BLUE-WINGED WARBLER 65 



DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — Eastern United States to Panama. 



Breeding range. — ^The blue-winged warbler breeds north to south- 

 eastern Minnesota (Lanesboro) ; southern Wisconsin (Mazomanie, 

 Prairie du Sac, and Glarus) ; northeastern Illinois (Rockford, Deer- 

 field, and La Grange) ; southern Michigan (possibly Hastings, and 

 Ann Arbor) ; northern Ohio (Toledo, Lakeside, Cleveland, and Aus- 

 tinburg) ; southern Pennsylvania (Carlisle) ; southern New York 

 (Ossining and Wlialey Lake) ; and Massachusetts (Springfield and 

 Sudbury). East to eastern Massachusetts (Sudbury and Lexing- 

 ton) ; Connecticut (Westfield and Saybrook) ; Long Island (Mastic 

 and Oyster Bay) ; New Jersey (Demarest, Morristown, and Eliza- 

 beth) ; southeastern Pennsylvania (Tinicum and Berwyn) ; probably 

 occasionally in northern Maryland (Cecil County and Sabillasville) ; 

 eastern and central Ohio (Canfield and Columbus) ; east-central Ken- 

 tucky (Berea) ; central Tennessee (Nashville and Fall Creek) ; and 

 central northern Georgia (Young Harris). South to northern 

 Georgia (Young Harris, Margret, and Atlanta) ; northeastern Ala- 

 bama (Long Island) ; central Tennessee (Wildersville) ; and north- 

 western Arkansas (Pettigrew and Winslow). West to northwestern 

 Arkansas (Winslow and Fayetteville) ; west-central Iowa (Warrens- 

 burg) ; eastern Iowa (Lacey, Grinnell, Winthrop, and McGregor) ; 

 and southeastern Minnesota (Lanesboro) . The blue-winged warbler 

 has occurred in summer west to eastern Kansas (Emporia and Leaven- 

 worth) ; central-southern and eastern Nebraska (Red Cloud, Platts- 

 mouth, and Omaha) ; western Iowa (Sioux City) ; and north to Minne- 

 sota (Minneapolis) ; southern Ontario (Point Pelee, Strathroy, and 

 West Lake) ; central New York (Penn Yan and Auburn) ; and south- 

 ern New Hampshire (Manchester). 



Winter range. — The principal winter home of the blue-winged 

 warbler seems to be in Guatemala, though it has been recorded in 

 winter from the Valley of Mexico; Puebla (Metlatoyuca) ; Veracruz 

 (Tres Zapotes) ; to eastern Nicaragua (Rio Escondido and Greytown). 

 There is one winter record each from Costa Rica (Bonilla), Panama 

 (Port Antonio), and Colombia (Santa Marta Region). 



On January 6, 1900, a dead blue-winged warbler (apparently dead 

 from starvation) was picked up in Bronx Park, New York. It had 

 only recently died and in all probability was the bird seen on Decem- 

 ber 10, in the same region. 



Migration. — Late dates of spring departure are : Colombia — Santa 

 Marta Region, March 21. Veracruz — Jalapa, April 7. Florida — 

 Pensacola, April 25. Alabama — Guntersville, May 2. District of 



