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August 29, 1934. Ecuador— Pastaza Valley, below Banos, October 



17. 1939. 



"Liate dates of spring departure from Central America are : Costa 

 Kica— Basin of El General, February 23, 1936, March 10, 1939, March 



26. 1940, March 3, 1942, March 18, 1943 ; Vara Blanca, March 13, 1938; 

 Guayabo (Carriker), March 30; Juan Vinas (Carriker), March 21. 

 Honduras— Tela, April 22, 1930. Guatemala— Motagua Valley, near 

 Los Amates, April 17, 1932; Sierra de Tecpan, February 20, 1933." 



The bird has a wide winter range, as shown above. Dr. Thomas 

 Barbour (1943) speaks of it thus in Cuba: "Common in woods and 

 thickets. A few arrive in August, and by September they are very 

 abundant, especially in the overgrown jungles about the Cienaga." 



Edward S. Dingle (MS.) has sent to A. C. Bent a remarkable winter 

 record of a black-and-white warbler seen on Middleburg plantation, 

 Huger, S. C, on January 13, 1944. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — Canada to northern South America. 



Breeding range. — The black-and-white warbler breeds north to 

 southwestern Mackenzie, rarely (Simpson and Providence; has been 

 collected at Norman) ; northern Alberta (ChipewyanandMcMurray) ; 

 central Saskatchewan (Flotten Lake, probably Grand Rapids, and 

 Cumberland House) ; southern Manitoba (Duck Mountain, Lake St. 

 Martin, Winnipeg, and Indian Bay) ; central Ontario (Kenora, Pag- 

 wachuan River mouth, and Lake Abitibi ; has occurred at Piscapecassy 

 Creek on James Bay, and at Moose Factory) ; southern Quebec (Lake 

 Tamiskaming, Blue Sea Lake, Quebec, Mingan, and Mascanin; has 

 occurred at Sandwich Bay, Labrador) ; and central Newfoundland 

 (Deer Lake, Nicholsville, Lewisport, and Fogo Island). East to 

 Newfoundland (Fogo Island and White Bear River) ; Nova Scotia 

 (Halifax and Yarmouth) ; the Atlantic coast to northern New Jersey 

 (Elizabeth and Morristown) ; eastern Pennsylvania (Berwyn) ; Mary- 

 land (Baltimore and Cambridge) ; eastern Virginia (Ashland and 

 Lawrenceville) ; North Carolina (Raleigh and Charlotte) ; South 

 Carolina (Columbia and Aiken) ; and central Georgia (Augusta and 

 Milledgeville). South to central Georgia (Milledgeville) ; south cen- 

 tral Alabama ( Autauga ville) ; north-central Mississippi (Starkville 

 and Legion Lake) ; northern Louisiana (Monroe; rarely to southern 

 Louisiana, Bayou Sora) ; and northeastern and south-central Texas 

 (Marshall, Dallas, Classen, Kerrville, and Junction) . West to central 

 Texas (Junction and Palo Dura Canyon) ; central Kansas (Clear- 

 water) ; central-northern Nebraska (Valentine) ; possibly eastern 

 Montana (Glasgow) ; central Alberta (Camrose, Glenevis, and Lesser 



