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the first male arrived at San Angelo, Tex., April 13, and the first female 

 three days later. At Gainesville, Tex., the first came April 14; at 

 Abbeville, La., April 16. East of the Mississippi they appeared 

 earlier, the first male being seen at Rodney, Miss., March 31, and the 

 first female April 9. April 27 they reached Griggsville and Dauville, 

 111., and the next day three old males were seen at Saint Louis. April 

 29 they were seen at Fayette, Mo. ; April 30, at Manhattan, Kans., and 

 by May 10 they had advanced to latitude 41° 58' in Illinois, latitude 

 41° 40' in Iowa, and latitude 40° 53' in Nebraska, though the probability 

 seems to be that the advance was made simultaneously to all places on 

 the 7th. May 12 they came to Laporte City and Waukon, Iowa, with 

 one a little behindhand at Milwaukee, Wis., May 17. At Lanesboro, 

 Minn., they were seen May 23, three days after they had reached Elk 

 River, Minn. Elk River is near the northern limit of their range. They 

 breed commonly in southeastern Dakota. A few have been seen in 

 central Dakota, and they have been recorded from White Earth, Minn, 

 (latitude 47°). North of this there appears to be no record. The bulk 

 moves closely behind the first, two or three days only in the rear. The 

 full record from Saint Louis is as follows : 



The first came April 23, when three old males were in song at their breeding places ; 

 April 29 the hulk of old males arrived; April 30 the first two-years-old male ; May 5 

 the first female and an increase of young males; May 6, conspicuous and noisy. The 

 height of the season was attained May 5 and 6. May 8, several old males were mated. 

 May 9, first one-year-old male arrived; bulk of females arrived; some beginning to 

 build. May 17, males and females always together. May 31, incubated eggs were 

 found. 



In the fall of 1884 the last old male Orchard Oriole left San Angelo, 

 Tex., August 31; the last young male, September 10; the last female, 

 September 6. 



The record of this species was so regular during the spring migration 

 of 1884 that its movements in 1885 were watched with much interest. 

 About a dozen irregular notes were contributed in 1885, but taken as a 

 whole its record still stands as that of a species of unusual uniformity 

 in its migrations. It was first seen, just after its arrival in the United 

 States, at Houina, La., March 28. At San Angelo, Tex., in the same 

 latitude as Houma, but farther west, none were seen until April 7, 

 though they were seen April 10 at Bonham, Tex., and April 11 at 

 Gainesville, Tex., which latter note agrees very well with the record 

 from Houma. The probable explanation of the lateness of the record 

 at San Angelo is found in the altitude of the place, which is nearly 

 two thousand feet. Saint Louis, Mo., was reached April 21; and, 

 although the bulk of males was noted there the next day, there was 

 no record from any neighboring station until April 27, when they were 

 reported from Odin, 111. April 28 they were seen at Paris, 111., and 

 Fayette, Mo.; and April 30, at Emporia and Manhattan, Kans. The 

 next advance was recorded May 5, when they reached Morning Sun, 

 Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, Peoria, 111., and Hennepin, 111. May 7 one 



