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29. The bulk left Mount Carmel and Saint Lonis, Mo., March 26, and 
Lanesboro, Minn., April 21. The last left Gainesville, Tex., and Caddo, 
Ind. Ter., about Aprill. From Manhattan, Kans., and Saint Louis, Mo., 
they departed April 4 and 6, though at Saint Louis a stray one was 
seen April 17 in company with Hermit Thrushes. At Des Moines and 
Waukon, Iowa, the last was marked April 20; at Milwaukee, Wis., the 
day before; at Lanesboro, Minn., April 26, and at Elk River, April 28, 
In the fall of 1884 the first and last Fox Sparrow was seen at Elk 
River, Minn., October 6. The first came to Des Moines, Iowa, October 
9, the bulk October 25, and the last was seen there October 27. At 
Mount Carmel, Mo., the first was seen November 3, and the last No- 
vember 8, 
During the winter of 1884~85 no Fox Sparrows remained at either 
Manhattan, Kans., or Saint Louis, Mo. 
In the spring of 1885 one floek was found in the lowlands of Illinois, 
opposite Saint Louis, March 5. March 14 the first was seen on the Mis- 
souri side of the river, and the same day the first one returned to Man- 
hattan. At Fayette, Mo., about twenty were seen March 15; and a pair 
were observed March 24 at Paris, Ill. During the first six days of 
April they were noted from Des Moines, Iowa; Coralville, Iowa; Grin- 
nell, Iowa; Newton, lowa; Waukon, Iowa; Hennepin, Dll.; Rockford, 
Iil.; Leeds Centre, Wis.; Durand, Wis.; Lanesboro, Minn.; and Elk 
River, Minn. 
The records of “lasts” were irregular, and ranged between April 12 
for Saint Louis and Mount Carmel, aud April 23 for Durand and Elk 
River. 
The fall notes on the Fox Sparrow, in 1885, were more irregular than 
those relating to any other species. JFfox Sparrows were noted at about 
the same time (the first week in October) at various stations fiom lati- 
tude 45° 25’, in Minnesota, to Central Missouri. At Elk River, Minn., 
the last was seen October 18, and at Grinnell, lowa, October 27, at 
which latter date they were very numerous in flocks at Saint Louis. 
The bulk left Saint Louis November 11. The last was seen at Mount 
Carmel November 14, and the first- reached Gainesvilie, Tex., Novem- 
ber 15. Mr. Ernest E. Thompson has recorded this species as breeding 
abundantly at Duck Mountain, Manitoba. 
585c. Passerella iliaca schistacea (Baird). [235c.] Slate-colored Sparrow. 
Tue Rocky Mountain representative of the foregoing. In migra- 
tion it comes east to the plains, and has been taken in Kansas. 
586. Embernagra rufivirgata Lawr. [236.] Texas Sparrow. 
The home of this Sparrow is in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, in 
Texas, where it is common (Merrill and Sennett). 
587. Pipilo erythrophthalmus(Linn.). [237.]  Chacink; Towhee. 
Breeds in the middle and northern portions of the Mississippi Valley 
and Manitoba; winters in the Southern States; a few breed in south- 
eastern Texas (Nehrling). In eastern Kansas it is a common resident. 
