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stato from October to April. The earlie.st date ofarrival dur- 

 ing- the past seven or eight years, was October 17, 18'J6, and 

 the last seen, April 27, 1897. 



277. Dendroica maculosa Gnu'l. M(uj)\i>Ha Wuihler. 



A very common migrant tiiroughout the state; arriving 

 on its spring migration in tlie beginning of April. In 1895 

 the last was noticed as late as May 2. During fall migratiou 

 the earliest arrival at Xew Orleans was September 17, 1897, 

 and in 189r> it was still extremely common, October 19. 



378- Dendroica rara \V lis. Cerulean Warbler. 



Fairly comnuni during migration; less common during the 

 summer. It breeds, however, in the statxi, and [ have found 

 it in Franklin and St. Tammany ]iarishes. It arrives iu 

 Marcli and leaves in October. 



279. Dendroica pennsylvanica Liiiii. Cheslniil-sided Warbler. 

 Fairly common during migration; arriving in Louisiana 



in the lirst days of April, and on the return voyage, in the fall, 

 it passes through the state in September. 



280. Dendroica castanea Wils. liay-brcasied Warbler. 



Like the preceding, only a migrant, and in its movement 

 it is also very much the same, with the exception that it 

 seems to tarry longer on its voyage. In spring, 1897, the 

 "last" [a pair] were noticed at New Orleans on May o. 



281. Dendroica striata Foist. Jilaelc-Poll Warbler. 



Fairly common during migration ; arriving in the begin- 

 ning of April, and returning in the fall about the end of Sep- 

 tember, the last being usually seen October 10. 



282. Dendroica blackburnise Gnicl. JUarldniriiian Warbler. 



This beautiful species is unfoituualely only a migrant iu 

 our state, and not a common one either. It enters Louisian.a 

 on its way north in A])ril, returning, during fall migration, 

 towards the end of September and October. The earliest ar- 

 rival for fall records for New Orleans was September 24, 

 1897; the latest October 9, ISiX). 



283. Dendroica dominica albilora Bairtl. Si/ea)ii(ire Warbler. 



A common summer resident and breeding throughout 

 the state. It l)e(;onu^s common from the J)th to the l.')th of 

 Man^h annually, but the earliest date of first arrival, so far, 

 is Feb. 27, 1897. It remaius with us until the latter part of 

 September, the ''last" being often observed on the 10th or 

 11th of October. 



