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Toledo, November 17. Newfoundland — Tompkins, October 4. 

 Prince Edward Island — North River, October 15. Quebec — Kamou- 

 raska, November 9. New Brunswick — Saint John, November 4. 

 Maine — Portland, November 9. New Hampshire — Durham, Novem- 

 ber 4. Massachusetts — Boston, November 27. New York — Brook- 

 lyn, November 22. Pennsylvania — Doylestown, November 29. 



Early dates of fall arrival are : Washington — Bellingham, Septem- 

 ber 28. Oregon — Thurston, October 5. California — Eureka, Octo- 

 ber 12. Wyoming — Yellowstone Park, August 25. North Dakota — 

 Fargo, September 8. South Dakota — September 15. Nebraska — 

 Fairbury, September 30. Kansas — ^Lawrence, September 26. Okla- 

 homa — Oklahoma City, October 12. Texas — Somerset, October 10. 

 Iowa — Grinnell, September 6. Missouri — St. Louis, September 17. 

 Illinois — Chicago, August 31. Indiana — Hobart, September 2. 

 Ohio — Austinburg, August 25. Kentucky — Bowling Green, Septem- 

 ber 14. Tennessee — Athens, October 3. Arkansas — ^Rogers, October 



4. Louisiana — Monroe, September 26. Mississippi — Edwards, Sep- 

 tember 22. New York — Rhinebeck, August 31. Pennsylvania — 

 Pittsburgh, September 8. District of Columbia — Washington, Sep- 

 tember 9. West Virginia — Bluefield, September 12. Virginia — 

 Naruna, September 22. North Carolina — Mount Mitchell, September 

 30. South Carolina — Spartanburg, September 21. Georgia — Round 

 Oak, October 10. Alabama — Anniston, October 8. Florida — New 

 Smyrna, October 4. Bahamas — Cay Lobos, November 22. Cuba — 

 Habana, November 17. Dominican Republic — San Juan, October 1. 

 Puerto Rico — Mayagiiez, December 14. Costa Rica — Carrillo, Octo- 

 ber 2. 



Banding. — The myrtle warbler comes rather more readily than other 

 warblers to banding traps, especially in winter, and so has yielded 

 several records of migration and of longevity for return to the place 

 of banding. A myrtle warbler banded at Elmhurst, Long Island, on 

 October 19, 1936, was recovered on December 9, 1936, at Awensdaw, 



5. C. One banded on October 2, 1932, at Fargo, N. D., w^as found dead 

 December 5, 1932, at Clarence, La. Another banded at Wilton, N. D., 

 on September 25, 1939, was found in January 1940 at Leola, Ark. One 

 banded on February 2, 1930, at Gastonia, N. C, was shot on December 

 25, 1930, at Kings Creek, Cherokee County, S. C. 



A banding station at Thomasville, Ga., obtained several records 

 indicative of the birds' tendency to return to the same wintering place. 

 Three birds banded in March 1920, were retrapped in February and 

 March of 1921. One banded February 24, 1921, was retrapped Feb- 

 ruary 5, 12, and 13, 1924, and found dead, apparently of starvation, 

 on the fifteenth. A myrtle warbler banded on February 28, 1917, was 

 retrapped in March 1920 and several times between March 1 and 17, 



