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29. The bulk left Mount Carmel and Saint Louis, Mo., March 2-3, and 

 Lanesboro, Minn., April 21. The last left Gainesville, Tex., and Caddo, 

 Ind. Ter., about April 1. From Manhattan, Kaus., and Saint Louis, Mo., 

 they departed April 4 and 6, though at Saint Louis a stray one was 

 seen April 17 iu company with Hermit Thrushes. At Des Moines and 

 Waukon, Iowa, the last was marked April 20 ; at Milwaukee, Wis., the 

 day before ; at Lanesboro, Minn., April 26, and at Elk River, April 28. 



In the fall of 1884 the first and last Fox Sparrow was seen at Elk 

 River, Minn., October 6. The first came to Des Moines, Iowa, October 

 9, the bulk October 25, and the last was seen there October 27. At 

 Mount Carmel, Mo., the first was seen November 3, and the last No- 

 vember 8. 



During the winter of 1884-'85 no Fox Sparrows remained at either 

 Manhattan, Kaus., or Saint Louis, Mo. 



In the spring of 1885 one flock was found in the lowlands of Illinois, 

 opposite Saint Louis, March 5. March 14 the first was seen on the Mis- 

 souri side of the river, and the same day the first one returned to Man- 

 hattan. At Fayette, Mo., about twenty were seen March 15 ; and a pair 

 were observed March 24 at Paris, 111. During the first six days of 

 April they were noted from Des Moines, Iowa; Coral ville, Iowa; Griu- 

 nell, Iowa; Newton, Iowa; Waukon, Iowa; Hennepin, 111. ; Rockford, 

 111.; Leeds Centre, Wis. ; Durand, Wis.; Lanesboro, Minn.; and Elk 

 River, Minn. 



The records of " lasts" were irregular, and ranged between April 12 

 for Saint Louis and Mount Carmel, and April 23 for Durand and Elk 

 River. 



The fall notes on the Fox Sparrow, in 1885, were more irregular than 

 those relating to any other species. Fox Sparrows were noted at about 

 the same time (the first week in October) at various stations from lati- 

 tude 45° 25', in Minnesota, to Central Missouri. At Elk River, Minn., 

 the last was seen October 18, and at Grinnell, Iowa, October 27, at 

 which latter date they were very numerous in flocks at Saint Louis. 

 The bulk left Saint Louis November 11. The last was seen at Mount 

 Carmel November 14, and the first reached Gainesville, Tex., Novem- 

 ber 15. Mr. Ernest E. Thompson has recorded this species as breeding 

 abundantly at Duck Mountain, Manitoba. 

 585 c. Passerella iliaca scliistacea (Baird). [235c] Slate-colored Sparrow. 



The Rocky Mountain representative of the foregoing. In migra- 

 tion it comes east to the plains, and has beep taken in Kansas. 



586. Embernagra rufivirgata Lawr. [236.] Texas Sparrow. 



The home of this Sparrow is in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, in 

 Texas, where it is common (Merrill and Sennett). 



587. Pipilo erythrophthalmus(Linu.). [237.] Clmtinl ; Towhee. 



Breeds in the middle and northern portions of the Mississippi Valley 

 and Manitoba; winters in the Southern States; a few breed in south- 

 eastern Texas (Nehrluig). In eastern Kansas it is a common resident. 



