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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 stimmer 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 summer. During 

 the summer 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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