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or Concho counties (where it is an abundant summer resident), though 

 he found it wintering in great numbers at the Nueces canon, south of 

 San Angelo. In the spring of 1884 the first reached San Angelo March 

 11, and the next day they were numerous. A single one had been seen 

 at Saint Louis February 26, but the general movement commenced there 

 three weeks later. On March 16 they appeared at Hillsborough, 111. 

 (latitude 39° 12'), and at Mount Oarmel, Mo. (latitude 38° 45'). By March 

 27 they had advanced to latitude 40°. April 4 and 5 found them at 

 latitude 41° and 42° in Iowa, and April 9 at latitude 41° 58' in Illinois ; 

 April 12 they were seen at William stown, Iowa (latitude 42° 55'), and 

 April 20, at Huron, iKik. (latitude 44° 21'). This is rather late migra- 

 tion, for I used to note them at latitude 47° in Minnesota the first week 

 in April. They were not reported from Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 

 until May 23. They are common in summer in the Assiniboine valley 

 (Seton). Their farthest extension north occurs in our district, where 

 they have been traced to latitude 53° in Manitoba, while on the Atlan- 

 tic coast they are rare above latitude 40°. 



In the fall of 1884 the bulk of Turkey Buzzards left Williamstown, 

 Iowa, September 25 ; and the last was seen at Mount Oarmel, Mo., Octo- 

 ber 22. It is reported to have spent the winter of 1884-'85 at Shaw- 

 neetown, 111. 



The records of the northward movement in the spring of 1885 are too 

 irregular for systematic arrangement. The most northern records re- 

 ceived are: Manhattan,- Kans., April 4; Lanesboro, Minn., April 27; 

 and Hennepin, 111., April 6. In none of the records for 1883, 1884, or 

 1885 do the dates of arrival correspond with the times at which I noted the 

 species at White Earth, Minn., during the three previous years. They 

 came there with the first large wave of spring migration. In 1880 the 

 first was seen April 1, just after the arrival of the Bobin, Bed winged 

 Blackbird, and Mallard, which came during the last days of March. 

 The next year, 1881, spring migration was late, and no Turkey Buzzards 

 were seen until April 85 the first Eobin, Aprill4; the first Golden- 

 shafted Flickers, Bed- winged Blackbirds, and Mallards, April 17. The 

 average temperature from April 1 to 6 was 3 degrees below zero. April 

 2 and 3, 1882, were very different, snow melting rapidly, roads so bare 

 as to forbid the use of sleighs, and a general feeling of spring every- 

 where. During these two days the first arrivals were noted of Turkey 

 Buzzards, Canada Geese, Bed-tailed Hawks, Marsh Hawks, Sparrow 

 Hawks, Bed-winged Blackbirds, Killdeer, Meadowlarks, and Biug- 

 billed Gulls, with the first Bobin two days later. During the spring of 

 1885 I happened to revisit White Earth just as the first wave of migra- 

 tion arrived. April 4, 5, and 6 it brought the Sparrow Hawk, Bed- 

 tailed Hawk, Marsh Hawk, Killdeer, Bobin, Bed-winged Blackbird, 

 Brewer's Blackbird, Meadowlark, and Brown Crane, but not a single 

 Turkey Buzzard was seen. In the fall of 1885, at Iowa City, Iowa, the 



