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brook) ; Long Island (Newtown) ; northern New Jersey (Elizabeth 

 and Morristown) ; eastern Pennsylvania (Norristown and Philadel- 

 phia) ; northern Delaware (Wilmington) ; central Maryland (Balti- 

 more; rarely east of Chesapeake Bay) ; eastern Virginia (Cobham and 

 Dismal Swamp) ; central North Carolina (Chapel Hill and States- 

 ville) ; northwestern South Carolina (Caesars Head. Mount Pin- 

 nacle, and Sassafras Mountain) ; and northern Georgia (Brasstown 

 Bald and Atlanta). South to northern Georgia (Atlanta) ; central 

 Tennessee (Nashville and Wildersville) ; northern Arkansas (New- 

 port and Winslow) ; and, occasionally, extreme northern Texas (Bowie 

 County and Gainesville). West to northern Texas (Gainesville); 

 northeastern Oklahoma (Jay) ; and eastern Kansas (Lawrence). It 

 has been recorded in summer, but with no evidence of breeding, at 

 Red Cloud, Nebr., and at London and Vineland Station, Ontario. 



Winter range. — In winter the worm-eating warbler is found north 

 to southern Tamaulipas (Altamira) ; northern Florida, casually (Blue 

 Springs and Amelia Island), and the Bahamas (Abaco, Nassau, and 

 Great Inago). East to the Bahamas (Great Inago) ; Jamaica and 

 central Panama (Rio Chepo). South to Panama (Rio Chepo, Barro 

 Colorado, and Chiriqui). West to western Panama (Chiriqui) ; 

 Costa Rica (Escasu and Volcan Tonorio) ; El Salvador (Mount 

 Cacaguatique) ; Guatemala (Dueiias, Patulul, andNaranjo) ; southern 

 Chiapas (Huehuetan) ; western Veracruz (Jalapa) ; Hidalgo (Pa- 

 chuca) ; and southern Tamavdipas (Altamira). 



Migration. — Late dates of spring departure are: Panama — Darien 

 March 16. Costa Rica— El General, March 19. El Salvador— Barra 

 de Santiago, April 8. Guatemala — Patulul, April 2. Yucatan — 

 Merida, April 9. Cuba — Habana, May 1. Bahamas — Abaco, April 

 29. Florida — Seven Oaks, May 14. Georgia — Cumberland, May 7. 

 Alabama — Barachias, May 1. Mississippi — Biloxi, April 27. Louisi- 

 ana — ^Avery Island, April 23. 



Early dates of spring arrival are : Florida — Pensacola, March 26. 

 Georgia — Savannah, April 4. South Carolina — Mount Pleasant, 

 April 7. North Carolina — Bat Cave, April 16. Virginia — Richmond, 

 April 19. West Virginia — Morgantown, April 4. District of Colum- 

 bia — Washington, April 21. Pennsylvania — Beaver, April 29. New 

 York — Jones Beach, April 20. Louisiana — Grand Isle, April 3. Mis- 

 sissippi — Bay St. Louis, April 5. Tennessee — Chattanooga, April 15. 

 Kentucky — Bowling Green, April 3. Indiana — Brookville, April 17. 

 Ohio — Columbus, April 18. Texas — Brownsville, March 29. Mis- 

 souri — St. Louis, April 15. Iowa — Keokuk, April 21. 



Late dates of fall departure are: Missouri — St. Louis, September 

 20. Ohio — Austinburg, September 23. Kentucky — Middlesboro, 

 September 27. Tennessee — Athens, October 5. Mississippi — ^Biloxi, 



