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found in all the wooded sections of this region, where they 

 frequent the tops of taU trees." He thinks that they are 

 "confined during the breeding season to the region just north 

 of the White Mountains range," and makes the following 

 interesting remarks on their travels. "This species," says 

 he, " together with Geothlypis Philadelphia and Helmintho- 

 phaga j)eregrina, seems to pursue a very eccentric course 

 during the migrations. Avoiding the Eastern and Middle 

 States, the majority pass along the borders of the Great 

 Lakes, through Ohio, southern Illinois (Ridgway), down the 

 Mississippi Valley, across into Texas, and so on into Mexico 

 and Central America, where they winter. Returning in spring 

 they (at least D. castanea') pursue a more southern route, 

 keeping along the coast as far as the New England States, 

 where they ascend the Connecticut Valley, generally avoiding 

 eastern Massachusetts." 



d. " The first part of the song is like that of the Black- 

 poll Warbler, but it has a terminal warble similar to that 

 of the Redstart, to which it bears a striking resemblance, 

 with the exception that it is given with less energy." The 

 Bay-breasted Warblers are usually silent during their migra- 

 tions. 



Note. — The above quotations from Mr. Maynard are from 

 his pamphlet, entitled " A Catalogue of the Birds of Coos Co., 

 N. H., and Oxford Co., Me., with Annotations, etc." 



E. STRIATA. " Blachpoll " Warbler. Autumnal War- 

 bler (?). Common migrants through Massachusetts both in 

 spring and autumn.* 



a. About 5J inches long. <? , back streaked with oliva- 

 ceous Cash?) and black. Crown down to the eyes, black. 

 Sides of the head and under parts, white. Sides of the breast 



and 1879, but one or two pairs tred on of the wooded mountains of northern 



a large wooded island in the lake in New Eng-land, chiefly above an eleva- 



1881 . W'. B. tion of fifteen hundred feet. It breeds 



* One of the most abundant and uni- also on Grand Manan and probably 



versally distributed of our Warblers along- more or less of the Maine coast. 



during the spring and autumn migra- — W. B. 

 tions, and a common summer resident 



