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found that some of the eggs, in two nests he was watching, had "been 

 punctured, as if by an awl, " and afterward saw a long-billed marsh 

 wren puncture the remaining eggs; apparently the contents of the 

 eggs were not eaten by the wren. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Breeding range. — Central America, the United States and southern 

 Canada. East to New Brunswick (St. John) ; Maine (Portland) ; 

 Massachusetts (Essex County); New York (Rockaway) ; New Jersey 

 (Cape May) ; District of Columbia (Washington) ; North Carolina 

 (Pea Island and Lake Ellis) ; South Carolina (Charleston and Frog- 

 more) ; Florida (Titusville) ; and Porto Rico (San Juan) . South to 

 Porto Rico (San Juan) ; Jamaica (Port Henderson) ; southwestern 

 Guatemala (Duenas); and central Mexico (Toluca and Lake Patz- 

 €uaro). West to western Mexico (Mazatlan); Lower California 

 (Pm'issima) ; California (Santa Monica and Stockton) ; and Oregon 

 (TuleLake). North to Oregon (Tule Lake); North Dakato (Ken- 

 mare) ; Minnesota (White Earth and Minneapolis) ; Michigan (Grand 

 Rapids and Detroit) ; southern Ontario (Mildmay, Coldwater, Toronto, 

 and Ewart) ; and New Brunswick (St. John) . 



It has also been recorded in summer from Nova Scotia (Halifax) ; 

 Panama (Lion Hill Station) ; Southern Saskatchewan (Crane Lake) ; 

 Manitoba (Lake Manitoba and Shoal Lake) and from Quebec. 



Winter range. — Florida, islands of the Caribbean Sea and Central 

 and South America south to Patagonia. East to Florida (Micanopy) ; 

 the Bahama Islands (Nassau) ; Cuba (Isle of Pines) ; British Guiana 

 (Georgetown) ; and Brazil (Iguape) . South to Paraguay (Asuncion) ; 

 and Chile (Valdivia) . West to Peru (Lima) ; central Mexico (Valley 

 of Mexico and Lake Patzcuaro) ; to the west coast (Tepic). North 

 to central Arizona (Fort Verde, Yavapai County) ; Florida (Mican- 

 opy) ; and Georgia (Athens) . 



Belated migrants or winter stragglers have been seen or taken at 

 points much farther north: Rhode Island (Providence, March 1 and 

 February 28, 1881); Nova Scotia (Halifax, March 16, 1896); Michi- 

 gan (Detroit, November 6, 1919); and Ontario (Point Pelee, Novem- 

 ber 28, 1894). 



Spring migration. — Early dates of arrival are: Georgia, Savannah, 

 March 6; South Carolina, Frogmore, April 5; North Carolina, Man- 

 teo, April 20; District of Columbia, Washington, April 27; Pennsyl- 

 vania, Limerick, April 22; New Jersey, Long Beach, April 1, and 

 Camden, April 22; New York, near New York City, April 10, Rhine- 

 beck, May 13, and Rochester, May 6; and Massachusetts, Essex 

 County, April 15. In the Mississippi Valley: Louisiana, Rigolets, 

 March 11, and New Orleans, April 9; Missouri, Jonesburg, April 20, 



