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Big Four Railroad, Granger to Elkhart [Elkhart Co.]; also in St. 

 Joseph Co. near Granger, growing with Pogonia ophioglossoides 

 (Linn.) Ker. 



Subfamily Sobrauinae Pfitz 1. c. p. 99. 



APLECTRUM Nutt. Gen. 2, p. 197, (1818). 



Aplcctra Raf. Cat. 13, (1824); Amplectrum Hooker, Fl. Bor. 

 Am. 2, p. 197, (1840). 



Aplectrum spicaium (Walt.) B. S. P. Prel. Cat. N. Y., 5, (1888) ; 

 A plectra elatior Raf. 1. c. Arethusa spicata Walt. Carol p. 222, 

 (1788); Cymbidium hyemale Willd. Sp. Pi. 4, p. 107, (1805);. 



Berry Lake (Higley and Raddin) ; Y. N. D. Herb. No. 9364 

 Rum Village, S. of South Bend; also 10569 (2), and No. 11 205 

 from the same place. Not very scarce yet. Found also at Munich, 

 Mich. 



[To be Continued.] 



Migration of Our Birds in the Autumn of 1912. 



BY BROTHER ALPHONSUS, C. S. C. 



In August the dates of migration of the Scarlet Tanager, 

 Yellow Warbler, Red-eyed Vireo, and possibly the Hummingbird, 

 Barn Swallow, Loggerhead Shrike and Orchard Oriole are likely 

 not the actual time of leaving for these species. The dates given 

 are those days when the writer last had an opportunity of visiting 

 places where these species are commonly found. 



Other species that were not seen in August were: Bobolink, 

 Dickcissell, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Yellow-throated Vireo, Mary- 

 land Yellowthroat, Alder Flycatcher, Phoebe, Tree Swallow, 

 Long-billed March Wren and Bittern. Some of these species were 

 not observed because the writer was unable to go to a favorable 

 locality where the birds are usually found; in the case of the 

 Dickcissel no record of the species was made during the year; 

 the Rose-breasted Grosbeak migrated in spring and the Bobolink 

 early in summer. 



The date of migration for the Kingbird is the earliest I have 

 yet recorded, being lo or ii days sooner thean any previous records. 



