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insula of Florida or using Cuba as a stopping place. At the southern end of 

 the Allegheny Mountains it is a common migrant, while it has been noted only 

 three times in Florida and only once in Cuba. 



Winter. — Dr. Alexander F. Skiitch contributes the following from 

 Costa Rica: "The magnolia warbler is one of the abundant winter 

 visitants of northern Central America. Although its known winter 

 range extends to Panama, it only rarely migrates so far south. I 

 have never seen the bird either in Panama or Costa Rica; nor did 

 Carriker have any record of it when he prepared his list of the birds 

 of the latter country. But in the Caribbean lowlands of Honduras and 

 Guatemala, it is common and widespread from October to April, 

 sharing with the yellow warbler the distinction of being the member 

 of the family most often seen during this period. While it appears 

 to be present in somewhat smaller numbers than in the Caribbean 

 region, it is still far from rare on the Pacific side of Guatemala. 

 Here I found it fairly abundant, during the winter months, on the 

 great coffee plantations between 2,000 and 4,000 feet above sea-level. 

 It was not uncommon in the bushy growth about the shores of Lake 

 Atitlan (4,900 feet) , at the end of October ; and I even found a few 

 among the pines and oaks at Huehuetenango, at an altitude of 6,600 

 feet in the western highlands, on November 12, 1934 ; but I am not at 

 all certain whether they remained so high during the cooler months 

 that followed. In its winter home, this sprightly bird lives singly 

 rather than in flocks. It frequents open groves, light second-growth 

 woodland, thickets, and the riverside vegetation, rather than the 

 heavy forest. 



"The magnolia warblers arrive in Guatemala and Honduras in 

 their dull winter dress, at the end of September or in October. By 

 early April, the males are in full nuptial attire, so bright and gay 

 that their approaching departure will deprive the region of one of its 

 most beautiful birds. They linger until the end of April; and I 

 have seen males as late as females. 



"Early dates of fall arrival in Central America are: Guatemala — 

 passim (Griscom), October 12; Colomba, September 30, 1934; Finca 

 Helvetia, October 6, 1934. Honduras— Tela, October 6, 1930. 



"Late dates of spring departure from Central America are: Hon- 

 duras — Tela, April 24, 1930. Guatemala — passim (Griscom), April 

 15; Motagua Valley, near Los Amates, April 30, 1932." 



Dickey and van Rossem (1938) record it for El Salvador as a — 



rare fall migrant, but common winter visitant and spring migrant in the Arid 

 Lower Tropical Zone. Although found from sea level to 3,500 feet, the species 

 is much more numerous below 2,000 feet than above that altitude. Dates of 

 arrival and departure are October 12 and April 24. * * * 



In December perhaps a dozen all told were seen on Mt. Cacaguatique, always 

 as single birds with small flocks of Tennessee and other warblers. By January 



