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421. Chordeiles texensis Lawr. [358.] Texan Nighthawk. 
A southern species, occurring from Texas to southern California and 
southward. In1884it arrived at Mason, Tex., April26. AtSan Angelo, 
Tex., five nests were found from May 14 to May 29, each containing two 
eggs. In southeastern Texas (near Houston) it is a regular summer 
resident (Nehrling). 
423. Chztura pelagica (Linn.). [351.j Chimney Swift. 
A common summer resident in Manitoba and the Mississippi Valley. 
From its unknown winter home, somewhere south of the United States, 
the Chimney Swallow, in the spring of 1884, crossed our border in 
March, arriving at Rodney, Miss., March 13, but it was not noticed at 
Abbeville, La., which is on a prairie, until March 25. No records of 
it were received while it was performing the next 400 miles of its jour- 
ney; but on April 14 it appeared all along the line of latitude 39° in 
Illinois and Missouri. April 20 it was reported from latitude 40°, and 
May 1 from several statious near latitude 41° 30’. On the same day it 
was also reported from Minneapolis, Minn., and Green Bay, Wis. These 
latter, however, were doubtless records of impetuous birds that had 
flown far ahead of their fellows, and the whole of the next week was 
required to distribute the species over the region they had crossed so 
hurriedly. The advance reached Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, May 
17. An average of all the notes received indicates that the bulk trav- 
eled about one week in rear of the van. 
In the fall of 1884 the last Chimney Swift was seen at Mount Carmel, 
Mo., October 5, while the bulk left September 21. 
In the spring of 1885 the first Swift was noted at Houma, La., March 
21. It probably reached that point some days before, since it arrived 
at Saint Louis, Mo., ten days later (March 31), and this distance of 700 
miles is more than this species usually traveis in that time. Six days 
elapsed after the first was seen at Saint Louis before it was observed at 
any other station, and then at two places on opposite sides of Saint 
Louis, and both much farther south, namely, Corinth, Miss., and Bon- 
ham, Tex. April 15 to 17 the bulk arrived at Saint Louis, and during 
the same period the first was noted from Shawneetown, Paris, and 
Griggsville, Ill. The next advance took place April 21 and 22, bring- 
ing the species to Emporia and Manhattan, Kans., Linwood, Nebr., Des 
Moines, Iowa, Griggsville, Ill., and Hennepin, Ill. At the following 
places in Iowa, in the same latitude, they were not seen until five days 
later: Coralville, Grinnell, and Ames. Then came a long rest, extend- 
ing to May 13 and 14, when, with the retarning warm weather, they 
appeared at Chicago, Ill., Delavan, Wis., Milwaukee, Wis., Stoughton, 
Wis., Lake Mills, Wis., River Falls, Wis., Lanesboro, Minn, and Elk 
River, Minn. Much attention was paid to the movements of this species 
at Saint Louis by Mr. Widmann, who counted the number which, at 
evening, entered a certain tall chimney that for years has been a favorite 
resting place. The whole record from Saint Louis is: 
