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America. During the winter of 1883-'84 Wilson's Snipe was not re- 

 ported from farther north than latitude 33°, but in suitable localities, 

 which, of course, are not common, it remains regularly as far north as 

 southern Illinois, and one case is en record of its wintering in company 

 with Teal and Mallard on the margin of a hot spring in Wyoming. In 

 the winter of 1883-'84 a few were seen at Ellis, Kans., in December, 

 after the creek was newly frozen over. They were late migrants. The 

 great bulk breed in British America, but a few have been known to 

 nest in northern Illinois, and Mr. Lloyd gives it as a resident at San 

 Angelo, Tex., but says he never has found the nest. A few also breed 

 at Heron Lake, in southwestern Minnesota. In western Manitoba it is 

 a common summer resident (Seton). 



In the spring of 1884 migration commenced during the latter part of 

 February. February 19 Snipe began to move through Eagle Pass, Tex., 

 where Mr. Negley says they remained one week only. February 29 

 they had begun to leave southern Louisiana, though the bulk did not 

 leave until the second week in March. They arrived at Caddo, Ind. Ter. 

 (lat. 31° ll 7 ), March 8, and on the 12th and 13th reached Odin, 111., and 

 Saint Louis, Mo. (lat. 38° 40'). Daring the rest of March there was 

 no record from Iowa, but in Illinois they were reported up to Chicago. 

 April 5 to 7 they advanced to central Iowa and southern Wisconsin . 

 and by April 15 had reached latitude 44° 45' in Wisconsin, and lati. 

 tude 44° 15' in Dakota, but no record came from Minnesota until 

 the next week. They were recorded from Argusville and Larimore, 

 Dak. (lat. 47° 52'), during the first week in May. This Snipe is not a 

 rapid migrant. The bulk moves about two weeks behind the van, and 

 even in those places where it does not breed it can generally be found 

 from fcur to six weeks. In the fall of 1884 the first migrating Snipe 

 reached Emporia, Kans., August 30. 



In the spriug of 1885 it appeared at Corinth, Miss., February 12, and 

 was seen for the second time February 20. It reached Shawneetown, 

 111., February 27 ; Saiut Louis, Mo., March 11, and Emporia, Kans., 

 March 14. For the next ten days the cold was too severe for migra- 

 tion, and very little progress seems to have been made in the remainder 

 of the month. During the first five days of April it was noted from 

 Ellsworth, Kans., Fayette, Mo., Des Moines, Iowa; and Paris, Aledo, 

 Hennepin, and Fernwood, 111. At Hennepin it had also been noticed 

 March 25. It came to Emmetsburgh, Iowa, April 14 ; Milwaukee, Wis., 

 April 15 j Heron Lake, Minn., April 19 ; Luck, Wis., and Ossowo, 

 Manitoba, May 2 ; and Shell River, Manitoba, May 4. At Corinth, 

 Miss., the last was seen April 9, and at Mount Carmel, Mo., April 20; 

 while at Bonham, Tex., it did not leave until April 30, and one was 

 taken at San Antonio, Tex., May 27. In the fall of 1885 the last was 

 seen at Heron Lake, Minn., November 14; Fernwood, 111., November 

 13 ; and at Fayette, Mo., November 1. The first migrant appeared at 

 Fernwood, 111., August 29 ; at Emporia, Kans., September 3 ; Saint 



