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421. .Chordeiles te^ensis Lawr. [358.] Texan NiqlitliawU. 



A southern species, occurring from Texas to southern California and 

 southward. In 1884 it arrived at Mason, Tex., April 26. At San Angelo, 

 Tex., five nests were found from May 14 to May 29, each containing two 

 eggs. In southeastern Texas (near Houston) it is a regular summer 

 resident (Nehrling). 



423. Chsetura pelagica (Linn.). [351.] Chimney Swift 



A common summer resident in Manitoba and the Mississippi Valley. 

 From its unknown winter home, somewhere south of the United States, 

 the Chimney Swallow, in the spring of 1884, crossed our border in 

 March, arriving at Kodney, Miss., March 13, but it was not noticed at 

 Abbeville, La., which is on a prairie, until March 25. No records of 

 it were received while it was performing the next 400 miles of its jour- 

 ney ; but on April 14 it appeared all along the line of latitude 39° in 

 Illinois and Missouri. April 20 it was reported from latitude 40°, and 

 May 1 from several stations near latitude 41° 30'. On the same day it 

 was also reported from Minneapolis, Minn., and Green Bay, Wis. These 

 latter, however, were doubtless records of impetuous birds that had 

 flown far ahead of their fellows, and the whole of the next week was 

 required to distribute the species over the region they had crossed so 

 hurriedly. The advance reached Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, May 

 17. An average of all the notes received indicates that the bulk trav- 

 eled about one week in rear of the van. 



In the fall of 1884 the last Chimney Swift was seen at Mount Carmel, 

 Mo., October 5, while the bulk left September 21. 



In the spring of 1885 the first Swift was noted at Houma, La., March 

 21. It probably reached that point some clays before, since it arrived 

 at Saint Louis, Mo., ten days later (March 31), and this distance of 700 

 miles is more than this species usually travels in that time. Six days 

 elapsed after the first was seen at Saint Louis before it was observed at 

 any other station, and then at two places on opposite sides of Saint 

 Louis, and both much farther south, namely, Corinth, Miss., and Bon- 

 ham, Tex. April 15 to 17 the bulk arrived at Saint Louis, and during 

 the same peuod the first was noted from Shawneetown, Paris, and 

 Griggs ville, 111. The next advance took place April 21 and 22, bring- 

 ing the species to Emporia and Manhattan, Kans., Liuwood, Nebr., Des 

 Moines, Iowa, Griggsville, 111., and Hennepin, III. At the following 

 places in Iowa, in the same latitude, they were not seen until fi^e days 

 later : Coral ville, Grinnell, and Ames. Then came a long rest, extend- 

 ing to May 13 and 14, when, with the returning warm weather, they 

 appeared at Chicago, 111., Delavan, Wis., Milwaukee, Wis., Stoughton, 

 Wis., Lake Mills, Wis., Biver Falls, Wis., Lanesboro, Minn , and Elk 

 River, Minn. Much attention was paid to the movements of this species 

 at Saint Louis by Mr. Widmann, who counted the number which, at 

 evening, entered a certain tall chimney that for years has been a favorite 

 resting place. The whole record from Saint Louis is : 



