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Id the fall of 18S4 the balk of Indigo Bantings left WilliamstowD, 

 Iowa, August 19, and the last August 28. At Mount Gar-mel, Mo., the 

 last was noted August 29. Mr. Lloyd says that it is a rare fall migrant 

 in Tom Green County, Tex.; and Mr. Nehrling states that in south- 

 eastern Texas it was ''observed only during the migrations." 



In the spring of 1885 it was recorded from San Antonio, Tex., April 

 1G. It reached Gainesville, Tex., April 20; Pierce City, Mo., April 21, 

 and Saint Louis, Mo., April 23. The notes from stations east of the 

 Mississippi River were too irregular to be satisfactorily worked up, but 

 those west of the Mississippi indicate that the species reached latitude 

 42° May 10 and May 11 ; latitude 43° May 14 ; latitude 44° May 19, and 

 latitude 45° May 21. The most northern record was from Elk Eiver, 

 Miuu. (lat, 45o 25'), May 27. 



In the fall of 1885 the last Indigo Bunting was reported from Elk 

 Eiver, Minn., September 7; from Grinned, Iowa, September 28; Iowa 

 City, Iowa, August 29; Fayette, Mo., October 1, and from Mount Car- 

 mel, Mo., August 9. At Saint Louis, Mo., they were numerous Sep- 

 tember 9; they were very common September 22; the bulk was present 

 September 25; they had decreased by October ; they were seen in 

 several places October 11 ; the last one at their regular stands was seen 

 October 14, and none were seen after October 17. 



599. Passerina amoena (Say). [249.] Lazuli Finch; Lazuli Bunting. 



West of our district the Indigo Bunting is replaced by the present 

 species, which seldom enters the Mississippi Valley. Its true home is 

 from the plains westward. It is common on the Missouri, in central 

 Dakota, and thence westward (Allen). The only records from the ob- 

 servers came from Dr. Agersborg, who finds a few every summer at 

 Vermillion, Dak., and from Dr. Watson, who found it a rare summer 

 resident at Ellis, Kans. 



600. Passerina versicolor (Bonap.). [250.] Varied Bunting. 



The home of this remarkably colored bird is in eastern Mexico and 

 the Lower Eio Grande Valley in Texas, where it is tolerably common 

 (Sennett; Merrill). A straggler (or an escaped cage bird" has been 

 taken in Michigan (Dr. H. A. Atkins). 



601. Passerina ciris (Linn.). [251.] Painted Bunting; Nonpareil. 



A southern species whose northern limit barely reaches southern 

 Kansas and southern Illinois. In the spring of 1884 it crossed our. 

 southern border after summer was fully here, and did not go far north 

 It arrived at Mason, Tex., April 25; at Eodney, Miss., the next day, 

 and two days later at Gainesville, Tex. At Caddo, Ind. Ter., it was an 

 abundant breeder. Mr. Lloyd writes that at San Augelo, Tex., the 

 male of this species is the first summer bird to depart, the female re- 

 maining six weeks or so later. It breeds from May 2 to July 14, rais- 

 ing two broods. There is one record in Illinois of its occurrence near 

 Mount CarmeL In May, 1885, Col. N. S. Goss found it breeding plenti- 



