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and April 23, by the arrival of Brown Thrashers at Milwaukee, Lake 

 Mills, Leeds Center, Bipon, and Dnrand, Wis., and Minneapolis, Minn. 

 At Elk Eiver, Minn., the first was seen May 1. On the plains the ad- 

 vance was about two weeks later. Linwood, isebr,, was reached April 

 24; Huron, Dak., May 15; and Shell Eiver, Manitoba, May 23. 



In the fall of 1885 the last Brown Thrasher left Elk Eiver, Minn., 

 September 12; Des Moines, Iowa, September 16; Grinmll, Iowa, Sep- 

 tember 28; and Mount Carmel, Mo., October 10. At Saint Louis, Mo., 

 they were numerous from September 16 to 26; the bulk left September 

 29, and the last October 16. At Bonham, Tex., where they are com- 

 mon winter residents, the first came September 19, and they had be- 

 come common by November 19. 



706. Harporhynchus longirostris (Lafr.). [13a.] Long-billed Thrasher. 



An inhabitant of eastern Mexico and the valley of the Lower Eio 

 Grande in Texas, where it is an abundant resident (Merrill ; Sennett). 



707. Harporhynchus curvirostris (Swains.), [15.] Curve-billed Thrasher. 



The home of this species is on the table-lands of Mexico, and 

 thence north to the valley of the Eio Grande Eiver in Texas. It is a 

 common resident on the Lower Eio Grande, and is found as high up as 

 Eagle Pass, where it breeds abundantly. 



713. Campylorhynchus bninneicapillus'(Lafr.). [54.] Cactus Wren. 



In our district this species is found in western Texas only. At Eagle 

 Pass it is resident, and began nest-building February 26, 1884. 



In the fall of 1885 three specimens were secured at San Angelo, Tex., 

 which is a northern locality for the species. In May, 1886, Mr. Lloyd 

 found young at Saragossa P. O., Tex., which is in approximately the 

 same latitude as San Angelo, but farther west. He says that it is 

 probably resident on the plains in Tom Green County. 



715. Salpinctes obsoletus (Say). [58. J Rock Wren. 



The Eock Wren occurs from the Plains to the Pacific, and is supposed 

 to breed throughout most of its range. A few notes concerning it 

 were received from the western part of the district, and it is known 

 that the species migrates principally west of the 99th meridian. It 

 has been taken once in Decatur County, Iowa, and there is a record 

 that a " Canon Wren," probably this species, was shot among the 

 rocky bluffs of the river at Kansas City, Mo. In the western part of 

 Kansas it is found at Ellis as a common summer resident. At San An- 

 gelo, Tex., it was given merely as a winter resident, arriving from the 

 ^North September 10, in 1883, and leaving May 10, in 1884. Some dis- 

 tance southeast, near Boerne, a female was shot March 4, 1880 (Brown). 



717. Catherpes mexicanus (Strains.). [59.] White-throated Wren. 

 This Wren is resident in Mexico and southern Texas. 



717a. Catherpes rnexicanus conspersus Eidgw. [59a.] Canon Wren. 



The Cafion Wren inhabits the southwestern United States from west- 





