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Winter range. — In winter the catbird is found north to southern 

 Texas (Brownsville, Matagorda, and Cove, rarely to Giddings) ; 

 southern Louisiana (Cheniere au Tigre and Southport) ; Mississippi 

 (Edwards and Biloxi) ; Alabama (Mobile) ; southern and eastern 

 Georgia (Fitzgerald, St. Mar3^s, and Savannah) ; eastern South Caro- 

 lina (xliken and Charleston) ; and eastern North Carolina (Washing- 

 ton and Lake Mattamuskeet). East to North Carolina (Lake Mat- 

 tamuskeet and Ocraeoke) ; the Bahamas (Abaco and Wattling 

 Islands) ; western Cuba (Habana, Santiago de los Banos, and Isle of 

 Pines) ; Cayman Islands, Nicaragua (near Bluefields) ; Costa Rica 

 (Limon and Cauita) ; and western Panama (Almirante, and casually 

 to the Canal Zone). South to Panama. West to Panama (Almirante 

 region) ; eastern Costa Rica (Giiacimo) ; central Nicaragua (San 

 Rafael del Norte) ; central Guatemala (Los Amates and Coban) ; 

 Tabasco (Frontera) ; Veracruz (Mirador) ; Nuevo Leon (near Lin- 

 ares) ; and Texas (Brownsville and Giddings) . 



The catbird has been found in winter occasionally as far north as 

 southern New Hampshire, southern Michigan, northern Iowa, and 

 Salt Lake County, Utah. 



Migration. — Some late dates of spring departure from the winter 

 home are: Panama — Almirante, April 23. Nicaragua — Bluefields, 

 April 17. Honduras — Tela, April 22. Guatemala — Oaxactum, April 

 27. San Luis Potosi — Tamazunchale, April 28. Cuba — Habana, 

 May 1. Bahamas — Berry Island, April 20. Texas — Somerset, May 

 9. Louisiana — New Orleans, May 13. Mississippi — Biloxi, May 20. 

 Florida — Daytona Beach, May 3. 



Some early dates of spring arrival are: Alabama — Birmingham, 

 April 15. Georgia — Savannah, March 14. South Carolina — Co- 

 lumbia, April 5. North Carolina — Winston-Salem, March 29. Vir- 

 ginia — Lexington, April 6. District of Columbia — ^Washington, 

 March 21. West Virginia — French Creek, April 17. Pennsylvania — 

 Beaver, April 21. New York — Rochester, April 18. Massachusetts — 

 Dennis, April 3. Vermont — Rutland, April 27. Maine — Lewiston, 

 May 2. Nova Scotia — Wolfville, May 12. Quebec — Quebec, May 10. 

 New Brunswick — Scotch Lake, May 13. Arkansas — Helena, April 

 12. Tennessee — Knoxville, April 5. Kentucky — Bowling Green, 

 April 9, Missouri — St. Louis, April 6. Ohio — Oberlin, April 13. 

 Ontario — Toronto, April 22. Indiana — Terre Haute, April 23. 

 Michigan — Ann Arbor, April 12. Iowa — Ames, April 25. Wiscon- 

 sin — Madison, April 23. Minnesota — Duluth, May 1. Manitoba — 

 Winnipeg, May 5. Oklahoma — Tulsa, March 13. Kansas — April 25. 

 South Dakota — Vermilion, April 29. North Dakota — Cando, May 

 16. Saskatchewan — Indian Head, May 3. Colorado — Boulder, May 

 9. Wyoming — Cheyenne, May 12. Montana — Great Falls, May 5. 

 Alberta — Camrose, May 12. British Columbia — Sumraerland, May 16. 



