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165. [65-i] Dcndraica avrnlem-em^ (Gmel.). Black-throated Blue Warbler. 

 Rather uncommon migrant. April 30 to May 13. September 1 to 

 October 4. 



MIGRATION RECORD. 



166. [655] Dc iKlroHHi. coroimlu {Ijimi.). Myrtle Warbler.* 



Common migrant and not rare winter resident. September 24 to 

 May 13. First in full plumage March 25, 1903. In winter this species 

 seems to prefer certain restricted localities; most of the individuals that 

 have been seen here in winter have been found in a dense pine and cedar 

 grove, but in the winter of 1902-1903, some were seen at two other places— 

 an open forest near a pond and an old orchard. 



Recorded as wintering in 1S82-3; 18S4-5; 1S85-G; 188C-7; 1891-2; 1892-3;. 

 1899-1900; 1900-01; 1902-3. 



The record of the appearance of individuals in different stages of 

 plumage for a year is as follows: those seen at intervals through January, 

 February and part of March were in the usual winter dress. On the 

 tenth of March (1903) the first change was noted. A single Yellowrump- 



