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Iowa May 20, and southern Minnesota (at Lanesboro) June 2. The 

 bulk was four or five days behind the van. The Wood Pewee is com- 

 mon iu eastern Kansas and rare in western (Goss). 



In the fall of 1884 the bulk of Wood Pewees was reported as leaving 

 Williamstown, Iowa, August 24; Des Moines, Iowa, August 29; and 

 Mount Carmel, Mo., September 10. The last was reported from Des 

 Moines, August 29; from Mount Carmel, September 21; and from San 

 Angelo, Tex., September 21. 



In the spring of 1885 the first was recorded from San Angelo, Tex., 

 March 14. Several weeks elapsed before the next record was made. 

 At Gainesville, Tex., it was seen April 18; at Saint Louis, Mo., April 

 28 ; at Chicago, 111 , May 5 ; Des Moines, Iowa, May 15 ; Lanesboro, 

 Minn., May 19; Heron Lake, Minn., May 20; Elk Eiver, Minn., May 

 22, and Manhattan, Kans., May 16. 



In the fall of 1885 the bulk was present at Saint Louis, Mo., September 

 25, although they were conspicuous September 22. The last was re- 

 ported from Grinnell, Iowa, September 16; Fernwood, 111., October 3; 

 Saint Louis, October 5, and Bonham, Tex., November 10. 



462. Contopus richardsonii (Swains.). [321.] Western Wood Pewee. 



A western species. Common in western Manitoba (Seton) ; frequently 

 seen in western Nebraska (Aughey); a rare summer resident in west- 

 ern Kansas (Goss). In Concho County, Tex., two were shot in the fall 

 of 1886 (Lloyd). 



463. Empidonax flaviventris Baird. [322.] Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 

 Breeds in Manitoba, and doubtless in northern Minnesota also, and 



migrates through the entire length of the Mississippi Valley, wintering 

 in Central America. The Yellow-bellied Flycatcher was not noticed by 

 any of the observers near the Mississippi south of Saint Louis, though 

 it must traverse that part of the United States in coming from its 

 winter home. In the spring of 1884, at Saint Louis, it arrived May 8, and 

 the next day it was seen at Des Moines, Iowa. May 23 it was seen at 

 Chicago, and May 24 at Lanesboro, Minn. In the southwest the first 

 female was shot at Gainesville, Tex., May 16. 



In the spring of 1885 the first arrived at Saint Louis, Mo., May 13; 

 Grinnell, Iowa, May 21, and Lanesboro, Minn., May 20. The last was 

 seen at Saint Louis May 15 and at Grinnell May 23. 



465. Empidonax acadicus (Gmel.). [524.] Acadian Flycatcher. 



A common breeder in all but the northern and western parts of the 

 Mississippi Valley. In eastern Texas (near Houston) it is the only Em- 

 pidonax that remains to breed (Kehrling). The same is true of Southern 

 Louisiana and Alabama (A. K. Fisher). As in the case of many other 

 species, the earliest record of the Acadian Flycatcher in the spring of 

 1884 came from Saint Louis, where it arrived April 29. The other rec- 

 ords are: latitude 39° 12' in Kansas, May 10; latitude 41° 51' in 111- 



