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660. Dendroica castanea (Wils.) Bay-breasted warbler. 

 Transient visitant ; common in the spring of 1897 and 1898. 



Usually of fairly common occurrence. May 12-28 ; Sept. 15-30. 



661. Dendroica striata (Forst. ) Black-poll warbler. 

 Transient visitant ; common. May 21 — June 5; Sept. 10 — Oct. 



15. Found in orchards and groves. 



662. Dendroica blackburniae (Gmel. ) Blackbumian warbler. 

 Transient visitant ; common. Occasional summer resident. May 



8 — Sept. 25. Breeds in the higher and cooler forests of hemlock, 

 birch and maple, Springville, June i, 1895 ; also in Tonawanda 

 Swamp — Langille. 



667. Dendroica virens (Gmel.) Black-throated green warbler. 



Summer resident ; fairly common. May 5 — Oct. 15. Found in 

 moist, mixed woodlands. Nest, 20-40 feet from the ground, usually 

 in hemlock trees ; June 1-20 ; eggs 4. 



671. Dendroica vigorsii (Aud. ) Pine warbler. 



Transient visitant ; uncommon. Ithaca, " not rare in spring and 

 fall" — L. A. Fuertes. Lockport, "rare" — J. L. Davison. Syr- 

 acuse, "rare" — A. W. Perrior. Breeds at Oneida Lake, 1889 — 

 Egbert Bagg. 



672. Dendroica palmarum (Gmel.) Palm warbler. 

 Transient visitant ; rather rare. Has been taken at Bufifalo, 



Penn Yan, Lockport, and Utica. Last records, Holly, May 12, 1888 

 — Auk 16, 195. Utica, several taken — Egbert Bagg. 



672a. Dendroica palmarum hypochrysea Ridgw. Yellow palm 

 warbler. 



Transient visitant; uncommon. Apr. 18 — May 10; Sept. 20 — 

 Oct. 15. Found among bushes and low trees, often feeding on the 

 ground. Ithaca, "not uncommon in early spring" — L. A. Fuertes. 

 Syracuse, rare migrant — A. W. Perrior. 



673. Dendroica discolor ( Vieill. ) Prairie warbler. 



Summer visitant ; accidental. Penn Yan, two specimens col- 

 lected by James Flahive. DeKay says it is abundant along the shores 

 of Lake Erie. 



