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warblers to enter Missouri in the southeast. Its wiry notes were 

 heard in Dunklin Co. as early as March 10, 1894. On March 24, 

 1896, they were common songsters in Butler Co., but the neigh- 

 borhood of St. Louis is not reached before the second or third 

 week of April, earliest April 7, 1882 (Earliest for Vernon Co., 

 April 9, 1894; for Keokuk, April 26, 1902; for Shannon Co., 

 April 10, 1904; for Mt. Carmel, April 18, 1885; for Warrcnsburg, 

 April 13, 1874). During the latter part of April and first half 

 of May, transients are present in all parts of the state. Audubon 

 met with the species at Fort Leavenworth May 4, 1843, and 

 Dr. J. A. Allen at the same place about the same time in 1871. 

 It is reported from St. Joseph May 4, 1895, by Mr. S. S. Wilson. 

 Fall migration takes place all through September, and the species 

 is most common between the 10th and 20th; the last seen at 

 St. Louis September 29, 1887 and 1905, but in Dunklin Co. some 

 were present during the first week of October, 1895. v,i .. ^^ :i^ 



*637. Protonotaria citrea (Bodd.). Prothonotary Warbler. 



Motacilla citrea. Sylvia protonotarius. Verinivora protonotarius. Helinaia 

 protonotarius. Dacnis protonotaria. Sylvicola auricollis. Golden 

 Swamp Warbler. 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern United States, north to Virginia, south- 

 ern Ohio, Indiana, southern Michigan, northeastern lUinois, 

 southern Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, eastern Nebraska. 

 Breeds from northern Florida and the Gulf coast to eastern 

 Texas northward, and winters in Cuba, and through eastern 

 Mexico and Central America to Colombia, Venezuela antl 

 Trinidad. 



In Missouri a common summer resident in the large river val- 

 leys, chiefly that of the Mississippi, most abundant in the swamps 

 of the southeast, less common in the valleys of the Ozarks, but 

 occurring in every one, as well as in the western and northern 

 prairie region (Reported common at Warrensburg, Independ- 

 ence, and Vernon Co.). It is one of the first warblers to arrive 

 in spring, its entrance into the peninsula being welcomed as 

 early as the last day of March (1896). A few days later the fe- 

 males join them and pairs are seen entering holes in the second 

 week of April. To the central part of the state they do not come 

 before the third or fourth week of April, and to the northern 

 border about the first of May. The species withdraws from Mis- 

 souri pretty early in fall. The last date for St. Louis is Septem- 



