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Saint Louis a pair was observed April 6. From April 6 to April 17 
these Warblers were conspicuous songsters. May 1 they were almost 
silent. 
In the fall of 1885, at Saint Louis, they had all left their summer 
stands by October 7, and none were seen later than October 11. 
666. Dendroica chrysoparia Scl. & Salv. [106.] Golden-cheeked Warbler. 
A tropical and subtropical species, ranging from central Texas to 
Guatemala. The first known specimen from the United States was 
killed near San Antonio, Tex., about 1864, by Mr. Dresser. In April, 
1878, it was taken in Bosque County, Tex., by Mr. G. H. Ragsdale 
(Bull. Nutt. Ornithological Club, Vol. IV, 1879, p. 60). During the 
same month (April, 1878) Mr. W. H. Werner found it to be a tolerably 
common Warbler in parts of Comal County, where four nests were dis- 
covered in May (Ibid., pp. 77-79). In March, 1880, Mr. N. C. Brown 
captured seven specimens at Boerne, Kendall County, where the spe- 
cies was first seen March 12 (Zbid., Vol. VII, 1882, pp. 36, 37); and in the 
spring of 1883 he secured three more in the same locality (The Auk, 
Vol. I, 1884, p. 121). Recently Mr. Lloyd, in his list of the birds of 
Tom Green and Concho Counties, Tex., says of it: ‘One was shot in 
a hackberry in April, 1887. Its stomach contained winged ants.” (The 
Auk, Vol. IV, 1887, p. 296.) 
667. Dendroica virens (Gmel.). [107.] Black-throated Green Warbler. 
Breeds from northern Illinois northward, and leaves the United 
States entirelyin winter. Insoutheastern Texas it isabundant during the 
migrations (Nehrling). The first note for 1884 came from Saint Louis, 
where it arrived April 26. May 1 it was noted at Danville, Il. By 
May 7 it had reached Minneapolis, Minn., and May 10 it was observed at 
West De Pere, Wis. In the West it extends to the eastern boundaries 
of Nebraska, Kansas, Indian Territory, and Texas, but was not re- 
ported in 1884 from any of these States. 
In the spring of 1885 the records indicate a very rapid migration. 
Seven days after the first came to Saint Louis, Mo., April 30, they had 
appeared at Paris, [ll.; Des Moines, Iowa; Lanesboro, Minn., and Elk 
River, Minn. This would give an average rate of about 70 miles a day. 
The bulk was present at Saint Louis, Mo., from May 5 until May 15, 
when they suddenly disappeared. Some late records were sent in. It 
was reported May 21 at San Antonio, Tex., and June 5 at Des Moines, 
Towa. 5 
In the fall of 1885 this Warbler was found migrating through San 
Angelo, Tex., August 25; and Mr. Lloyd states that in Tom Green and 
Concho Counties, Tex., it is a common fall migrant from August 1 to 
September 20. This fact makes it almost certain that it will be found 
to breed occasionally in the middle portion of the Rocky Mountains. 
At Saint Louis, Mo., the first came September 17, and the last disap- 
peared October 5. 
