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of the finches as soon as the
20^th of April - at which time you will
begin to meet with a few scatering warbler
but the grand procession will not be along
before the 1^st of May not varying three-five
days. In this joyous chipping, chitting,
chicking, fluttering, hopping, singing busy
throng of yellow, black green and blue
coated beauties, you will not find one
single Yellow-Rumped Warbler, for they
migrate at least two weeks before any other
species. They will have all gone north before
a single other ^{species of} warbler comes.

Look out for Cormorants. They are
abundant on the Miss. River. I should
like prime to have a specimen.

Look carefully to the Waders, Southern
Ill. is a good locality to procure waders.

You nead have no fears about the
warblers crossing the rivers to the