CAPE MAY AVARBLER. 



Nests which have been actually taken since that time. 

 but elsewhere, were found in evergreen trees, but not far 

 from the ground. 



Just what the breeding habits of the Cape May Warb- 

 ler were in the coniferous forests about Lake Umbagog. 

 where it was once so abundant as a summer visitor, we 

 may never know, for Mr. Brewster, who has visited this 

 region constantly, tells me that he has not found this warb- 

 ler anywhere in Northern New England since 1S79. 

 Some birds may, however, still breed in the extreme 

 northern portion of Maine. 



Song. The Cape May Warblers which I found on 

 the Island of Eleuthera, Bahamas, were singing about the 

 first of Mav. The sono^ is a livelv, but not loud, warble, 

 characteristic enough to be distinguished from that of 

 other warblers, but rather difficult to describe in words. 



Migration and Breeding Range. Breeds from 

 Northern New England northward. Migrates south in 

 early September. They appeared at W^atsontown, Penn- 

 sylvania, September third, 1879, and continued to pass 

 until the twenty-second of the month, at which date I 

 saw a few. Winters in Key West, Florida, where it is 

 not verv common, Bahamas, where it is rather uncom- 

 mon, but abundant on Inagua ; also common in Jamaica ; 

 reported from the other of the Greater Antilles and St. 

 Croix. Mio;rates throuQrh the Bahamas on its wav north 

 during the last two weeks in April. The males about all 

 disappeared by May first, but the females remained com- 

 mon until about the third, and I found one single spec- 

 imen as late as May fifth, 1897, on Salt Key among 

 other migrating warblers. Occurs in Florida in spring- 

 about the same time as it is found on the Bahamas. I 

 got a single specimen at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, May 

 10, 1876. If it occurs in Massachusetts at all, it should 

 be looked for about the middle of Mav. 



