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necticut river basin on the east. I have no certain evidence of 

 its breeding in the southeastern section of the state, though it 

 may do so locally, and Dr. W. H. Fox has recorded ('84) tak- 

 ing an adult male at Hollis on June 25, 1883. Among the 

 White Mountains, it is found to breed sparingly among the 

 white pines in the river valleys so low as 520 feet at Intervale, 

 while higher on the mountains it is fairly common up to 3,000 

 feet above which it is practically the only Dendroica, except D. 

 striata, to occnr in any numbers. To the limit of scrub growth, 

 at 4,800 or 5,000 feet, it is generally distributed, and I have not- 

 ed it on numerous occasions at these upper levels on the Presi- 

 dential and Carter ranges. In September, this species is often 

 found in the valle}'S in considerable numbers, accompanying the 

 little flocks of Bluebirds and Chipping Sparrows, and frequently 

 is observed feeding with them on the ground, instead of fre- 

 quenting the woods with the hordes of other migrating war- 

 blers. 



Dates: Spring migration, April 23 to May 28 ; Summer; fall migra- 

 tion, September to October 23. 



215. Dendroica maculosa (Gmel.). Magnolia War- 

 bler. 



A common spring and fall migrant, and a rather common sum- 

 mer resident of the sub-Canadian fauna. It breeds in small 

 numbers among the spruce woods of Mt. Monadnock and local- 

 ly elsewhere in southern and western New Hampshire, being 

 here very strictly confined to the spruce growth. Among the 

 White Mountains, it is common along the streams and in the 

 damp thickets of spruce, hemlock, and fir, with an undergrowth 

 of deciduous bushes, and reaches the altitude of 3,000 feet 011 

 the mountain sides, above which, however, it is very rare or en- 

 tirely wanting. Mr. William Brewster ('77a) gives an account 

 of the habits of this bird as observed by him in New England, 

 wherein he states that he has found it generally distributed over 

 high and low country, alike, to the north of the White Moun- 

 tains, and notes its arrival at Umbagog already by the 25th of 

 May, 1876, while yet " not a leaf had unfolded, even in the most 



