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ana — Indianapolis, November 16. Ohio — Toledo, November 11. Ken- 

 tucky — Versailles, October 27. Newfomidland — Tompkins, October 

 4. Prince Edward Island — North Kiver, September 15. Quebec — 

 Hatley, October 16, New Brunswick — Scotch Lake, October 29. 

 Nova Scotia — Yarmouth, October 15. Maine — Portland, October 27. 

 Vermont — Wells River, October 27. Massachusetts — Martha's Vine- 

 yard, November 21. New York — Orient, November 18. Pennsylva- 

 nia — ^Jeffersonville, November 13, District of Columbia — ^AVashing- 

 ton, November 20. West Virginia — Bluefield, November 15. 



Banding. — While not many palm warblers have been banded, a few 

 interesting records have been obtained. A western palm warbler was 

 banded on October 9, 1932, at North Eastham, Cape Cod, Mass. ; and 

 seven weeks later, November 28, 1932, it was caught in a house at 

 Point Verde, Placentia, Newfoundland, almost 900 miles northeast of 

 the place of banding. 



A yellow palm warbler banded at Elmhurst, Long Island, N. Y., on 

 October 13, 1932, was found on January 15, 1933, at Dunn, N. C. 



A palm warbler banded at Homosassa Springs, Fla., on March 29, 

 1936, was recaptured at the same station on April 6, 1941. Another 

 banded at Coral Gables, Fla., on January 17, 1943, returned to the 

 station the following fall on October 26. 



Casual records. — A palm warbler was collected at the west base of 

 the Steens Mountains in Oregon on September 26, 1913. Two speci- 

 mens have been taken in California : at Pacific Grove on October 9, 

 1896, and on the shore of Ferguson Lake, Imperial County, on Sep- 

 tember 22, 1942. One was collected in Baja California, at Chapala, 

 on October 16, 1930. A specimen collected September 18, 1915, at 

 Bernard Harbor, on the shore of Dolphin and Union Straits, Mac- 

 kenzie, is the northernmost record to date. 



The palm warbler has twice been recorded in Colorado: one was 

 observed in Denver on June 20, 1891, and a specimen was collected at 

 Limon, Lincoln County, on May 13, 1947. In Otero County, N, Mex,, 

 near the White Sands National Monument, a lone palm warbler was 

 collected on December 6, 1935, Several specimens have been collected 

 in Bermuda : December 17, 1847 ; December 3, 1848 ; September 4, 1899 ; 

 October 3, 1902; November 14, 1903; and March 15, 1937. 



Egg dates. — Alberta : 6 records, May 30 to June 16. 



New Brunswick : 16 records. May 28 to June 21 ; 10 records, June 

 3 to 9. 



Nova Scotia : 20 records. May 18 to June 8 ; 15 records, ]\Iay 20 to 31. 



Quebec: 17 records, June 5 to July 1; 13 records, June 7 to 15 

 (Harris). 



