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292* Ilelminthojyhiln j^eref/i'lna (Wils.). Tennessee 



Warbler. 



Breeding Range — Maine and northern New York to Hudson Bay. 

 Winter Distribution — Through eastern^Mexico to northern S. A. 



Rare migrant, apparently more common in fall. Specimens have 

 been taken recently as follows : 



Germantown, Philadelphia, May 21, 1890, F. H. Brown (^Coll. W. Stone). 

 Haddonfield, N. J., September 14, 1891, S. N. Rhoads (2 specimens). 

 West Chester, Pa., September 15, 1891, Josiah Hoopes (3 specimens). 



293. Compsotlilypis a^nerlcana (Linn.). Parula 



Warbler. 



Breeding Range — Throughout eastern U. S. and Canada, in suitable 



localities. 

 Winter Distribution — Southern Florida, West Indies and eastern 

 Mexico and Guatemala. 



Abundant migrant, April 30-May 20 and September 10-Octo- 

 ber 1. Breeds abundantly in the deep cedar swamps of the New 

 Jersey Pine Barren region where the " Beard Moss " ( Usnea bar- 

 bata), of which it constructs its nest, abounds. Numerous nests have 

 been collected in various parts of Cape May, Atlantic and Cumber- 

 land counties {Reed, Wilde, Stone, etc.). 



In the swamps of the northern part of Pennsylvania it is also said 

 to breed ( IVarren's Report), and also in the lower Susquehanna 

 Valley (Stone), and once in Delaware county {Parle?; 0. Sf 0., 

 188G). In fact it may be looked for wherever there is an abundance 

 of the Usnea. 



294:. Uendroica tig r ina (GyiEh.). Cape May Warbler. 



Breeding Range — Northern New England to Hudson Bay (also moun- 

 tains of Jamaica.) 

 Winter Distribution — Greater Antilles. 



Rare transient ; api)arently more common some years than others. 

 Specimens have been taken in tlie vicinity of Philadelphia during 

 the past few years as follows : 



Germantown, Phila., May 21, 1888, Stewardson Brown {Coll. W. Stone). 

 " " Sept. 23, 1889, Herbert Brown. " 



" " May 12, 1890, Stewardson Brown. " 



Chester Co., Pa., May 12, 1891, Witmer Stone. " 



Conshohocken, Pa., May 13, 1892, Samuel Wright. 



