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the same places; the spring molt was progressing rapidly and the 
plumage was assuming higher colors. April 15 there was no change. 
April 17 birds in high dress arrived; April 18 they were noisy and con- 
spicuous. By April 25 the highly colored birds had departed ; flocks 
remained in plain dress and singing but little. The bulk continued 
until May 11, when great numbers of young, mostly plain females, ar- 
rived; song not often heard. May 12 the bulk departed; May 17 the 
last was seen. 
The first movement northward, about February 24, did not extend 
far. Another began about March 10, when the first arrived at Fayette, 
Mo.; on the following day a stray one reached Chicago. March 15 the 
first arrived at Danville, Ill., and about this time the numbers increased 
at Saint Louis. 
A. third movement, though not as extensive, began March 27, when 
the first arrived at Polo, Il]. April 9 the first was seen at Newton, 
Iowa. Two days later, April 11, the first arrived at Red Wing, Minn. 
April 25 the first and only ones seen in spring migration were observed 
at Manhattan, Kans. April 28 they appeared at Elk River, Minn.; 
April 30 at Vermillion, Dak; and May 10 at Frazee City, Minn. At 
Green Bay, Wis., the bulk arrived May 4. At Coralville, Iowa, the 
bulk arrived April 29, and left May 7, and the last was seen May 15. 
At Waukon, Iowa, more than a hundred miles farther north, the last 
was seen May17, At Lanesboro, Minn., the bulk arrived April 30; the 
height of the season was from April 30 to May 12; the bulk passed 
northward May 20; and the last one was seen May 25. 
Thus the last great movement of this species began about April 25, 
and was at its height during the first week of May. The bulk reached 
Minneapolis, Minn., May 1; Elk River, Minn., and Vermillion, Dak., 
May 38; and Frazee City, Minn., May 12. At Argusville, Dak., none 
were seen in the spring of 1884. 
The line of migration of this species seems to follow the two great 
rivers, the Mississippi and Missouri, and the timber belts along them. 
Observers in the prairie regions rarely see them, 
In the fall of 1884 the first White throated Sparrow was seen at Elk 
River, Minn., September 22,,and the bulk arrived September 27; the 
last was seen there October 5. At Mount Carmel, Mo., the first was 
seen September 27, and the last October 28. The first was seen at 
Gainesville, Tex., November 13. A party of four was found March 4, 
1885, in the lowlands of Illinois, opposite Saint Louis, Mo., where they 
had probably wintered. Other individuals, which had possibly wintered 
in the vicinity, were seen at Saint Louis March 10 and March 25, and 
at Shawneetown, Ill., March 18. 
In the spring of 1885 regular migration did uot begin until the last 
two days of March. The first White throated Sparrow arrived at 
Paris, Ill., April 8, and at Emporia, Kans., April 18. The three days 
from April 20 to 22 were days of great movement, and the species was 
