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noted from Hennepin, Ill.; Mount Carmel, Mo.; Iowa City, Iowa; Wau- 
kon, Iowa; Lanesboro, Minn.; Chicago, Ill.; Leeds Centre, Wis.; and Elk 
River, Minn. By May 6 it had reached Shell River, Manitoba. None 
were seen at Pierce City, Mo., after May 9; Mount Carmel, Mo., after 
May 10; Saint Louis, Mo., May 22; Des Moines, Iowa, May 12; Coral- 
ville, Iowa, May 10; Grinnell, Iowa, May 10; Waukon, Iowa, May 14; 
Lake City, Minn., May 15; River Falls, Wis., May 19; and Lanesboro, 
Minn., May 25. At Saint Louis, Mo., the bulk of old birds arrived April’ 
20; the height of the season was reached April 29; the bulk of old birds 
departed April 30, and the bulk of young birds May 12. 
In the fall of 1885 the record of this species was more extended than 
that of any other. It appeared at Elk River, Minn., September 2; 
Lanesboro, Minn., September 18; River Falls, Wis., September 18; 
Grinnell, Iowa, September 28; lowa City, Iowa, October 3; Des Moines, 
Iowa, October 3; Saint Lonis, Mo., October 5; Emporia, Kans., Octo- 
ber 7; Mount Carmel, Mo., October 8; and Gainesville, Tex., October 
31. The last was reported from Elk River, Minn., October 8; River 
Falls, Wis., October 14; Lanesboro, Minn., October 18; Iowa City, 
Iowa, October 17; Des Moines, Iowa, October 26; Grinnell, Iowa, Oc- 
tober 27; and Mount Carmel, Mo., November 4. The full fall record 
from Saint Louis is as follows: 
October 5, first; October 6, numbers in high dress, singing; October 10, bulk ar- 
rived; October 12, present in great numbers; Ovtober 17, height of the season, all 
walbbende of color present, song continuously hears October 20, those in high grail 
gone, numbers of plain birds present; October 27, rad numbers in flocks ; November 
11, stijl numerous. 
559. Spizella monticola (Gmel.). [210.] Tree Sparrow. 
The Tree Sparrow breeds in the far north. In the Mississippi Valley: 
it is one of the most abundant winter birds from latitude 43° south to 
latitude 84°. At Caddo, Ind. Ter., in the winter of 1883~84, it outnum- 
bered the Junco, or Slate-colored Snow-bird (Junco hyemalis), but in 
the heavy timber was less numerous than the White-throated Sparrow. 
The first was seen October 31, and it was abundant until February 26, 
when a large number departed; the remainder disappeared March 10. 
At Saint Louis it was the most abundant winter bird next to the Junco. 
It was not so numerous in Sanuary and February as in December; 
the flocks seemed to have thinned out, but kept their stands and began 
to sing and go up into the trees during the warm period of the first 
of February. About 50 per cept. left February 24, and the bulk fol- 
lowed March 17. Just before this they had been much excited, sing- 
ing and mating. March 22, small flocks were still present, but quiet; 
the last wasseen March 27. At Manhattan, Kans., it was an abundant 
winter visitor, arriving December 1 and women in numbers during 
the entire winter. March 8 about two hundred were seen; the height 
of. migration was noted March 15 and the last a week later. It was 
abundant at Vermillion, Dak., where it began to sing March 24; all 
