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but common in the fall, and at Key West they are very common on both 

 migrations. 



Dendroica blackburniae. Blackburnian Warbler. — I have but few 

 records of the occurrence of the Blackburnian Warbler at Tarpon Springs 

 and these are subjoined. No. 3847, $ , ad., September 1, 1886; No. 3704, 

 J, ad., October 1, 1SS6; No. 3705, $, young of year, October 1, 1886; 

 No. 3934, $ , ad., October 15, 1886. Mr. Atkins did not get the birds 

 at Punta Rassa, but has taken them twice at Key West, a single bird 

 on October 21, 1SS7, and a second on July 29, 1889. 



Dendroica dominica. Yellow-throated Warbler. — A rather com- 

 mon resident bird in the vicinity of Tarpon Springs, and breeds in num- 

 bers- Young birds of the year are fully fledged by June 7, No. 6050 of my 

 collection being a male young of the year, taken on this date, and very 

 like an old bird in appearance. Mr. Atkins says the species is a common 

 resident at Punta Rassa and at Key West, particularly in winter. At Key 

 West they do not apparently breed, as they are absent for a short time 

 in early summer returning again about July 25. 



Dendroica dominica albilora. — Sycamore Warbler. — At Key West on 

 March 27, 1S88, Mr. Atkins secured an adult male of this subspecies 

 which he has kindly sent to me and which is No. 5457 of my collection. 

 This is the only record that I am aware of from the region under consid- 

 eration. 



Dendroica virens. Black-throated Green Warbler. — A rare 

 migrant in the vicinity of Tarpon Springs. My only record is No. 3919, 

 male young of year, October 15, 1886. Mr. Atkins did not meet with 

 it at Punta Rassa and gives it as rare at Key West, where he secured 

 single birds on October 14, 1887, and on January 28 and April 1, 18SS. 



Dendroica vigorsii. Pine Warbler. — A common resident in the 

 vicinity of Tarpon Springs, breeding very abundantly. Young female 

 birds of the year in fresh unworn plumage, taken at Tarpon Springs, 

 have the buff shade of the underparts particularly pronounced. This 

 phase seems quite transient, as by the middle of October, or by November 1 

 at latest, the color has faded very decidedly, and a yellowish wash, before 

 this time not apparent, appears on the throat and fore part of the breast 

 of most individuals of the sex and age refered to. 



Dendroica palmarum. Palm Warbler. — Common migrant and winter 

 resident in the vicinity of Tarpon Springs, and at both Punta Rassa and 

 Key West Mr. Atkins's experience is of alike nature. In the vicinity of 

 Tarpon Springs the first arrivals in fall are about the 22d of September, 

 and in a few days the birds are common. They remain at this point in 

 numbers till from the 5th to 18th of April. 



Dendroica palmarum hypochrysea. Yellow Palm Warbler. — The 

 examples of this subspecies that I have met with in the vicinity of Tarpon 

 Springs are of rare occurrence, but they regularly appear in small numbers 

 late in March and early in April, remaining but a few days. I have no 

 fall records. Mr. Atkins has sent me notes regarding these birds from 

 both Punta Rassa and Key West, that are of similar import to the above 

 conclusion. 



