164 Contributions from the Charleston Museum. 



As a rule this species is absent from April 19th until the 28th of the 

 month, when numbers arrive which unquestionably had wintered 

 many hundreds of miles south of Charleston. These late flights 

 occur regularly each year at or about April 28, and mark the de- 

 parture of the birds until October. 



The Yellow-rumped Warbler breeds from Massachusetts to 

 Labrador. It is said to breed also in Jamaica! (March). 



260. Dendroica striata (Forst.) . Black-Poll Warbler. 



In Audubon's Birds of America, 1 he states the following 

 concerning this species: 



Its migrations eastward follow the advance of the season, and I have not been 

 able to comprehend why it is never seen in the maritime parts of South Carolina, 

 while it is abundantly found in the State of New Jersey close to the seashore . 



Audubon and Bachman evidently overlooked this bird, for 

 it occurs abundantly on the coast during both migrations. I se- 

 cured my first specimen within seven miles of Charleston on May 

 6, 1884, while in company with my friend, Mr. William Brewster, 

 in whose collection the specimen now is. 



My earliest record is April 25, 1891, and the latest May 15, 1891. 2 

 I observed a large number at Hardeeville on the latter date. The 

 Black-poll Warbler migrates rapidly through the State in spring, 

 but in autumn its passage is very slow. I have observed it as 

 early as the middle of September and as late as November 14, 

 1906, when I shot a specimen near Mount Pleasant, the ther- 

 mometer registering 28° in the morning. It is most abundant, 

 however, between October 14 and 19. On October 14, 1885, I 

 saw hundreds in "The Myrtles" on Sullivan's Island within 

 a few hundred yards of the front beach, and on September 

 26, 1894, I observed great numbers during the prevalence of a 

 storm which raged all day. The males sing in the spring while 

 en route to their breeding grounds. 



The Black-poll Warbler has the greatest migratory range of 

 any of the North American warblers. It breeds from northern 

 New England to Labrador, Hudson Bay, and northern Alaska, 

 and winters as far south as Brazil, Ecuador, and Chile. A spec- 

 imen was taken in Greenland (Godthaab) in 1853. 



1 II, 29-30. 2 Mr. H. R. Sass has observed this species in his garden in Charles- 



ton as late as May 16, 1907. — Ed. 



