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common. Mr. Lloyd states that the Nueces cafion, in southwestern 
Texas, is the winter home of countless myriads of these birds, and that 
they leave very early in the spring, none having been seen after Marcu 
9, 1884. At Caddo, Ind. Ter., about a hundred were seen March 25, 
showing that the first came a few days before. Farther east the migra- 
tion began about the middle of March, and proceeded without much 
regularity. April 1 found the birds at about latitude 39°, with a few 
stragglers a little beyond. Then the records become irregular, as if the 
small size of the birds allowed them to escape the notice of about half 
the observers until some days after their arrival. Perhaps the notes 
on the migration of this species will give a fair idea of the returns made 
by observers with reference to many of the smaller birds. From lati- 
tude 40° to latitude 41° 59! the dates of arrival are: April 19, 21; March 
30, 31; April 17, 15, 20; from latitude 42° to latitude 43° 59’: April 22, 
27, 17, 5,10, May 8; from latitude 44° to latitude 45° 59’: April 12, 21, 
May 11. Much of this apparent confusion can be explained by the dif- 
ferences in altitude and situation of the stations, while the opportuni- 
ties and experience of the observer must also be taken into account. 
The normal arrival of the species at latitude 42° appears to have been 
about April 15, and at latitude 45° April 20. May 5 it arrived at Port- 
age la Prairie, Manitoba. 
Many of the observers were deceived in regard to the time of arrival 
of the bulk of this species. It is true that the first arrival often con- 
sists of many individuals, and that others come within a day or two, so 
that the species appears to be common; but the arrival of the great 
multitude, the real bulk, does not take place till two or three weeks 
later. If at that time one of its favorite haunts is visited it is found 
everywhere. Though scarcely breeding south of latitude 45° in the 
Mississippi Valley, yet it was found in Texas as late as May 1, and in 
the middle districts even on May 15. On the plains, as usual, it was 
later in migrating, reaching Manhattan, Kans., April 30, and Vermill- 
ion, Dak., May 8. 
In the "fall of 1884, Ruby- drowned Kinglets first appeared at Des 
Moines, Iowa, September 27, and for the next two days were common; 
they then left as suddenly as they had come. They were reported as 
arriving at San Angelo, Tex., October 8. 
In the spring of 1885 the earliest record came from San Antonio, 
Tex., February 26, and the next from Gainesville, Tex., March 31. 
Saint Louis, Mo., was reached April 1; Paris, Il, April 4; Mount Car- 
mel, Mo., April 5; lowa City, Iowa, April 6; Grinnell, Iowa, April 6; 
and Lanesboro, Minn., April 9. Then there seems to have been a long 
pause, for nearly two weeks passed before any other records were made, 
and these later notes were too irregular for use. At Saint Louis, Mo., 
the bulk was present from April 17 to April 20, and the last was seen 
May 5. “Lasts” were reported from Manhattan, Kans., May 6; Des 
Moines, Iowa, May 8; Mount Carmel, Mo., May 10; Grinnell, Iowa, 
