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Baton Rouge region, October 26. Maine — ^Fryebiirg, September 18. 

 Massachusetts — Framingham, October 15; Marbleliead, November 7. 

 Rhode Island — Green Hill, September 17. Connecticut — Fairfield, 

 September 22, New York — Orient, Long Island, September 28. New 

 Jersey — Grantwood, Bergen County, November 8. Pennsylvania — 

 Renovo, October 4. Maryland — Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge, 

 October 3. District of Columbia — ^Washington, October 1 (average 

 of 10 years, September 14). West Virginia — Bluefield, October 8; 

 Mount Lookout, Nicholas County, November 9. Virginia — Lynch- 

 burg, October 10; Cape Henry, October 16 (average, September 20). 

 North Carolina — Raleigh, October 1 (average of 8 years, September 

 13). South Carolina — Charleston, November 11. Georgia — Savan- 

 nah and Atlanta, October 28. Alabama — Birmingham, October 22 

 (average of 10 years, October 8). Florida — Pensacola, November 8. 

 Cuba — Habana, September 24. 



Early dates of fall arrival are : Texas — Galveston, August 27. Ken- 

 tucky — Bowling Green, August 20. Mississippi — Deer Island, July 

 30. New York— New York City, July 19. Florida— Alligator Point, 

 July 19; Key West, September 19. Cuba — Habana, August 27. 

 Guatemala — Hacienda California, September 22. Honduras — ^near 

 Tela, September 3. Nicaragua — Escondido River, September 24. 

 Costa Rica — Guacimo, October 26. 



Egg dates. — Connecticut : 42 records, May 22 to June 15 ; 23 records, 

 May 27 to June 2, indicating the height of the season. 



Georgia : 10 records, April 30 to June 13 ; 5 records. May 6 to 31. 



New Jersey : 35 records, May 23 to June 14 ; 22 records, May 27 to 31. 



South Carolina : 10 records, April 25 to June 26 ; 6 records. May 7 

 to 18 (Harris). 



WILSONIA PUSILLA PUSILLA (Wilson) 

 V/ILSON'S PILEOLATED WARBLER 

 CONTEIBUTED BY WiNSOB MakEETT TTLEB 



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HABITS 



Wilson (1832) and Audubon (1941) knew little about Wilson's pileo- 

 lated warbler. Wilson apparently saw only a few migrating birds in 

 New Jersey and Delaware, and Audubon, although he "found the 

 birds abundant in Newfoundland," evidently did not discover its nest, 

 as he describes it "amongst the thick foliage of dwarf firs, not more 

 than from three to five feet from the ground." 



Spring. — ^Wilson's warbler is one of the less common transients 

 which pass through southern New England on the way to their more 



