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of August brings on hosts of these species and starts the Magnolias, Parulas, 

 Nashvilles, and Black-throated Green Warblers. September ushers in the 

 more northern species, the Canadians, Black-throated Blues and Blackburn- 

 ians, followed by the Blackpolls, Baybreasts, Myrtles, and Tennessees. In 

 general, the first to migrate are the Transition species, the next the Cana- 

 dian, and finally the Hudsonian. The Myrtle and Orange-crowned Warblers 

 that have not far to go, delay their leave-taking until October and occasion- 

 ally even until November. With the disappearance of these, the Warblers 

 are a memory until the first twitter of the Pine and the ringing notes of the 

 Louisiana Water- Thrush in early April announce that spring is well under way. 



A SLIM MEAL 

 The male Canadian Warbler is about to give a crane-fly to its young 



