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the next day, it is evident that the first came some days sooner, proba- 
ably March 24. East of the Mississippi, arrivals were noted March 24 
at Lake Mills, Wis., and at West De Pere, Wis., so that this must have 
been a great day for the migration of Juncos as it was for many other 
species. Additional records from the region east of the: Mississippi 
show that it reached Chicago March 20 and Milwaukee March 22, In 
Dakota, arrivals were reported at Argusville and Larimore March 27; 
and at Two Rivers, Manitoba, April 15. 
The bulk was not very far belind the van, traversing Iowa about 
March 25, and arriving in Minuesota up to latitude 45° on the 27th and 
28th, while April 20 the main flocks reached Portage la Prairie, Mani- 
toba, latitude 50°. In northeastern Iowa aud southeastern Minnesota, 
they were most numerous April 10. On the same day they were marked 
“innumerable” at Waukon, and at Lanesboro “numerous beyond all 
reckoning.” The record of the departure of the bulk was more regular 
and extended than that of its arrival. Itis as follows: Texas, latitude 
33° 36’, March 13; Indian Territory, latitude 34° 11’, March 10; Indian 
Territory, latitude 35° 37’, March 20; Missouri, latitude 38° 40’, March 
27; Missouri, latitude 38° 45’, March 31; Kansas, latitude 39° 12’, April 
1; Iowa, latitude 42° 18’, April 10; Iowa, latitude 43° 15’, April 17; 
Dakota, latitude 42° 56’, April 21; Minnesota, latitude 43° 43’, April 
2.; Minnesota, latitude 43° 48’, April 20; Minnesota, latitude 45° 25’, 
April 28. The records from latitude 42° 56’, in Dakota, and 43° 48’, 
in Minnesota, were a little later than the others from the same latitude 
because these statious are farther west. All the irregular notes were 
made April 16, and came from latitude 36° 56’, in Missouri, and latitude 
41° 36’ and 42° 01’, in Iowa. The records of the “last one seen” are 
also quite regular, and will be given in full. The last Junco seen at 
latitude 33° 36’, in Texas, was April 23; at latitude 38° 40’ and 38° 45/, 
in Missouri, April 24; at latitude 39° 19’, in Illinois, April 23; at lat- 
itude 40° 50’, in Iowa, April 25; latitude 41° 51’, in Illinois, April 30: 
latitude 42° 18’, in Iowa, April 24; latitude 43° 15’, in‘Iowa, April 30; 
latitude 43° 43’, in Minnesota, April 30; latitude 44° 32’, in Minnesota, 
May 1; latitude 44° 45’, in Wisconsin, May 4. The irregular dates of 
departure are: Latitude 34° 11’, in Indian Territory, March 26; latitude 
39° 12’, in Kansas, April 13; latitude 42° 56’, in Dakota, May 3; and 
latitude 42° 16’, in IMinois, April 12. The total number of notes sent in 
on this species was ninety-eight. The average time given from the arri- 
val of the first to the arrival of the bulk was seven days, and from the 
departure of the bulk to the date of the last one seen, seventeen days. 
Mr. J. A. Balmer sent the following notes from Danville, Ill. (latitude 
40° 08’): 
Many large flocks wintcred here, but the bulk left by the 1st of May. On June 11 
noticed a male bird; June 7, both male and female; and again, on June 21, I saw a 
male bird, always near the same spot. This led me to think the pair might be nest- 
ing here. I have searched pretty thoroughly for their nest, but without success. 
