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St. Paul, October G. Iowa — Iowa City, October 15. Missouri — Co- 

 lumbia, October 20. Arkansas — Hot Springs, November 1. Wiscon- 

 sin — Beloit, October 19. Michigan — Blaney Park, October 8. On- 

 tario — Toronto, October 20, Ohio — Toledo, October 27. Indiana — 

 Indianapolis, October 2. Kentucky — Bowling Green, November 4. 

 Tennessee — Nashville, November 9. Newfoundland — Tompkins, Sep- 

 tember 18. New Brunswick — Scotch Lake, October 22. Quebec — 

 Montreal, October 6. Maine — Dover-Foxcroft, October 27. Ver- 

 mont — Wells Eiver, October 19. Massachusetts — Marthas Vineyard, 

 October 25. New York — Rhinebeck, October 20. Pennsylvania — Phil- 

 adelphia, November 4. District of Columbia — Washington, Novem- 

 ber 5. West Virginia — Bluefield, October 27. Virginia — Lawrence- 

 ville, November 13. North Carolina — Weaverville, November 24. 



Early dates of fall arrival are : Minnesota — Lanesboro, August 24. 

 Iowa — Hillsboro, August 23. Ohio — Oberlin, September 12. Il- 

 linois — Glen Ellyn, September 10. Arkansas — Monticello, August 29. 

 Louisiana — Thibodaux, August 21. Mississippi — Oxford, October 2. 

 District of Columbia — Washington, September 6. Virginia — Naruna, 

 August 12. South Carolina — Charleston, October 23. Georgia — 

 Round Oak, October 7. Alabama — Greensboro, October 23. Flor- 

 ida — Pensacola, September 21. Mexico — Guerrero, Taxco, October 10. 

 Guatemala — Tecpan, October 10. 



Egg dates. — Arizona : 15 records. May 20 to July 9. 



California : 100 records, April 26 to July 9 ; 52 records, May 20 to 

 June 6, indicating the height of the season. 



Massachusetts : 57 records, May 14 to July 29 ; 32 records. May 30 

 to June 18. 



North Carolina : 16 records, April 12 to June 16 ; 8 records, April 18 

 to May 9. 



Washington : 37 records, May 1 to July 3 ; 20 records, June 3 to 16. 



VIREO SOLITARIUS ALTICOLA Brewster 

 MOUNTAIN VIREO 

 HABITS 



The mountain vireo deserves its name as an inhabitant of the moun- 

 tains and adjacent valleys of the Appalachian Mountain system, the 

 most typical birds being found in western North and South Carolina, 

 eastern Tennessee, and northern Georgia. The 1931 Check-list extends 

 the range northward to Maryland, but probably alticola intergrades 

 with typical soUtaHus somewhere in Maryland, the Virginias, and 

 Pennsylvania. Prof. Maurice Brooks, in some notes he has sent me, 

 points out the folly of trying to define too closely the ranges of sub- 

 species by "creating an artificial barrier on the political boundary 

 made famous by Mason and Dixon. * * * The situation as re- 



