WORM-EATING WARBLER 



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New York, (Penn Yan, Onondago) ; Northern Ohio (Cleveland, 

 May 2, 1873); southern Michigan; southern Wisconsin (Racine, 

 Milwaukee, Lake Koshkonong) ; central Iowa (Des Moines, Grinnell, 

 May 15, 1886) ; southeastern Nebraska (Omaha, Lincoln) ; eastern 

 Kansas (Lawrence, May 6, 1873; Atchinson, May 31, 1899). 



The species nests rarely south of the latitude of southern 

 Virginia, except in the mountains, but has been recorded as breeding 

 at Raleigh, N. C. ; La Grange, Ala.; Rodney, Miss., and northern 

 Louisiana. It occurs in migration throughout the Gulf States to 

 eastern Texas. 



Winter Range. Southern Florida and eastern Mexico to Pan- 

 ama; Cuba and the Bahamas. 



Spring Migration. 



Fall Migration. The earliest fall migrant was recorded at Key 

 West, Fla., August 30; the average date at which they first strike 

 the Florida lighthouses is September 14. Migration at the mouth of 

 the Mississippi is at about the same time, earliest August n. The 

 latest migrants are noted at Raleigh, N. C., September 2 ; near New 

 Orleans, La., September 30; Key West, Fla., about October i. 



The Bird and its Haunts. The Worm-eating Warbler appears 

 to be a locally common bird from southern Pennsylvania southward, 

 but is rather uncommon from this point northward. In a degree it is 

 a connecting link between the terrestrial and arboreal Warblers, and 

 feeds both upon the ground and in the trees. In color, voice, and 

 actions it is far too inconspicuous to force itself on our attention and 

 its presence is usually detected only by the watchful. 



