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Winter range. — The Nashville warbler and races are found in winter 

 north to central Durango (Chacala) ; western Nuevo Leon (Monter- 

 rey) and southern Texas (Somerset and Matagorda County). East 

 to southern Texas (Matagorda County, Rio Hondo, and Brownsville) ; 

 eastern Puebla (Metlatoyuca) ; western Veracruz (Jalapa) ; Chiapas 

 (Chicharras) ; and central Guatemala (Barillos, Panajachel, and San 

 Lucas). South to Guatemala. West to western Guatemala (San 

 Lucas and Sacapulas) ; Oaxaca (Tehuantepec) ; Guerrero (Acapulco) ; 

 Colima (Manzanillo) ; and Durango (Durango and Chacla). 



The Nashville warbler has been recorded as wintering occasionally 

 in southern Florida, but in view of the extreme rarity of the species 

 in southeastern United States it seems best to consider the record hypo- 

 thetical until specimens are collected. 



Like other species that winter regularly in the Tropics, the Nashville 

 warbler can resist low temperatures as long as food is available. Evi- 

 dence of this is seen in the daily presence of one in a garden in New 

 York City from December 16, 1918, to January 9, 1919 (perhaps 

 longer) . Another was noted almost daily from January 1 to March 



1, 1938, at a feeding table in Arlington, Va. The latter bird was 

 caught and brought to the U. S- Biological Survey for confirmation of 

 the identification, and was banded. On January 31, 1890, a specimen 

 was picked up in Swampscott, Massachusetts, that had apparently been 

 killed by a shrike about two weeks before. 



The ranges as outlined apply to the entire species which includes 

 two geographic races ; the eastern Nashville warbler (F. r. ruftcapilla) 

 breeds from eastern Saskatchewan and Nebraska eastward; and the 

 western Nashville warbler ( V. r. ridgwayi) breeds west of the Rocky 

 Mountains. 



Migration. — Some early dates of spring arrival are : West Virginia — 

 French Creek, April 23. District of Columbia — Washington, April 

 20. Pennsylvania — Beaver, April 25. New York — Canandaigua, 

 April 25. Massachusetts — Taunton, April 24. Vermont — Rutland, 

 April 27. Maine — Presque Isle, May 2. Quebec — Kamouraska, May 



2. New Brunswick — Scotch Lake, May 8. Mississippi — Rosedale, 

 April 26. Tennessee — Memphis, April 16. Kentucky — Bardstown, 

 April 28. Indiana — ^Indianapolis, April 24. Ohio — Oberlin, April 

 19. Michigan — Ann Arbor, April 25. Ontario— Toronto, April 29. 

 Texas — San Antonio, March 27. Arkansas — Delight, April 14. Mis- 

 souri — St. Louis, April 21. Iowa — Davenport, April 26. Illinois — 

 Chicago, April 25. Wisconsin — Madison, April 25. Minnesota — 

 Red Wing, April 29. Manitoba — Winnipeg, May 2. Arizona — Tuc- 

 son, April 6. Montana — Missoula, April 25. Idaho — Coeur d'Alene, 

 April 29. California — ^Buena Park, March 3. Oregon — ^Prospect, 



