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‘The first week in May seems to have marked its general advance to 
latitude 420, A few were seen along latitude 45° May 10 and 12, but 
the van did not reach that latitude until May 24. One was seen May 
26 at Oak Point, Manitoba, latitude 50° 30’. The only record in the 
West came from close to the western limit of its range: It reached 
Manhattan, Kans., April 30, and the bulk was present May 10. 
In the fall of 1884 the bulk and last of the Scarlet Tanagers left Will- 
iamstown, Iowa, August 4. At Des Moines, Iowa, the last was seen 
August 1; and at Mount Carmel, Mo., September 11. 
in the spring of 1885 the first note came from St. Louis, Mo., April 
22, Farther west, in the same latitude, the first was seen at Mount 
Carmel, Mo., April 26, and at Manhattan, Kans., May 1. Latitude 41°, 
in western Illinois, was reached April 24, and the rest of northern Ili- 
nois, the southern edge of Wisconsin, and central Iowa on May 5 and 
May 6. There was no more advance until May 14 and May 15, during 
which days they passed to Green Bay, Wis., and Elk River, Minn. 
In the fall of 1885 the last left Elk River, Minn., August 6. The last 
was reported at Fayette, Mo., September 1, and at Saint Louis, Mo., 
September 17. 
610. Piranga rubra (Linn.), [164.] Summer Redbird. 
Breeds from the middle portion of the Mississippi Valley southward. 
A common summer resident in eastern Kansas. Were the movements 
of all species as regular as those of the Redbird seem to be, the study 
of migration would be simpleenough. Records were received from two 
lines of migration, and there is not an irregular record among them. 
From its winter home it was rather late in entering the United States, 
reaching Mason, Tex., April 12, and Gainesville, Tex., April 15. Tt was 
reported from Darlington, Ind, Ter., May 3; Pierce City, Mo., May 17; 
and May 31 it was found near its ordinary northern limit at Manhattan, 
Kans. Along a line of migration east of the Mississippi, it came to 
Rodney, Miss., April 11; Waverly, Miss., April 20; Saint Louis, Mo., 
April 29; and Carlinville, Ill, the next day. Such a regular record 
has never before been contributed, and a duplicate will seldom be found. 
The most western station from which it was reported is San Angelo, 
Tex., where it is a tolerably common breeder. 
In the fall of 1884 the last Summer Redbird left San Angelo, Tex., 
September 19. 
In the spring of 1885 no such regularity appeared in the record as 
was noted in 1884. The first was seen at San Angelo, Tex., April 6; 
Corinth, Miss., April 7; Gainesville, Tex., April 10; Shawneetown, IIL, 
April 19; Saint Louis, Mo., April 27; Mount Carmel, Mo., May 1, and 
Hennepin, Ill., May 12. The first females and young birds came to San 
Angelo, April 16. 
611. Progne subis (Linn.). [152.] Purple Martin. 
Breeds locally throughout Manitoba and the Mississippi Valley to the 
Gulf of Mexico. There is séme doubt whether this bird ever spends 
