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the first male arrived at San Angelo, Tex., April 13, and the first female 
three days later. At Gainesville, Tex., the first came April 14; at 
Abbeville, La., April 16. East of the Mississippi they appeared 
earlier, the first male being seen at Rodney, Miss., March 31, and the 
first female April 9. April 27 they reached Griggsville and Danville, 
Ill., and the next day three old males were seen at Saint Louis. April 
29 they were seen at Fayette, Mo.; April 30, at Manhattan, Kans., and 
by May 10 they had advanced to latitude 41° 58’ in Illinois, latitude 
41° 40’ in Iowa, and latitude 40° 53’ in Nebraska, though the probability 
seems to be that the advance was made simultaneously to all places ou 
the 7th. May 12 they came to Laporte City and: Waukon, Iowa, with 
one a little behindhand at Milwaukee, Wis., May 17. At Lanesboro, 
Minn., they were seen May 23, three days after they had reached Elk 
River, Minn. Elk River is near the northern limit of their range. They 
breed commonly in southeastern Dakota. A few have been seen in 
central Dakota, and they have been recorded from White Earth, Minn. 
(latitude 47°). North of this there appears to be no record. The bulk 
moves closely behind the first, two or three days only in the rear. The 
full record from Saint Louis is as follows: 
The first came April 23, when three old males were in song at their breeding places; 
April 29 the bulk of old males arrived; April 30 the first two-years-old male; May 5 
the first female and an increase of young males; May 6, conspicuous and noisy. The 
height of the season was attained May 5and6. May 8, several old males were mated. 
May 9, first one-year-old male arrived; bulk of females arrived; some beginning to 
build. May 17, males and females always together. May 31, incubated eggs were 
found. 
Tn the fall of 1884 the last old male Orchard Oriole left San Angelo, 
Tex., August 31; the last young male, September 10; the last female, 
September 6. 
The record of this species was so regular during the spring migration 
of 1884 that its movements in 1885 were watched with much interest. 
About a dozen irregular notes were contributed in 1885, but taken as a 
whole its record still stands as that of a species of unusual uniformity 
in its migrations. It was first seen, just after its arrival in the United 
States, at Houma, La., March 28. At San Angelo, Tex., in the same 
latitude as Houma, but farther west, none were seen until April 7, 
though they were seen April 10 at Bonham, Tex., and April 11 at 
Gainesville, Tex., which latter note agrees very well with the record 
from Houma, The probable explanation of the lateness of the record 
at San Angelo is found iu the altitude of the place, which is nearly 
two thousand feet. Saint Louis, Mo., was reached April 21; and, 
although the bulk of males was noted there the next day, there was 
no record*from auy neighboring station until April 27, when they were 
repurted from Odin, I]. April 28 they were seen at Paris, Ill., and 
Fayette, Mo.; and April 30, at Emporia and Manhattan, Kans. The 
next advance was recorded May 5, when they reached Morning Sun, 
Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, Peoria, Ill., and Hennepin, Ill. May 7 one 
