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various stations throughout Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and 

 Minnesota. 



At Green Bay, Wis., the first arrived April 6. On the same day the 

 first was seen at Pine Bend, Minn. Two days later (April 8) the first 

 was seen at Frazee City, Minn. Farther west the progress seems to 

 have been less rapid and more irregular. March 20 the first arrived at 

 Linwood, Nebr., and Vermillion, Dak. (the last were all males); March 

 30 at Barton, Dak.; April 3 at Two Rivers, Manitoba. April 12 the 

 bulk arrived at Manhattan, Kans. April 14 the first arrived at Oak 

 Point, Manitoba, the most northern point of observation. Ten days 

 later, April 24, the first was noted at Ellis, Kans., and at Menoken, 

 Dak., two points almost 600 miles apart. The limited extent of marshy 

 country in Kansas will probably account for their late arrival at Ellis. 



In the fall of 1881 the bulk of the Bed-shouldered Blackbirds left 

 Elk River, Minn., November 1, and Des Moines, Iowa, November 8 (nor 

 were any seen there after this date). At Mount Oarmel, Mo., large 

 numbers passed August 15, and the last was noted November 6. Even 

 in southern Louisiana many passed southward as early as August 4. 



During the winter of 1884- ? 85 a few irregular notes were contributed. 

 A Red- shouldered Blackbird was taken in January at Paris, 111., and a 

 few were seen at odd times during February at Mount Oarmel, Mo., and 

 Odin, 111. In the spring of 1885 the first regular northward movement 

 recorded occurred on the last day of February, when a flock of a hun- 

 dred passed over Corinth, Miss. The next day they were seen at Pierce 

 City, Mo., and March 2 at Saint Louis. From March 4 to March 8 a 

 few scattered flocks visited various parts of northwestern Illinois near 

 the Mississippi River. They were seen at Aledo, Hennepin, and Tam- 

 pico. From March 11 to March 14 the same thing took place along the 

 valley of the Des Moines River, where flocks were seen at Knoxville, 

 Des Moines, Newton, and Grinnell, Iowa. The first full wave which 

 passed over this country (that is to latitude 42° in Illinois and Iowa) 

 was reported March 25 and March 26 from Mount Pleasant, Iowa, La 

 Porte City, Iowa, Fernwood, 111., and Batavia, 111., with stragglers at 

 Delavan, Wis., and Heron Lake, Minn. The largest wave of the season 

 in the migration of this species occurred during the last day of March 

 and the first day of April. This w T ave brought " firsts" to Sioux City, 

 Iowa, Emmetsburgh, Iowa, Williamstown, Iowa, Rockford, 111., Clinton, 

 Wis., Milwaukee, Wis., Lake Mills, Wis., Leeds Centre, Wis., and 

 Ripon, Wis., and to Lanesboro, Minn., with a scout at Luck, Wis. 

 During the next three clays the first were noted at Durand, Wis., and 

 Lake City, Minneapolis, Fridley, and Elk River, Minn. None were 

 noted by the observers at Green Bay, Wis., until April 17. They 

 reached White Earth, Minn., April 6. On the Plains the movement 

 was as follows: Emporia, Kans., was reached March 12, and Manhat- 

 tan, Kans., March 29. At Unadilla, Nebr., an irregular and very large 

 flight occurred March 11 ? but no more were seen until the regular ad- 



