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on the same day, April 15, at Saint Louis, Mo., and Manhattan, Kans.; 

 and its appearance the next week at Des Moines, Iowa, and Lanesboro, 

 Minn. At Saint Louis it was sitting on eggs May 16. 



In the fall of 1884 the last Rough-winged Swallow w'as seen at Des 

 Moines, Iowa, August 19. 



In the spring of 1885 the first was seen at Manhattan, Kans., April 

 11, and the next April 22. It arrived at Saint Louis, Mo., April 14; 

 but at Des Moines, Iowa, none were seen till April 24. It reached 

 Lanesboro, Minn., April 21 ; and Lake City, Minn., April 25. A nest 

 was found at Manhattan, Kans., May 13. 



In the fall of 1885 it was last seen at Saint Louis, Mo., September 30. 



618. Ampelis garrulus Linn. [150.] Bohemian Waxwing ; Northern Waxwing. 



We must look to the northern observers for notes on this species. 

 From its summer home in British America it wanders south in winter 

 over Manitoba and the Northern States. Any regular study of its mi- 

 gration is difficult because of the i -regularity of its movements, which 

 seem to depend in part on the food supply. The most southern locality 

 at which it was seen in the winter of 1883-'84 was Ames, Iowa, where 

 it was noted during November and December. It has been known in 

 previous years to reach Kansas and Illinois, and in the Eocky Mount- 

 ains has occurred south to latitude 35°. It was seen at Vermillion, 

 Dak., February 26, 1884; at Waukon, Iowa, in January; at Milwau- 

 kee; Wis., all through the winter to March 26; at West De Pere, Wis., 

 April 8; and at Eed Wing, Minn., the last had not left April 1. 



In the spring of 1885 a few records were contributed of the presence 

 of this wanderer in the northern Mississippi Valley. They are as fol- 

 lows: Laporte City, Iowa, January 29; Vermillion, Dak., hundreds of 

 them March 7; Minneapolis, Minn., March 4 and 9; and Elk Eiver, 

 Minn., February 24. 



619. Ampelis cedrorum (Vieill.). [151.] Cedar Bird; Cedar Waxwing. 



The Cedar Bird is an abundant summer resident in Manitoba and 

 over much of the Mississippi Valley. It is another irregular wanderer 

 whose migratory movements can not yet be traced with accuracy. At 

 any particular place in the Mississippi Valley it may or may not 

 winter. Some idea of the irregularity of its movements can be obtained 

 from the records of its appearance in 1884 at different points between 

 the parallels of latitude 40° and 42°. It was first seen at Fayette, 

 Mo., February 2; at Danville, 111., June 3; at Eockford, 111., April 

 18 ; at Chicago, 111., March 31. The bulk arrived at Burlington, Iowa, 

 April 20; and the last left Iowa City, Iowa, April 24. Dr. Agers- 

 borg saw a flock at Vermillion, Dak., during January, and Mr. Lloyd 

 tells us that the Nueces Canon in southwestern Texas is the winter 

 home of countless myriads ; these two wintering places are over a thou- 

 sand miles apart. Towards the northern portion of its range the spe- 



