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about three months during winter and, consequently, go to no great 

 distance." He was in one of his few errors here for the warbler is, 

 as we have abundantly seen, present in southeastern United States 

 through the whole of the winter. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — Southeastern United States to Panama and the West 

 Indies. 



Breeding range. — The yellow-throated warbler breeds north to 

 northern Illinois (Knoxville, Hennepin, Saint Charles, and possibly 

 Waukegan) ; northern Indiana (Elkhart and Waterloo) ; northern 

 and eastern Ohio (AVauseon, Sandusky, Cleveland, and Cadiz) ; 

 northern West Virginia (Doddridge County) ; northern Maryland 

 (Baltimore) ; and southern Delaware (Seaford and Frankford). Its 

 occurrence, without indication of breeding has been reported north to 

 Sigourney, Iowa; Lake Koshonong and Racine, Wis.; Kalamazoo, 

 Battle Creek, and Detroit, Mich. ; Frankfort Springs and Narberth, 

 Pa. ; Mamaroneck, N. Y. ; Hartford, Conn, ; and Dedham, Mass. East 

 to southeastern Delaware (Frankford) ; and the Atlantic coast to 

 central eastern Florida (Titusville). South to south-central and 

 western Florida (Titusville, Bassinger, Punta Rossa, Tarpon Springs, 

 St. Marks, and Pensacola) ; the Gulf coast of Mississippi and Louisi- 

 ana to eastern and central Texas (Port Arthur, Houston, Brazoria 

 County, San Antonio, and Ingram). West to eastern Texas (Ingram, 

 Austin, Waco, Rhome, and Gainesville) ; central Oklahoma (Dough- 

 erty, Oklahoma City, and Ponca City) ; southea.stern Kansas 

 (Neosha Falls), central Missouri (Columbia) ; and western Illinois 

 (Knoxville). 



The territory as outlined is occupied by two geographic races : the 

 eastern yellow-throated warbler {D. d. doniinica) breeds from Mary- 

 land southward and east of the mountains; the sycamore yellow- 

 throated warbler {D. d. aTbilora) breeds from the mountains westward. 



Winter range. — The two races appear not to mingle in winter. The 

 yellow-throated warbler winters north to northwestern Florida (Pen- 

 sacola and St. Marks) ; and casually to southern Georgia (Thomas- 

 ville and Brunswick). East to southeastern Georgia (Brunswick) ; 

 the Bahamas (Watling and Great Inagua Islands) ; Dominican 

 Republic (Samana) ; Puerto Rico; and St. Thomas; casually to Mont- 

 serrat. South to Montserrat, casually; Haiti (Port au Prince) ; and 

 Jamaica. West to Jamaica; Grand Cayman; western Cuba (Isle of 

 Pines and Habana) ; and western Florida (Pensacola). 



The sycamore warbler winters regularly north to southern Sinaloa 

 (Mazatlan) ; Nayarit (Tepic) ; southern Veracruz (Tlacotalpan) ; 

 Yucatan (Progreso) ; and Quintana Roo (Cozumel Island). East to 

 Quintana Roo (Cozumel Island and Xcopen) ; British Honduras 



