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The first week in May seems to have marked its general advance to 

 latitude 42°. A few were seen along latitude 45° May 10 and 12, bat 

 the van did not reach that latitude until May 24. One was seen May 

 26 at Oak Toint, Manitoba, latitude 50° 30'. The only record in the 

 West came from close to the western limit of its range: It reached 

 Manhattan, Kans., April 30, and the bulk was present May 10. 



In the fail of 1884 the bulk and last of the Scarlet Tauagers left Will- 

 iamstown, Iowa, August 4. At Des Moines, Iowa ; the last was seen 

 August 1 ; and at Mount Carmel, Mo., September 11. 



In the spring of 1885 the first note came from St. Louis, Mo., April 

 22. Farther west, in the same latitude, the first was seen at Mount 

 Carmel, Mo., April 26, and at Manhattan, Kans., May 1. Latitude 41°, 

 in western Illinois, was reached April 24, and the rest of northern Illi- 

 nois, the southern edge of Wisconsin, and central Iowa on May 5 and 

 May 6. There was no more advance until May 14 and May 15, during 

 which days they passed to Green Bay, Wis., and Elk River, Minn. 



In the fall of 1885 the last left Elk Eiver, Minn., August 6. The last 

 was reported at Fayette, Mo., September 1, and at Saint Louis, Mo., 

 September 17. 



610. Piranga rubra (Liuu.), |_1C4.] Summer Eedbird. 



Breeds from the middle portion of the Mississippi Valley southward. 

 A common summer resident in eastern Kansas. Were the movements 

 of all species as regular as those of the Eedbird seem to be, the study 

 of migration would be simple enough. Records were received from two 

 lines of migration, and there is not an irregular record among them. 

 From its winter home it was rather late in entering the United States, 

 reaching Mason, Tex., April 12, and Gainesville, Tex., April 15. It was 

 reported from Darlington, Ind. Ter., May 3; Pierce City, Mo., May 17; 

 and May 31 it was found near its ordinary northern limit at Manhattan, 

 Kans. Along a line of migration east of the Mississippi, it came to 

 Rodney, Miss., April 11 5 Waverly, Miss., April 20; Saint Louis, Mo., 

 April 29; and Carlinvjjle, 111., the next day. Such a regular record 

 has never before been contributed, and a duplicate will seldom be found. 

 The most western station from which it was reported is San Angelo, 

 Tex., where it is a tolerably common breeder. 



In the fall of 1884 the last Summer Redbird left San Angelo, Tex., 

 September 19. 



In the spring of 1885 no such regularity appeared in the record as 

 was noted in 1884. The first was seen at San Angelo, Tex., April 6; 

 Corinth, Miss., April 7; Gainesville, Tex., April 10; Shawneetown, ill., 

 April 19; Saint Louis, Mo., April 27; Mount Carmel, Mo., May 1, and 

 Hennepin, 111., May 12. The first females and young birds came to San 

 Angelo, April 16. 



611. Progne subis (Liuu.). [152.] Purple Martin. 



Breeds locally throughout Manitoba and the Mississippi Valley to the 

 Gulf of Mexico. There is some doubt whether this bird ever spends 



