132 SYLTVICOLIDyE : AMERICAN WARBLERS. 



it is one of the most numerous of the Warblers. It is 

 a rather early spring migrant, appearing in numbers 

 usually about the middle of April, remaining in force 

 until the latter part of May, reappearing late in Sep- 

 tember, and loitering in undiminished abundance all 

 through October. Then those that are to pass south 

 take their departure, and the remainder settle in win- 

 ter-quarters. These remarks apply to the Alleghanian 

 and Carolinian Faunae, in which areas Dr. Brewer 

 has stated the Yellow-rump to be simply " migratory ; " 

 but the fact of its wintering regularly in southern New 



England is the most notable 

 point respecting its local dis- 

 tribution, attested by many 

 specific records. It has been 

 seen in winter in Swamp- 

 scott, Mass. ; I have found 

 it wintering in Marshfield, 

 Mass. ; " a few known to win- 



FiG. 32.-YELLOW-RUMPED War- ^q^ q^ ^ape Cod " (Allcil); 

 BLER. (Natural size.) f i\ /r /-< • • 



' Mr. Grinnell informs me he 

 has taken it every month during the entire winter" 

 (in Connecticut, Mcrriani) \ "I have several times, 

 in December and January, found them near Boston " 

 {Minot) ; etc. 



Entering the Canadian Fauna, the scene shifts to 

 present the Myrtle Bird as a summer resident of New 

 England, breeding numerously in the coniferous for- 

 ests of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. For 

 instance, it is common during the breeding season at 

 Upton, Me., where, according to Mr. Maynard, the 

 eggs are laid about the second week in June. "Three 

 nests were found by Mr. H. B. Bailey, on June 7th 



