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From March 23 to March 29 the following scattered notes of i: firsts" 

 were made: Odin, 111., March 29 ; Aledo, 111., March 23; Keokuk, 

 Iowa, March 29; Ferry, Iowa, March 28; Knoxville, Iowa, March 23; 

 Des Moines, Iowa, March 24 ; Newton, Iowa, March 27 ; Tainpico, 111., 

 March 25 ; Batavia, 111., March 28 ; Eockford, 111., March 23 ; Delavan, 

 Wis., March 29 ; Lanesboro, Minn., March 29. The above records in- 

 dicate that the van was so demoralized by the cold weather that its 

 movements, when it did start again, were very irregular. The grand 

 move, to which allusion has been made already, took place the last 

 day in March and the first day in April. During these two days the 

 arrival of the Pewee w T as recorded at Paris, 111.; Peoria, 111.; Hennepin, 

 111.; Chicago, 111.; Morning Sun, Iowa; Mount Pleasant, Iowa ; Bich- 

 mond, Iowa; Iowa City, Iowa; Coral ville, Iowa; La Porte City, Iowa; 

 Stoughton, Wis.; Milwaukee, Wis.; Leeds Centre, Wis., and Lake 

 Mills, Wis. Following are the only notes contributed for the region 

 north of the stations just enumerated: the species arrived at New Cas- 

 sel, Wis., April 4; Lake City, Minn., April 4; Durand, Wis., April 5; 

 Hastings, Minn., April 6; Elk Eiver, Minn., April 6, and Oak Point, 

 Manitoba, May 22. 



In the fall of 1885 the last Pewee was reported from Elk Eiver, Minn., 

 September 28; from Eiver Falls, Wis., September 27; Lanesboro, 

 Minn., October 7; Grinnell, Iowa, October 17; Iowa City, Iowa, Octo- 

 ber 3; Mount Carmel, Mo., October 9; and Saint Louis, Mo., October 

 27. At Gainesville, Texas, the first was seen October 4 and the sec- 

 ond November 27. In Concho County, Tex., it is rare in summer and 

 winter, but common in fall (Lloyd). 



457. Sayornis saya (Bonap.)- [316.] Say's Phnebe. 



Like the Phcebe of the east, this western bird is an early migrant. 

 In our district it winters in Texas, ranging regularly as far east as the 

 Colorado Eiver (Lloyd). It occurs in eastern Texas, near Houston, in 

 April (Nehrling). Near Fort Brown, on the Lower Eio Grande, in 

 Texas, it is not uncommon in winter (Merrill), and Mr. Sennett took it 

 at Lomita ranch in April. It proceeds north early in the spring. At 

 Boerne, Tex ; , Mr. Brown saw several and secured two early in Febru- 

 ary, 1883, during a severe storm. Both were much emaciated. By 

 March 18, 1884, it had reached Ellis, Kans., where it is a constant sum- 

 mer resident. Though not recorded by our observers from any station 

 north of Kansas, yet it does go more than a thousand miles farther 

 northward. On its southward journey it reached winter quarters at 

 San Angelo, Tex., December 19, 1883, at which locality the last spring 

 bird was seen April 22, though a few probably stay to breed in favorable 

 localities. At Ellis, Kans., the bulk came April 18. Toward the east, 

 in Texas, Mr. Bagsdale found it in Clay County in the spring of 1884, 

 but has never seen it at Gainesville, in Cook County. It has been 

 found by Mr. Powell and by others in southeastern Nebraska, and has 

 occurred accidentally in northern Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa. 



