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Florida (Fensacola and Tallahassee) ; eastern Georgia (Fitzgerald and 

 Blackbeard Island; occasionally Milledgeville and Augusta); and the 

 coastal region of South Carolina (Charleston). It has been recorded 

 in midwinter at Collington Island, N. C, and Washington, D. C. 

 East to South Carolina (Charleston), the Bahama Islands (Abaco, 

 Caicos, and Great Inagua). South to the Bahamas (Great Inagua); 

 Cuba (Guantanamo and Isle of Pines) ; and Guatemala (Los Amates 

 and Alotenango). West to Guatemala (Alotenango, Sacapulas, and 

 Chanquejelve) ; Oaxaca (Juchitan); Guerrero (Chilpancingo) ; Lower 

 California (Cape San Lucas, Cedros Island, and San Telmo); and 

 California (Santa Catalina and Santa Cruz Islands, Santa Barbara, 

 and Muir Beach). 



The species as outlined has been divided into several subspecies or 

 geographic races. The eastern blue-gray gnatcatcher (P. c. caerulea) 

 breeds from Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas eastward; the 

 western gnatcatcher (P. c. amoenissima) breeds from California to 

 Colorado and south to northern Lower California and Sonora; the 

 San Lucas gnatcatcher (P. c. obscura) breeds in the southern half of 

 Lower California. 



Migration. — Late dates of spring departure are: Cuba — Habana, 

 May 13. Texas — Somerset, May 5. 



Some early dates of spring arrival are: North Carolina — Raleigh, 

 March 16. Virginia — Lawrenceville, March 21. West Virginia— 

 Bluefield, March 28. District of Columbia — Washington, March 6. 

 Pennsylvania — Waynesburg, April 6. New York — Brooklyn, April 

 8. Arkansas— Monticello, March 16. Tennessee — Nashville, March 

 12. Kentucky — Madisonville, March 27. Indiana — Bloomington, 

 March 22. Ohio — Cincinnati; March 29. Michigan— Ann Arbor, 

 April 11. Missouri— St. Louis, March 31. Iowa — Keokuk, April 12. 

 Wisconsin— Beloit, April 23. Minnesota — Minneapolis, April 18. 

 Oklahoma — Copan, March 20. Kansas — Independence, March 31. 

 Nebraska — Fairbury, April 6. 



Some late dates of fall departure are: Minnesota — Minneapolis, 

 September 7. Wisconsin — Madison, September 11. Iowa— Hills- 

 boro, September 15. Missouri— Columbia, September 18. Michi- 

 gan — Grand Rapids, October 5. Illinois — Rantoul, October 15. 

 Ohio — Toledo, October 5. Kentucky — Eubank, September 24. 

 Tennessee — Athens, October 6. Arkansas — Helena, October 28. 

 JSFew York — New York, September 10. Pennsylvania — McKeesport, 

 September 29. District of Columbia — Washington, September 13. 

 West Virginia — Bluefield, September 5. Virginia — Naruna, Septem- 

 ber 22. North Carolina —Chapel Hill, October 4. South Carolina — 

 Spartanburg, October 10. Georgia — Athens, October 17. Alabama — 

 Leighton, September 5. 



