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Winter range. — In winter the short-billed marsh wren is confined to 

 the coastal region of southeastern United States and northeastern Mex- 

 ico from North Carolina (Cape Hatteras) south through South Caro- 

 lina and Georgia (Savannah and Macon) to southern Florida (Koyal 

 Pahn Hammock) ; west along the Gulf coast to Texas (Austin and 

 Brownsville) ; and south to Tamaulipas (Quijano) and southeastern 

 San Luis Potosi (Tamazunchale), Mexico. 



Spring migration. — Late dates of spring departure are : Florida — 

 Pensacola, April 25. Georgia — Athens, May 8. North Carolina — 

 Raleigh, May 4. Texas — College Station, April 23. Kansas — 

 Onaga, May 22. 



Early dates of spring arrival are: Georgia — Athens, April 10. 

 North Carolina — Chapel Hill, April 28. Pennsylvania — State Col- 

 lege, April 26. New York — Rochester, April 30. Massachusetts — 

 Wayland, May 2. Ohio — Painesville, May 2. Ontario — London, May 

 9. Indiana — Kendallville, May 1. Michigan — Battle Creek, April 

 30. Illinois — Chicago, April 21. Iowa — Grinnell, April 28. Wis- 

 consin — ^Madison, May 1. Minnestoa — Duluth, May 5. Kansas — 

 Manhattan, April 25. South Dakota — Vermilion, May 9. Mani- 

 toba — Aweme, April 29. 



Fall migration. — Late dates of fall departure are: Manitoba — 

 Aweme, October 2. South Dakota — Forestburg, October 5. Ne- 

 braska — Lincoln, September 27, Kansas — Lawrence, October 15. Min- 

 nesota — Minneapolis, October 6. Wisconsin — Racine, October 15. 

 Iowa — Keokuk, October 13. Michigan — Detroit, October 2. Illi- 

 nois — Glen Ellyn, October 17. Indiana — Waterloo, October 1. On- 

 tario — Ottawa, October 4. Ohio — Youngstown, September 17. New 

 York — Branchport, October 11. Pennsylvania — Carlisle, September 

 20. Massachusetts — Northampton, October 10. Connecticut — Fair- 

 field, October 7. North Carolina — Chapel Hill, October 7. 



Early dates of fall arrival are : Kansas — Onaga, August 7. Texas — 

 Corpus Christi, October 6. North Carolina — Chapel Hill, August 19. 

 Georgia — Athens, August 9. Florida — Fort Myers, September 29. 



Casual records. — A specimen was taken near Camrose, Alberta, on 

 September 19, 1927; a specimen was collected at Norway House, Mani- 

 toba, on June 20, 1900, that was possibly nesting but no nest was 

 found; a specimen was taken at Cheyenne, Wyoming, on April 14, 

 1889 ; a specimen collected 15 miles northeast of Mosca, Colo., in the 

 San Luis Valley, on October 23, 1907, is the first record from west of 

 the mountains ; in North Dakota several were noted in a meadow near 

 Kenmare in July 1913, possibly a breeding colony; near Pungo, Va., 

 several pairs were noted from May 17 to 20, 1932. Several records in 

 winter north of the normal range are : a specimen taken at Ann Arbor, 

 Mich., on January 15, 1938 ; a record from Jones Beach, Long Island, 



