232 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



672. Dendroica PALM ARUM (Gmel.). Palm Warbler. 



Sylvia palmarum. Sylvicolapalmarum. Sylvicola petechia. Yellow Redpoll, 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern North America, rare in Atlantic States 

 where replaced by the subspecies, hypochrysea, the Yellow Palm 

 Warbler. Breeds north of Manitoba and west of Hudson Bay 

 to Great Slave Lake. Winters in southern Florida, Bahamas 

 and the West Indies. Migrates southeast-northwest, chiefly 

 through the Mississippi Valley, from Alleghanies to eastern 

 Nebraska, rarely to Kansas. 



In Missouri a common transient visitant eastward, less com- 

 mon westward, where reported by Dr. Hoy, Mr. Tindall of Inde- 

 pendence and Mr. Savage of Jasper (May 15-18, 1902). It 

 is one of the earher of north-bound warblers and in exception- 

 ally early springs has found its way to St. Louis as early as April 

 5, 1882. Ordinarily it reaches the same locality between April 

 13 and 18; the bulk is present during the latter part of April 

 and the last disappear between May 5 and 15. It reappears 

 at St. Louis about the first of October, remaining nearly through- 

 out the month (October 26, 1885). At Keokuk Mr. Currier 

 found it as early as September 11, 1893; Mr. Savage at Mon- 

 teer, Shannon Co., not before October 17, 1903. 



*673. Dendroica discolor (Vieill.). Prairie Warbler. 



Sylvia discolor. Sylvicola discolor. Sylvia minuta. 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern United States, north to Massachusetts, 

 southern Ontario, southern Michigan, southern Wisconsin; 

 west to eastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas. Breeds from north- 

 ern Bahamas and Florida and the Gulf States generally 

 northward. Winters from central Florida and Bahamas nearly 

 throughout the West Indies to near the coast of Yucatan. 



In Missouri a common summer resident throughout the Ozarks 

 and Ozark border region from St. Louis Co. west and southward 

 to the southwest corner of the state (Neosho in Newton Co. and 

 Noel in McDonald Co.). In spite of its name it is not known 

 to occur in the prairie region nor does it breed in the swampy 

 southeastern portion of the state. A more appropriate name 

 would be the Hillside Warbler. Its home is not in the forest, 

 not among high trees, but in those stretches of scrub-oak which 

 are found wherever the ax or fire have removed the original 

 forest-trees. It is a neighbor of the Cardinal, Yellow-breasted 

 Chat, Indigo-bird and Field Sparrow. It arrives on its breeding 

 grounds about the middle of April and becomes generally dis- 

 tributed during the fourth week of the month. It remains with 



