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years for southern Minnesota, August 22). Wisconsin — Kacine, 

 August 16. Iowa — Emmetsburg, August 13. Ontario — Toronto, 

 August 5. Michigan— Sault Ste. Marie, July 29. Ohio— Dayton 

 region, August 12 (average for central Ohio, August 27) . Indiana — 

 Richmond, August 15. Illinois— Chicago region, August 3 (average, 

 August 19). Missouri— St. Louis, August 15. Tennessee— Lebanon, 

 August 21. Arkansas— Winslow, August 26. Mississippi— Gulf port, 

 August 30. Louisiana — Saint Francisville, August 13. Massachusetts 

 — Northampton and Belmont, August 2. Connecticut — Fairfield, 

 August 11. New York — New York City, August 6. New Jersey- 

 Essex County, August 2; Union County, August 10 (average, August 

 16). Pennsylvania — Pittsburgh, July 25 and 27. Maryland— Middle 

 Eiver, August 7. District of Columbia — ^Washington, July 31 (aver- 

 age of 15 years, August 19) . West Virginia — Bluefield, August 13. 

 Virginia — Charlottesville, July 24 (average, August 14). North 

 Carolina — Chapel Hill, August 29. Georgia — Atlanta, August 6. 

 Alabama — Leighton, August 18. Mexico — Tamaulipas, Matamoros, 

 August 19. Guatemala — Colomba, Quezaltenango, September 23. El 

 Salvador — Lake Olomega, September 1. Costa Rica — San Miguel de 

 Desamparados, September 14. Panama — ^Almirante, September 22. 

 Colombia — Chicoral, October 12. Ecuador — below Oyacachi, August 

 9. Peru — Huachipa, October 1. 



Egg dates. — Maine : 10 records, May 30 to June 21. 



New York : 25 records. May 25 to June 26 ; 15 records, June 1 to 8. 



Pennsylvania: 19 records. May 27 to June 25; 12 records. May 

 30 to June 8 (Harris). 



SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA RUTICILLA (Linnaeus) 



SOUTHERN AMERICAN REDSTART 



Plates 81-83 



HABITS 



Contributed by Axfred Otto Gross 



The southern redstart is one of the commonest warblers in New 

 England, perhaps second in abundance only to the yellow warbler. 

 It is a resident of our forests, but unlike the ground-inhabiting oven- 

 bird it is strictly an arboreal species and is much more frequently seen. 

 Because of the brilliant, contrasting colors of the male and its extreme 

 vivaciousness it is better known, and to many it has proven to be a 

 favorite warbler. The bright flashes of orange-red which it proudly 

 displays in its frequently spread tail and fluttering wings has sug- 

 gested to the imaginative Cubans the beautiful name Candelita, the 



