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noted from Hennepin, III.; Mount Carinel, Mo.; Iowa City, Iowa; Wau- 

 kon, Iowa; Lanesboro, Minn.; Chicago, 111.; Leeds Centre, Wis.; and Elk 

 Eiver, Minn. By May 6 it bad reached Shell River, Manitoba. Xone 

 were seen at Pierce City, Mo,, after May 9 ; Mount Carmel, Mo., after 

 May 10; Saint Louis, Mo., May 22; Des Moines, Iowa, May 12; Coral- 

 ville, Iowa, May 10; Grinnell, Iowa, May 10; Waukon, Iowa, May 14; 

 Lake City, Minn., May 15; Eiver Falls, Wis., May 19; and Lanesboro, 

 Minn., May 25. At Saint Louis, Mo., the bulk of old birds arrived April 

 20; the height of the season was reached April 29 ; the bulk of old birds 

 departed April 30, and the bulk of young birds May 12. 



In the fall of 1885 the record of this species was more extended than 

 that of any other. It appeared at Elk Eiver, Minn., September 2; 

 Lanesboro, Minn., September 18; Eiver Falls, AVis., September 18; 

 Grinnell, Iowa, September 28 ; Iowa City, Iowa, October 3 ; Des Moines, 

 Iowa, October 3; Saint Louis, Mo., October 5; Emporia, Kans., Octo- 

 ber 7; Mount Carmel, Mo., October 8; and Gainesville, Tex., October 

 31. The last was reported from Elk Eiver, Minn., October 8; River 

 Falls, Wis., October 11; Lanesboro, Minn., October 18; Iowa City, 

 Iowa, October 17; Des Moines, Iowa, October 26; Grinnell, Iowa, Oc- 

 tober 27 ; and Mount Carmel, Mb., November 4. The full fall record 

 from Saint Louis is as follows : 



October 5, first; October 6, numbers in high dress, singing; October 10, bulk ar- 

 rived; October 12, present in great numbers; October 17, beigbt of tbe season, all 

 patterns of color present, song continuously beard; October 20, tbose in bigb dress 

 gone, numbers of plain birds present ; October 27, great numbers in tlocks ; Xovember 

 11, still numerous. 



559. Spizella moiiticola (GineL). [210.] Tree Sparrow. 



The Tree Sparrow breeds in the far north. In the Mississippi Valley 

 it is one of the most abundant winter birds from latitude 43° south to 

 latitude 34°. At Caddo, Ind. Tei\, in tbe winter of 18S3-'S4, it outnum- 

 bered the Junco, or Slate-colored Snow-bird [Junco Jnjemalis), but in 

 the heavy timber was less numerous than the White-throated Sparrow. 

 The first was seen October 31, and it was abundant until February 26, 

 when a large number departed; the remainder disappeared March 10. 

 At Saint Louis it was the most abundant winter bird next to the Junco. 

 It was not so numerous in January and February as in December; 

 the flocks seemed to have thinned out, but kept their stands and began 

 to sing' and go up into the trees during the warm period of the first 

 of February. About 50 per cent, left February 24, and the bulk fol- 

 lowed March 17. Just before this they had been much excited, sing- 

 ing and mating. March 22, small flocks were still present, but quiet; 

 the last was seen March 27. At Manhattan, Kans., it was an abundant 

 winter visitor, arriving December 1 and remaining in numbers during 

 the entire winter. March 8 about two hundred were seen ; the height 

 of migration was noted March 15 and the last a week later. It was 

 abundant at Vermillion, Dak., where it began to sing March 24; all 



