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hattan, Kans., where four birds were seen January 24. No more were 

 seen there for three months. 



In the spring of 1885 the first migrant was noted at San Antonio, 

 Tex., February 27 ; at Gainesville, Tex., March 23, and at Saiut Louis, 

 Mo., April 8. The remaining notes are too irregular to be systema- 

 tized. April 10 the bulk reached Saint Louis; April 18 the first came 

 in large numbers to Newton, Iowa, and Lanesboro, Minn. April 3 they 

 appeared at Miuneapolis, Minn., and Elk River, Minn., while they did 

 not reach Shell River, Manitoba, till the last day of the month. At 

 Bonham, Tex., the last was seen A.prill5; at Houma, La., April 20; 

 Pierce City, Mo., May 6 ; Saiut Louis, Mo., May 12 ; Manhattan, Kans., 

 May 16. Except a single record from Waukou, Iowa, May 19, none 

 were reported from Iowa, Minnesota, or Wisconsin after May 16, and 

 most of the Yellow rumps left these States May 11. 



In the fall of 1885 the Tellow-rumped Warbler re-appeared at Elk 

 River, Minn., September 20; at River Falls, Wis., September 29; 

 Lanesboro, Minn., September 29; Iowa City, Iowa, October 1; Fern- 

 wood, 111., October 5 ; Mount C arm el, Mo., October!; Saint Louis, Mo., 

 October 5, and Gainesville, Tex., November 13. Thus its record west 

 of the Mississippi River was very regular. The last were seen at Elk 

 River, Minn., October 7; River Falls, Wis., October 13; Lanesboro, 

 Minn., October 18; Iowa City, Iowa, October 12; Fernwood, 111., Oc- 

 tober 14; Des Moines, Iowa, October 24; Mount Carmel, Mo., November 

 11, and on the latter date the last transients were seen at Saint Louis. 

 Their period of greatest abundance at Saint Louis was from October 9 to 

 October 26. Mr. Lloyd gives it as a spring migrant in Tom Green and 

 Concho Counties, Tex., while in southeastern Texas it is an abundant 

 winter resident (Nehrling), as it is at Boerne (Brown). 



656. Dendroica auduboni (Towns.). [96.] Audubon's Warbler. 



This Warbler, which is the western representative of the Yellow- 

 ruinp, migrates along the western border of the district from its winter 

 home in Mexico and southward. Colonel Goss, in his Catalogue of the 

 Birds of Kansas, mentions it as a not uncommon migrant in the west- 

 ern part of that State. In the spring of 1884 it was taken at San An- 

 gelo, Tex., May 3. Mr. Lloyd states that it is a tolerably common 

 spring and fall migrant in Tom Green and Concho Counties, Tex., where 

 he has killed it as late as October 20 (1886). 



In the spring of 1885 San Angelo, Tex., was the only station that re- 

 ported the migration of Audubon's Warbler. It was first noticed May 3. 



In the fall of 1885 it appeared at San Angelo, October 1. Mr. Lloyd 

 found this species common, November 3, at Fort Davis, Tex. 



657. Dendroica maculosa (GmeL). [97.] Magnolia Warbler; Blade and Yellow 



Warbler. 



This Warbler may breed in northern Minnesota, but no nests have 

 been found, and the bulk crosses the line. It is a rapid migrant. Rush- 

 ing up the Mississippi Valley in the spring of 1884^ from its winter home 



