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has been found in western Cuba. Until very recently (the spring of 
1886} more than half a century had elapsed since the publication of 
any positive record of its capture in the United States. In the spring 
of 1886 a single specimen was shot at Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, by 
Charles S. Galbraith, a collector of birds for millinery purposes. For- 
tunately it was given to the veteran ornithologist Mr. George N. Law- 
rence, who promptly recorded the fact in the Auk (Auk, Vol. IV, 1887, 
pp. 35-37.) This was followed by a notice of a specimen which killed 
itself against the light-houseat Sombrero Key, Florida, March 21, 1887 
(Merriam, Ibid., p. 262), and by a second article by Mr. Lawrence, re- 
cording the capture of six additional specimens at Lake Pontchartrain 
by Mr. Galbraith. All were killed in the spring of 1887, but the only 
exact date given is March 29, when one of the males was shot (Idid., 
pp. 262-263.) In March, 1888, Mr. Galbraith collected thirty-two speci- 
mens on the borders of Lake Pontchartain, La. He considers them mi- 
grants and not summer residents, as no specimens were seen after the 
latter part of March, although they were diligently sought for up 
to the middle of April (Zbid., Vol. V, p. 323.) 
641. Helminthophila pinus (Linn.). [79.] Blue-winged Yellow Warbler. 
A tolerably common summer resident over most of the Mississippi 
Valley except the extreme northern portion. When this beautiful 
Warbler entered the United States in 1884 and 1885, or how fast it 
journeyed northward, the record does not tell. All the notes came from 
the middle district where it is nearly at the limit of its northward range. 
It is not yet known from northern Illinois, and the most northern rec- 
ord in that state in 1884 was from Carlinville, where it arrived April 
30. West of the Mississippi, its northward extension is greater. The 
first reached Saint Louis, Mo., April 24; the bulk April 30; and migra- 
ting individuals were still passing May 5. It reached latitude 42° May 
3. North of this there was no record in 1884, but the species is not 
uncommon in southern Minnesota. The most western record came 
from Ellis, Kans. 
In the fall of 1884 the Blue-winged Yellow Warbler was last seen 
at Des Moines, Iowa, August 29. 
In the spring of 1885 no records were received of its movements until 
it reached Saint Louis, Mo., April 21. Two days later it was seen at 
Mount Carmel, Mo. It arrived at Emporia, Kans., April 28, and at 
Peoria, Ill., April 29. It was seen at Des Moines, Iowa, May 4; at 
Iowa Oity, Iowa, May 8. Two records were received of its appearance 
May 7 at points near the extreme northern limit of its range. Dr. 
Hvoslef secured it for the first time at Lanesboro, Minn., and a few miles 
farther east, at La Crosse, Wis., Mr. C. H. Stoddard obtained a speci- 
men. This is the first Wisconsin record from any of the observers. 
642. Helminthophila chrysoptera (Linn.). [81.] Golden-winged Warbler. 
This handsome Warbler breeds in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michi- 
gan. The record of its northward migration in 1884 began at latitude 
