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Iowa, April 26. At Saint Louis, Mo., the first record was May 5 and 

 the last May 22. 



In the spring of 1885 no records were received of the movements of 

 the Solitary Sandpiper from any point south of Emporia, Kans., where 

 it arrived April 23. The next day it was seen at Saint Louis, Mo., and 

 Aledo, 111. ; May 2 at Manhattan, Kans. ; May 3 at Huron, Dak. ; May 

 4 at Des Moines, Iowa, and May 9 at Lanesboro, Minn. At Saint Louis, 

 Mo., the last was noted May 12. 



In the fall of 1885, it was seen for the last time at Fernwood, 111., 

 September 26, and at Saint Louis, Mo., September 25. It had appeared 

 at San Augelo, Tex., September 7. Dr. Agersborg says it is very rare 

 in southeastern Dakota. Mr. Lloyd says that in western Texas -it is 

 tolerably common in September, but rare in spring. 



Symphemia semipalmata inornata Brewster. [552 in part.] Western Willet. 



Breeds from the Gulf States northward. Occurs during migration 

 throughout the Mississippi Valley, and, unlike the previously mentioned 

 members of the family, does not proceed far northward. Near Hous- 

 ton, in eastern Texas, it is a common resident (Nehrling). It breeds 

 throughout Illinois, and Mr. Preston reported it as a rare breeder near 

 Newton, Iowa. In Kansas and southern Dakota it was marked as a 

 rare migrant in the spring of 1884, the bulk arriving at the latter place 

 May 3. In northern Dakota and western and northwestern Minnesota 

 it breeds abundantly. It was seen at Chicago, 111., May 13, though of 

 course this record must not be considered that of first arrival. 



In the spring of 1885 but two records were received of the movements 

 of the Willet. It arrived at Emporia, Kans., May 2, and at Heron Lake, 

 Minn., May 10. (For the description of this recently separated sub- 

 species, see the Auk, Vol. IV, No. 2, April, 1887, pp. 145-147). 



261. Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.). [555.] Bartramian Sandpiper ; Field Plover. 

 The Upland Plover is common throughout our district, and breeds 

 from Kansas and Illinois northward. Usually it is thought not to 

 winter in the United States, but Mr. Lloyd shot one at San Angelo, 

 Tex., in January, 1883. In the spring of 1884 migration commenced 

 early in March, and the van reached Saint Louis March 17. March 

 25 and 26 it was reported from Ellis, Kans., Storm Lake, Iowa, and 

 Tampico, 111. There was evidently a halt called when the storms of 

 April commenced, and no further advance occurred until April 14, with 

 the exception of some stragglers at Linwood, Nebr. On that day and 

 the next it appeared at Polo, 111., Laporte City, Iowa, and Unadilla, 

 Nebr. During the rest of April it passed on to latitude 45° in Minne- 

 sota, and to Vermillion, Dak., latitude 42° 56. Upland Plover were seen 

 at Barton and Huron, Dak., May 4 and 5; at Argusville, Dak. (lat. 47° 

 8'), May 10; and at Menoken, Dak. (latitude 46° 58'), May 1; these last 

 must have been stragglers. At Eed Eock, Ind. Ter., they were constantly 

 seen and heard all summer, so that although no nests were found they 



