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on the same day, April 15, at Saint Louis, Mo., and Manhattan, Kans.; 
and its appearance the next week at Des Moines, Iowa, and Lanesboro, 
Minn. At Saint Louis it was sitting on eggs May 16. 
In the fall of 1884 the last Rough-winged Swallow was seen at Des 
Moines, Iowa, August 19. 
In the spring of 1885 the first was seen at Manhattan, Kans., April 
11, and the next April 22. It arrived at Saint Louis, Mo., April 14; 
but at Des Moines, Iowa, none were seen till April 24. It reached 
Lanesboro, Minn., April 21; and Lake City, Minn., April 25. A nest 
was found at Manhattan, Kans., May 13. 
In the fall of 1885 it was last seen at Saint Louis, Mo., September 30. 
618. Ampelis garrulus Linn. [150.] Bohemian Waxwing ; Northern Waxwing. 
We must look to the northern observers for notes on this species. 
From its summer home in British America it wanders south in winter 
over Manitoba and the Northern States. Any regular study of its mi- 
gration is difficult because of the i--egularity of its movements, which 
seem to depend in part on the food supply. The most southern locality 
at which it was seen in the winter of 1883-’84 was Ames, Iowa, where 
it was noted during November and December. It has been known in 
previous years to reach Kansas and Illinois, and in the Rocky Mount- 
ains has occurred south to latitude 35°. It was seen at Vermillion, 
Dak., February 26, 1884; at Waukon, Iowa, in January; at Milwau- 
kee, Wis., all through the winter to March 26; at West De Pere, Wis., 
April 8; and at Red Wing, Minn., the last had not left April 1. 
In the spring of 1885 a few records were contributed of the presence 
of this wanderer in the northern Mississippi Valley. They are as fol- 
lows: Laporte City, Iowa, January 29; Vermillion, Dak., hundreds of 
them March 7; Minneapolis, Minn., March 4 and 9; and Elk River, 
Minn., February 24. 
619. Ampelis cedrorum (Vieill.). [151.] Cedar Bird; Cedar Waxwing. 
The Cedar Bird is an abundant summer resident in Manitoba and 
over much of the Mississippi Valley. It is another irregular wanderer 
whose migratory movements can not yet be traced with accuracy. At 
any particular place in the Mississippi Valley it may or may not 
winter. Some ideaof the irregularity of its movements can be obtained 
from the records of its appearance in 1884 at different points between 
the parallels of latitude 40° and 42°, It was first seen at Fayette, 
Mo., February 2; at Danville, Il., June 3; at Rockford, Il., April 
18; at Chicago, Ill., March 31. The bulk arrived at Burlington, Iowa, 
April 20; and the last left Iowa City, Iowa, April 24. Dr. Agers- 
borg saw a flock at Vermillion, Dak., during January, and Mr. Lloyd 
tells us that the Nueces Cafion in southwestern Texas is the winter 
home of countless myriads ; these two wintering places are over a thou- 
sand miles apart. Towards the northern portion of its range the spe- 
