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Illinois southward to Florida and the Gulf States. Dr. Chapman 

 (1907) writes: "The pine barrens of Florida have no more charac- 

 teristic bird than this abundant Warbler. Even on frosty mornings 

 one may hear its trilled monotone rising distinctly above the accom- 

 paniment of Palm Warbler chips, Bluebird whistles, and Nuthatch 

 chatter. By February 1 they are singing in numbers and to one who 

 is much in the pines, their voice becomes as much an audible ex- 

 pression of the mood of the trees as the sighing of the wind through 

 their branches." 



N. S. Goss (1891) says that in Kansas during the winter months, 

 "they seem to be as much at home in the deciduous trees as among the 

 pines, often visiting the orchards and lowland thickets. I found a 

 few wintering in the cypress swamps in eastern Arkansas, also in 

 Florida, where they are quite common, and usually in small flocks." 



Referring to the sandhills of North Carolina, Milton P. Skinner 

 (1928) writes: "During the winter these warblers are found in little 

 groups of from two to six individuals. Sometimes a single bird is 

 seen, but when that is the case it is almost always with other birds such 

 as Myrtle Warblers, Juncos, Hermit Thrushes, Bluebirds or White- 

 throated Sparrows. * * * Qn January 15, 1927, several were seen 

 foraging amid the fallen leaves and pine straw at the edge of a scrub 

 oak forest. Here they tore old oak leaves apart and devoured the eggs 

 and young of gall insects." 



DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — Southern Canada, the eastern United States and the 

 Bahamas. 



Breeding range. — The pine warbler breeds north to central Alberta 

 (Athabaska and Flat Lake; possibly Lac la Biche) ; central Saskatche- 

 wan (Wingard) ; southern Manitoba (Aweme and Winnipeg) ; 

 southern Ontario (Rainy River, upper Michipicoten River, Algonquin 

 Park, and Ottawa) ; and southern Quebec (Inlet P. O., Montreal, and 

 Chambley) ; it has also occurred but without evidence of breeding in 

 southeastern Quebec (Esquimaux Bay) ; Prince Edward Island; and 

 New Brunswick (Grand Manan and Fredericton). East to south- 

 eastern Quebec (Chambley) ; central southern Maine (Bangor and 

 Bucksport) ; and the Atlantic coast south to southern Florida (Miami 

 and Homestead) ; also the Bahamas. South to southern Florida 

 (Homestead and Long Pine Key) ; the Gulf coast of Florida, Ala- 

 bama, and Mississippi to southern Louisiana ( Madison ville and Bayou 

 Bara) ; and southeastern Texas (Sour Lake and Conroe). West to 

 eastern Texas (Conroe, Waskam, and Texarkana) ; southeastern Okla- 

 homa (Broken Bow and Wilburton) ; eastern Kansas (Hesston and 

 Bendena) ; northeastern Illinois (Riverside) ; southwestern Wisconsin 



