WARBLERS 541 



While Maine is the only State where this species has been 

 found nesting, I would be inclined to predict that careful 

 search of suitable localities in northern New Hampshire and 

 Vermont will show that they nest there also, and thence north- 

 ward into Labrador and Newfoundland is their summer home. 

 The southward migration begins as early as August, but strag- 

 glers remain in Maine through September and I have seen 

 individuals about Bangor as late as October 1st. 



The only sets which have been preserved in first class condi- 

 tion from the total number here recorded are the two sets in the 

 collection of the late Mr. Morrell, one set of which I believe 

 Mr. Morrell sent to the Smithsonian Institution previous to 

 his death ; the set in Mr. Johnson's collection ; set in collection 

 of O. W. Knight; set collected by O. W. Knight and now in 

 collection of J. Parker Norris; set collected by O. W. Knight 

 and now in the collection of John Lewis Childs; making a 

 total of six sets from the United States and all from Maine, 

 now preserved in first class shape. 



In general during migration the species is often associated 

 with the Myrtle as well as others of the earlier arriving Warblers 

 occurring along the roadsides, hedgerows, in the orchards and 

 more open woods. At such times it is common and very 

 generally distributed throughout the State. Mr. Brown gives 

 the season of its occurrence near Portland as from April 

 fifteenth to twenty-fifth and again from September twentieth 

 to November second. As a breeding bird it is typical of the 

 Canadian fauna, and may be sought in practically every fair 

 sized black spruce and hackmatack bog of northern and east- 

 ern Maine, less often breeding in the open bushy pastures 

 and thickets. 



The species is in general one of our commonest Warblers 

 during migration, being readily identified by its bright chestnut 

 crown, yellow breast which is streaked with dusky or rufous, 

 its Flycatcher-like actions, and habit of constantly twitching 

 its head and tail. 



