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Distribution. The Philadelphia vireo breeds in eastern North America 



from Labrador, northern Manitoba, northern Ontario, New Brunswick 



and Maine to northern Michigan and northern New Hampshire; winters 



in Central America and Colombia. In New York this species is a migrant, 



in spring and fall fairly common about Rochester and in the lower Hudson 



valley. During May and September it undoubtedly occurs in all parts 



of the State, but is overlooked by the amateur observer. The spring dates 



before me range from May 7 to May 28; the fall dates from August 24 



and September 12 to 26 (and October 20 at Ossining). Doctor Mearns 



noted this bird as a fairly common migrant in the Catskills, Hunter 



mountain, August 29, 1896; Reginald H. Howe at Chateaugay lake 



August 24 to September 7; and I have noted the same thing in Monroe 



and Ontario counties September 12 to 28. In the spring it seems to be less 



abundant as far as my observations go, but I expect to see it at least once 



or twice each season during the second and third weeks in May, wherever 



I happen to be observing birds in western New York. Mr Fuertes and 



Doctor Reed have found it migrating at Ithaca; Mr Davison at Lockport; 



Mr Miller at Mayville; Mr Embody in Madison county; Doctor Fisher 



at Lake George and Ossining; Mr Bruce at Brockport; Mr Worthington 



at Shelter island; Mr Cherrie in Kings county; Mr Dutcher at Fire Island 



Light and Shinnecock Light; Doctor Merriam at Fairhaven, Lake Ontario; 



Mr Ridgway at Far Rockaway; Mr Park at Troy and Cohoes; Doctor 



Mearns at Cold Spring. These records are all based on specimens taken. 



Mr Bruce states that it is an uncommon summer resident, but as he makes 



no mention of finding its nest in the region about Brockport, it is perfectly 



evident that he unwittingly put it down as a summer resident. Having 



taken it late in May, he supposed it to remain through the srunmer. During 



the sum.mer of 1905 I made a careful search for this vireo throughout all 



the region about Mt Marcy, in the country about North river, and the 



western Adirondacks, with the assistance of several young men who were 



perfectly qualified to recognize the bird on sight, but we failed to locate 



it in this region. It is possible that it nests in the northern Adirondacks, 

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