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escens, I am unable to state exactly when the first arrive in spring 

 and autumn. But I took perfectly typical adult males on May 

 3, 1902, and October 10, 1900; intermediates are, however, more 

 numerous in both spring and autumn. October 4, 1901, I se- 

 cured three males which approach cairnsi more closely than cce- 

 rulescens. 



An adult male taken October 10, 1900, has the outer webs 

 (near the tip) of the first five primaries in each wing widely mar- 

 gined with white, while the first primary is margined with white 

 throughout its entire length. I am unable to find this character 

 mentioned in any w^ork on this form, with the exception of a note 

 by Mr. Leverett M. Loomis^ on D. ccerulescens [D. c. cairnsi] 

 in which he mentions that a specimen taken October 2, 1888, has 

 "the exterior edges of several of the outer primaries, near their 

 extremities, whitish, constituting a rather distinct area when the 

 wing is closed." 



This race breeds in the higher mountains of North Carolina 

 and northward to Pennsylvania. 



259. Dendroica coronata (Linn.). Myrtle Warbler; 

 Yellow-rumped Warbler; Yellowrump. 



This winter visitant is the commonest of all the warblers which 

 occur on or near the coast. I have often seen thousands in a 

 day on the mainland as well as upon the coast islands, where 

 they frequent myrtle bushes and feed upon the berries in late 

 autumn and winter. At certain hours during the morning and 

 afternoon in the winter months the birds, after feeding, fly in 

 large flocks to pine woods to rest, returning again in large flocks 

 to their favorite myrtle bushes and trees to feed upon the berries. 

 On most of the coast islands the myrtle predominates in certain 

 restricted areas, and it is upon these islands that the birds are 

 most numerous. 



My earliest record is October 6, and I have observed the Myr- 

 tle Warbler at Hardeeville, near the Savannah River, as late as 

 May 2. It, therefore, remains on the coast for nearly seven 

 months. The spring plumage is acquired between April 9 and 

 19, but most of the birds migrate before the change takes place, 

 which is proved by the almost entire absence of the birds from 

 places where they were abundant during the latter half of March. 



^Auk, X, 1893, 154. 



