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various stations throughout Missouri, Ilinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and 
Minnesota. 
At Green Bay, Wis., the first arrived April 6. On the same day the 
first was seen at Pine Bend, Minn. Two days later (April 8) the first 
was seen at Frazee City, Minn. Farther west the progress seems to 
have been less rapid and more irregular. March 20 the first arrived at 
Linwood, Nebr., and Vermillion, Dak. (the last were all males); March ° 
30 at Barton, Dak.; April 3 at Two Rivers, Manitoba. April 12 the 
bulk arrived at Manhattan, Kans. April 14 the first arrived at Oak 
Point, Manitoba, the most northern point of observation. . Ten days 
-later, April 24, the first was noted at Ellis, Kans., and at Menoken, 
Dak., two points almost 600 miles apart. The limited extent of marshy 
country in Kansas will probably account for their late arrival at Ellis. 
In the fall of 1884 the bulk of the Red-shouldered Blackbirds left 
Elk River, Minn., November 1, and Des Moines, Iowa, November 8 (nor 
were any seen there after this date). At Mount Carmel, Mo., large 
numbers passed August 15, and the last was noted November 6. Even 
in southern Louisiana many passed southward as early as August 4. 
During the winter of 1884-85 a few irregular notes were contributed. 
A Red-shouldered Blackbird was taken in January at Paris, IIL, and a 
few were seen at odd times during February at Mount Carmel, Mo., and 
Odin, Ill. In the spring of 1885 the first regular northward movement 
recorded occurred on the last day of February, when a flock of a hun- 
dred passed over Corinth, Miss. The next day they were seen at Pierce 
City, Mo., and March 2 at Saint Louis. From March 4 to March 8 a 
few scattered flocks visited various parts of northwestern Illinois near 
the Mississippi River. They were seen at Aledo, Hennepin, and Tam- 
pico. From March 11 to March 14 the same thing took place along the 
valley of the Des Moines River, where flocks were seen at Knoxville, 
Des Moines, Newton, and Grinnell, Iowa. The first full wave which 
passed over this country (that is to latitude 42° in Illinois and Iowa) 
was reported March 25 and March 26 from Mount Pleasant, Iowa, La 
Porte City, Iowa, Fernwood, Ill., and Batavia, Ill, with stragglers at 
Delavan, Wjs., and Heron Lake, Minn. The largest wave of the season 
in the migration of this species occurred during the last day of March 
and the first day of April. This wave brought “firsts” to Sioux City, 
Iowa, Emmetsburgh, Iowa, Williamstown, Iowa, Rockford, Il., Clinton, 
Wis., Milwaukee, Wis., Lake Mills, Wis., Leeds Centre, Wis., and 
Ripon, Wis., and to Lanesboro, Minn., with a scout at Luck, Wis. 
During the next three days the first were noted at Durand, Wis., and 
Lake City, Minneapolis, Fridley, and Elk River, Minn. None were 
noted by the observers at Green Bay, Wis., until April 17. They 
reached White Earth, Minn., April 6. On the Plains the movement 
was as follows: Emporia, Kans., was reached March 12, and Manhat- 
tan, Kans., March 29. At Unadilla, Nebr., an irregular and very large 
flight occurred March 11, but no more were seen until the regular ad- 
