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From March 23 to March 29 the following scattered notes of “firsts” 
were made: Odin, Ill., March 29; Aledo, Ill., March 23; Keokuk, 
Iowa, March 29; Ferry, Iowa, March 28; Knoxville, lowa, March 23; 
Des Moines, Iowa, March 24 ; Newton, Iowa, March 27; Tampico, IIL, 
March 25; Batavia, Ill., March 28; Rockford, Ill., March 23; Delavan, 
Wis., March 29; Lanesboro, Minn., March 29. The above records in- 
dicate that the van was so demoralized by the cold weather that its 
movements, when it did start again, were very irregular. The grand 
move, to which allusion has been made already, took place the last 
day in March and the first day in April. During these two days the 
arrival of the Pewee was recorded at Paris, Ill.; Peoria, Il.; Hennepin, 
Ill; Chicago, Il; Morning Sun, Iowa; Mount Pleasant, Iowa; Rich- 
mond, Iowa; Iowa City, lowa; Coralville, lowa; La Porte City, Iowa; 
Stoughton, Wis; Milwaukee, Wis; Leeds Centre, Wis., and Lake 
Mills, Wis. Following are the only notes contributed for the region 
north of the stations just enumerated: the species arrived at New Cas- 
sel, Wis., April 4; Lake City, Minn., April 4; Durand, Wis., April 5; 
Hastings, Minn., April 6; Elk River, Minn., April 6, and Oak Point, 
Manitoba, May 22. 
In the fall of 1885 the last Pewee was reported from Elk River, Minn., 
September 28; from River Falls, Wis., September 27; Lanesboro, 
Minn., October 7; Grinnell, Iowa, October 17; Iowa City, Iowa, Octo- 
ber 3; Mount Carmel, Mo., October 9; and Saint Louis, Mo., October 
27. At Gainesville, Texas, the first was seen October 4 and the sec- 
ond November 27. In Concho County, Tex., it is rare in summer and 
winter, but common in fall (Lloyd). ‘ 
457. Sayornis saya (Bonap.). [316.] Say’s Phebe. 
Like the Phoebe of the east, this western bird is an early migrant. 
Tn our district it winters in Texas, ranging regularly as far east as the 
Colorado River (Lloyd). It occurs in eastern Texas, near Houston, ‘in 
April (Nehrling). Near Fort Brown, on the Lower Rio Grande, in 
Texas, it is not uncommon in winter (Merrill), and Mr. Sennett took it 
at Lomita ranch in April. It proceeds north early in the spring. At 
‘Boerne, Tex., Mr. Brown saw several and secured two early in TFebru- 
ary, 1883, during a severe storm. Both were much emaciated. By 
March 18, 1884, it had reached Ellis, Kans., where it is a constant sum- 
mer resident. Though not recorded by our observers from any station 
north of Kansas, yet it does go more than a thousand miles farther 
northward. On its southward journey it reached winter quarters at 
San Angelo, Tex., December 19, 1883, at which locality the last spring 
bird was seen April 22, though a few probably stay to breed in favorable 
localities. At Ellis, Kans., the bulk came April18. Toward the east, 
in Texas, Mr. Ragsdale found it in Clay County in the spring of 1884, 
but has never seen it at Gainesville, in Cook County. It has been 
found by Mr. Powell and by others in southeastern Nebraska, and has 
occurred accidentally in northern Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa. 
