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for there is not even a suggestion of a yellow tinge on the breast 

 — pure white from bill to tail, and wingbands broadly yellow. 

 I secured him on May 12; was attracted to it by its song, which, 

 though similar in character to that of the Blue-wing, was weaker 

 and varied — m.ost noticeably different." 



642. Helminthophila chrysoptera (Linn.). Golden-winged 

 Warbler. 



Motacilla chrysoptera. Sylvia chrysoptera. Vermivora chrysoptera. Ileli- 

 naia chrysoptera. Helminthophaga chrysoptera. 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern United States, north to Massachusetts, 

 southwestern Ontario, northern Michigan, central Wisconsin, 

 southern Minnesota; breeding from South Carolina in the 

 mountains, and from northern Nev/ Jersey, northern Indiana, 

 Illinois, eastern Nebraska northward and wintering in the 

 mountains of Central and South America from Nicaragua to 

 Colombia. 



In Missouri a fairly common transient visitant in the vicinity 

 of St. Louis, the bluffs of the Mississippi being the only locality 

 where the species has been found of regular occurrence in the 

 state. Mr. E. S. Currier considers the Golden-winged War- 

 bler a common transient at Keokuk and there is a record of its 

 occurrence in Shannon Co., April 25, 1905, by Mr. W. G. Savage. 

 The only record from western Missouri is by Mr. H. Nehrling, 

 who met with it in Lawrence Co., April 25, 1884. Mrs. Musick 

 reported the species as a summer resident at Mt. Carmel, 

 Audrain Co., in 1884, and it is very Hkely that it breeds sparingly 

 in northeastern Missouri. Mr. Currier took a set of eggs in Lee 

 Co., la., just across the state line, and Mr. O. C. Poling of Quincy 

 found it nesting in the Mississippi bottom. In eastern Illinois 

 it was once found breeding in the latitude of St. Louis, 38° 38', 

 in Richland Co. Singing males have been noted at St. Louis 

 as early as April 26, 27 and 28, but the bulk passes through 

 during the first half of May; last seen, May 22. At Keokuk 

 they were observed once as early as April 22, 1894. They begin 

 to withdraw from the breeding grounds early in August and pass 

 through Missouri in the latter part of August and early in 

 September, but do not stop over long and are therefore easily 

 overlooked. Latest date at St. Louis, September 15, 1905; 

 males in full plumage. 



