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America. During the winter of 1883~84 Wilson’s Snipe was not re- 
ported from farther north than latitude 33°, but in suitable localities, 
which, of course, are not common, it remains regularly as far north as 
southern Illinois, and one case is cn record of its wintering in company 
with Teal and Mallard on the margin of a hot spring in Wyoming. In 
the winter of 1883—’84 a few were seen at Ellis, Kans., in December, 
after the creek was newly frozen over. They-were late migrants. The 
great bulk breed in British America, but a few have been known to 
nest in northern Illinois, and Mr. Lloyd gives it as a resident at San 
Angelo, Tex., but says he never has found the nest. A few also breed 
at Heron Lake, in southwestern Minnesota. In western Manitoba it is 
a common summer resident (Seton). 
In the spring of 1884 migration commence during the latter part of 
February. February 19 Snipe began to move through Eagle Pass, Tex., 
where Mr. Negley says they remained one week only. February 29 
they had begun to leave southern Louisiana, though the bulk did not 
leave until the second week in March. They arrived at Caddo, Ind. Ter. 
(lat. 34° 11’), March 8, and on the 12th and 13th reached Odin, IIl., and 
Saint Louis, Mo. (lat. 38° 40’). During the rest of March there was 
no record from Iowa, but in Illinois they were reported up to Chicago. 
April 5 to 7 they advanced to central Iowa and southern Wisconsin , 
and by April 15 had reached latitude 44° 45’ in Wisconsin, and lati. 
tude 44° 15’ in Dakota, but no record came from Minnesota until 
the next week. They were recorded from Argusville and Larimore, 
Dak. (lat. 479 52’), during the first week in May. This Snipe is not a 
rapid migrant. The bulk moves about two weeks behind the van, and 
even in those places where it does not breed it can generally be found 
from fear to six weeks. In the fall of 1884 the first migrating Snipe 
reached Emporia, Kans., August 30. 
In the spring of 1885 it appeared at Corinth, Miss., February 12, and 
was seen for the second time February 20. It reached Shawneetown, 
Ill., February 27; Saint Louis, Mo., March 11, and Emporia, Kans., 
March 14. For the next ten days the cold was too severe for migra- 
tion, and very little progress seems to have been made in the remainder 
of the month. During the first five days of April it was noted from 
Ellsworth, Kans., Fayette, Mo., Des Moines, Iowa; and Paris, Aledo, 
Hennepin, and Fernwood, Ill. At Hennepin it had also been noticed 
March 25. It came to Emmetsburgh, Iowa, April 14; Milwaukee, Wis., 
April 15; Heron Lake, Minn., April 19; Luck, Wis., and Ossowo, 
Manitoba, May 2; and Shell River, Manitoba, May 4. At Corinth, 
Miss., the last was seen April 9, and at Mount Carmel, Mo., April 20; 
while at Bonham, Tex., it did not leave until April 30, and one was 
taken at San Antonio, Tex., May 27. In the fall of 1885 the last was 
seen at Heron Lake, Minn., November 14; Fernwood, IIL, November 
13; and at Fayette, Mo., November 1. The first migrant appeared at 
Fernwood, Ill., August 29; at Emporia, Kans., September 3; Saint 
