of Ruby-crowns must have been 

 very great. All were in song and very 



active. April 26 the first female was seen, 

 and from then the number of those without 

 the red crest increased very rapidly until 

 on 5-3, though still quite numerous, not 

 more than ten per cent had an ornamental 

 topknot. At 11 p. m., 5-5, one came to my 

 window and tried to get in, acting as if at- 

 tracted by my light, and scared by the 

 thunder, lightning and evident signs of 

 an approaching tempest. May 7 nearly all 

 gone, only seven seen ; 5-12, one-fourth as 

 many in tamarac as on 5-5 ; 5-21, last one 

 regularly, but a stray one was seen 5-28. 



GoLDEN-CEOWNED KiNGLET, (J?, satrapa.) 

 This handsome little gad-about is hardier 

 than his more musical brother, the Ruby- 

 crown, and can be found during the Win- 

 ter all the way from the Gulf to Northern 

 Iowa ; though rather rare north of Soiith- 

 ern Missouri except in favored localities. 

 No. (35) seems to be in such a locality. 

 He says : " I met this little fellow almost 

 every day that I was in the bottom lands. 

 I would see on an average twenty-five per 

 day and often associated with the Tufted 

 Titmouse ; no weather seemed cool enough 

 to cool his spirit. The Winter record of 

 (30) is that on Jan. 6 two pairs were met 

 in different places, and no more seen from 

 then to March 1, two pairs in same places. 

 The same irregularity is noted in the notes 

 on the migration of this species as in the 

 preceding. No. (30) 4-4 F of the transient 

 visitors and 4-10 last ; (41) 4-15 F : (51) 

 4-7 F ; (57) 4-5 F : (52) 4-4 F, five seen in 

 one piece of woods ; 4-9, more numerous ; 

 4-10, height of the season, about eight to 

 the mile ; 4-12, bulk departed ; 4-14 to 

 4-26, seen occasionally, one or two at a 

 time ; 4-26. last. 



Bkown Ceeepeb, (C. f. rufa.) Winter- 

 ing apparently over nearly all if not the 

 whole of the Mississippi Valley, but not 

 often seen. It is most common and con- 

 spicuous during migration, and though 

 said to breed from the Gulf to British 

 America, at most stations it comes in the 

 Spring, is common for a few days, and then 



