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About sunset March 30, March 31, and April 1, thousands and thou- 
sands passed Saint Louis in immense flocks. During these same days 
they were noted for the first time at Keokuk, Richmond, Des Moines, 
Morning Sun, Coralville, Newton, and Waukon, in Iowa; Manhattan, 
Kansas; Lanesboro, and Heron Lake, Minn.; Rockford, Ill.; and Mil- 
waukee, Wis. By this time the second wave had overtaken the first, 
and from stations farther north but one set of notes was received. These 
show that the first came to Rochester, Minn., April 3; Huron, Dak., 
April 4; Delavan, Wis., April 5; and that April 6 they reached La 
Crosse, Green Bay, and Durand, Wis., and Hastings and Elk River, 
Minn. Our northern border was crossed the middle of the month, and 
April 15 and 16 they appeared at Ossowo, Shell River, and Oak Point, 
Manitoba. 
In the fall of 1885 the last was reported from Ossowo, Manitoba, Oc- 
tober 2£; River Falls, Wis., October 10; Grinnell, Iowa, November 21; 
Iowa City, Iowa, October 25; Des Moines, Iowa, October 14; Mount 
Carmel, Mo., November 26; and at Bonham, Tex., none were seen after 
August 16. The whole record from Saint Louis, Mo., is as follows: 
“September 17, too many present; October 27, a great day for migra- 
tion, large flocks go south ; October 28, another big day, an enormous 
flock seen at 9 a. m.; October 30, last flock.” 
512. Quiscalus macrourus, Swains. [275.] Great-tailed Grackle. 
This species is au inhabitant of eastern Mexico and southern Texas. 
In the valley of the Lower Rio Grande it is an abundant resident. It 
was noted at San Antonio, Tex., by Mr. Atwater, who found it there 
as a summer resident, arriving about the middle of March. 
513. Quiscalus major Vieill. [277.] Boat-tailed Grackle. 
A strictly southern species, confined almost exclusively to the country 
near the south Atlantic and Gulf coasts, where it breeds abundantly. 
It is common in Texas and Louisiana, near the coast. It was reported 
correctly by a few of the most southern observers, and incorrectly bya 
score or more of the northern observers. All the “ Boat-tailed Grackles” 
north of latituile 33° are Crow Blackbirds and belong to the preceding 
species. The habit which the male Bronzed Grackle has of carrying 
his tail ‘‘boat-shaped” during the breeding season is the common cause 
of the mis-identification. 
514. Coccothraustes vespertina (Cooper). [165.] Evening Grosbeak, 
The home of the Evening Grosbeak is in the northwestern part of 
. the United States and British North America, from the Rocky Mountains 
westward, and while some pass south in winter, even to Mexico, others 
come eastward and are found in Manitoba and all the northern States 
as far east as Michigan. They have been found several times in Iowa 
and Nebraska, but so far there is one record only for Kansas, and that 
was made in 1877. 
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