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*3l8. Sylvania mitrata (Gmel.). HOODED WARBLER. (684.) 

 Eastern United States, breeding as far north as southern Michi- 

 gan and southern Connecticut, and wintering in Central America. 

 The Hooded Warbler is here near the northern limit of its range. 

 At Englewood, N. J., it is an abundant summer resident, arriving 

 about May 5 and remaining until the middle of September. At 

 Riverdale, N. J., it is locally common (Bicknell\ at Sing Sing it is 

 not common (Fisher), but at Highland Falls it is "very common" 

 (Mearns). It has been taken at Fishkill, the most northern point 

 in the Hudson River Valley from which it has been recorded. In 

 Connecticut it is common at Saybrook and New Haven but is rare 

 north of these points (Sage.} In Massachusetts it has been found 

 only twice. On Long Island it is, as far as known, very rare. 



*3I9. Sylvania pusilla (IVils}. WILSON'S WARBLER. (685.) 

 North America, breeding from British Columbia, Minnesota and 

 Nova Scotia northward and wintering in Central America, This 

 bird is here a rare spring migrant, passing north ward from the i2th 

 to the 3oth of May, but is not uncommon at times during its return 

 journey, which takes place between August 15 and September 15. 



*320. Sylvania canadensis (Linn ). CANADIAN WARBLER. 

 (686.) Eastern North America, breeding from northern Michigan 

 and Massachusetts to Manitoba and Labrador, and wintering in 

 Central and South America. This is one of our common migrants, 

 passing north from May 10 to June 10 and returning between 

 August 5 and September 10. 



*32I. Setophaga ruticilla (Linn.} AMERICAN REDSTART. 

 (687.) North America, breeding from Kansas and North Carolina 

 north to Labrador and Fort Simpson, and wintering in the West 

 Indies, Central America and northern South America. The Red- 

 start is a common summer resident of our woodland ; it arrives 

 about May 5 and remains until early October. (See Group, Gallery, 

 between Cases N and O.) 



Family MOTACILLID^E. WAGTAILS. 

 *322. Anthus pensilvanicus (Lath.). AMERICAN PIPIT; 

 TITLARK (697.) " North America at large, breeding in the higher 

 parts of the Rocky Mountains and sub-arctic districts and winter- 

 ing in the Gulf States, Mexico and Central America". The Titlark 

 is a generally common, and along our coasts, an abundant migrant. 

 It travels northward from the latter part of March to early May 

 and returns on its southern journey during October and November. 



