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several among the shrubbery about the outlying cottages, all within 

 a hundred yards of the Caribbean Sea. It has been recorded a number 

 of times from the Canal Zone, but it is not common there. It is almost 

 always seen in the vicinity of water." 



Winter. — Apparently the main winter range is in Colombia and 

 perhaps Venezuela. Keferring to Magdalena, Colombia, P. J. Darling- 

 ton, Jr. (1931), writes: "The Prothonotary Warbler swarms during 

 the winter in the mangroves at Sevillano and in the fresh swamps at 

 Cienaga. It was seen also in bushes on the sea beach at Donjaca Sep- 

 tember 15, and along the Rio Frio River in the edge of the foothills, 

 where it was especially common in Februaiy. The birds usually occur 

 near water, but numbers were noted again and again in yellow-flower- 

 ing, acacia-like trees on the border of stump land and dry forest, far 

 from water." 



DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — Eastern United States to northwestern South America. 



Breed'mg range. — ^The prothonotary warbler breeds north to south- 

 eastern Minnesota (Cambridge, Lake Pekin, and La Crescent) ; cen- 

 tral Wisconsin (New London and Shiocton) ; southern Michigan 

 (Hesperia, Lansing, and Ann Arbor) ; northern Ohio (Toledo and 

 Cleveland) ; extreme southern Ontario (Rondeau) ; western New York 

 (Buffalo and Oak Orchard) ; northern West Virginia (Parkersburg) ; 

 central Maryland (Seneca and Bowie) ; and southern Delaware (Gum- 

 boro). East to southern Delaware (Gumboro) ; eastern Virginia 

 (Dyke, near Alexandria, and Dismal Swamp) ; and the Atlantic 

 coast to central Florida (Lake Gentry and Padgett Creek). South 

 to central Florida (Padgett Creek and possibly Puntarossa) ; the 

 Gulf coast to southeastern Texas (Cove, Houston, and Bloomington). 

 West to central Texas (Bloomington, Fort Worth, and Gainesville) ; 

 central Oklahoma (Norman and Oklahoma City) ; eastern Kansas 

 (Emporia and Manhattan); northwestern Iowa (Lake Okoboji) ; 

 and southeastern Minnesota (Rochester, Red Wing, and Cambridge). 



The prothonotary warbler has been recorded as casual or accidental 

 west to southeastern Nebraska (Powell and Lincoln) ; southeastern 

 South Dakota (Yankton and Sioux Falls) ; and central Minnesota 

 (Brainerd). North to southern Ontario (London and Hamilton); 

 central New York (Ithaca) ; Massachusetts (Northampton, Amherst, 

 and Concord) ; New Hampshire (Concord) ; and Maine (Matinicus 

 Island and Calais) . 



Winter range. — The winter home of the prothonotary warbler is in 

 Central America and northwestern South America where it has been 

 found north to northwestern Costa Rica (Bolson) ; Nicaragua (Escon- 

 dido River). East to northwestern Venezuela (Merida and Encon- 



