Dec, 1883.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



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no more are seen. The bulk of the spe- 

 cies evidently migrate to the far North. 

 Nos. (21,) (30,) (35,) (37,) (41) and (58) re- 

 port it as a Winter resident ; (35) says he 

 saw from none to ten per day ; (30) saw 

 the first of the transient individuals 4-4 ; 

 most numerous from 4-5 to 4 9, and 4 9 

 was the last seen ; (45) 4-17 F ; (51) 4-4 

 F ; (52) 4-4 F, two seen ; bulk left about 

 4-11 and last one on 4-15: (47) 4-2 F ; (60) 

 4-12 F, six seen. 



House Wren, {2\mdon.) Winters in ex- 

 treme Southern States and breeds through- 

 out the Valley. It was seen at (30) for 

 the first time 4-17, and again next day ; 

 4-22, this morning, shows an increase ; 

 4-29 is an industrious songster and mating. 

 No. (21) 4-14 F ; 4.29, our Summer visitors 

 are here in full numbers ; (37) 4-16 F ; 

 (38) 4-22 F; (44) 5-1 F; (41) 5-10 F : (45) 

 is at this place a very rare bird ; (51) 5-4 

 F ; (52) 5-2 F, one found singing with its 

 accustomed spirit and perseverance. Was 

 joined two days later by another, and on 

 5-6 two more came ; 5-7, spread more, but 

 very few yet ; 5-10, still increasing, but not 

 many ; 5-12, no more increase, Slimmer 

 numbers, not more than ten pairs around 

 town ; (55) 4-28 F. This bird is remarka- 

 ble as being almost the only one which 

 reached the prairie stations before it ap- 

 peared at timber stations in corresjDonding 

 latitudes. 



Red-eyed Vireo, ( V. olivacevs.) Winters 

 for the most part beyond the United States, 

 a few remainmg in Florida : breeds all the 

 way up to our northern boiindary. No. 

 (13) 2-3 F ; (35) 4-11 F, heard one ; 4-12, 

 singing on all sides ; (30) 4-25 F, again 

 4-27 single individuals in song ; 5-2 and 

 5-3 bulk came ; (21) 5-5 F, abundant ; (52) 

 5-19 F, several seen, but probably came 

 some days before. About in full numbers 

 after 5 25 ; breeds abundantly: many nests 

 found. 



White-bellied Swallow, {T. bicolor.) 

 Winters in Southern States, breeds through- 

 o\it the Valley. This is the hardiest of 



the Swallows and the first to migrate in 

 the Spring. Its movements, being to a 

 large extent dependent on the weather and 

 the food supply, are quite irregular. A 

 small party seem this Spring to have been 

 especially anxious to proceed north, having 

 appeared at (52) on 4-4, which was twenty- 

 two days earlier than they appeared at St. 

 Louis, and just a month before they were 

 seen at (51,) only a few miles distant ; and 

 they had reached (57) on 4-14, before they 

 had been noticed by any other station ex- 

 cept (52.) The record is : No. (30) 4-26 

 F, a migrating party ; (21) 4-28 F, here a 

 rare Summer visitor; (38) 4-20 F; (41) 

 5-6 F ; (54) 5-1 F ; (52) 5-4 F, three flying 

 and circling over the Rock River at 3 p. 

 m. Had not seen any in the early part of 

 the day, though I was out all the forenoon ; 

 4-7, four more have come : 4-9, more nu- 

 merous ; most numerous 4-26 ; 5-7, have 

 nearly all gone in the last two days ; 5-8, 

 quite a large flock arrived last night ; 6-1, 

 seen every day ; (57) 4-14 F, a flock over 

 the water. 



Scarlet Tanager, (7^. rubra.) Winters 

 beyond our border and breeds throughout 

 the Valley. The following notes, from 

 stations situated near timber, show quite a 

 steady progression ; all of them are for 

 first ones seen : No. (35) 4-17, (30) 4-27, 

 (41) 5-3, (52) 5-11, (60) 5-20. The prairie 

 stations show more irregularity: No. (21) 

 5-12, (44) 5-20, (47) 5-10, no females yet; 

 (56) 5-17. No. (42) says he saw one on 3-1, 

 and no more afterward until 5-16. After 

 (30) saw his first one, 4-27, no more ap- 

 peared until 5-2, and on 5-3 the first fe- 

 males came. At (52) the second one was 

 seen 5-12, and 5-17 doubled in numbers 

 last night ; 5-19, first females and males a 



little more numerous ; 6-1, young males 

 have come but no building yet. — W. W. 



Cooke, Hipon, Wis. 



Jer Falcon, killed at Point Judith, 

 Rhode Island, during the month of Octo- 

 ber. — .TenclcR. 



