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PALM WARBLER 



Adult and young §. — Not certainly to be distinguished from the c? of cor- 

 responding age. 



Nestling. — Not seen. 



General Distribution. — Florida, Mississippi Valley, and interior 

 of British America; rare but regular migrant on the Atlantic coast, 

 chiefly in fall. 



Summer Range. — Interior of British America north of Manitoba 

 and west of Hudson Bay. Accidental in Colorado (Denver, June 20, 

 1891), Montana (Great Falls, Sept. 18, 1889), and California (Pacific 

 Grove, Oct. 9, 1896). 



Winter Range. — Florida (abundant in Alachua Co.) southward 

 to the West Indies ; Yucatan. 



Spring Migration. — The Palm Warbler has been separated into 

 two sub-species, of which Dendroica palmarum palmarum ranges west 

 of the Alleghenies, while Dendroica palmarum hypochrysea, the 

 Yellow Palm Warbler, occurs along the Atlantic slope. In the follow- 

 ing notes, the locality will serve as a general guide to the particular 

 form referred to. 



PLACE 



No. of 

 years' 

 record 



Atlantic Coast — 



Raleigh, N. C 



Washington, D. C 



Germantown, Pa 



Englewood, N. J 



New Providence, N. J. . . 

 Southeastern New York 

 East Hartford, Conn. . . . 



Boston, Mass 



Southern Maine 



St. John, N. B 



HaHfax, N. S 



Pictou, N. S 



Mississippi Valley — 



St. Louis, Mo 



Chicago, 111 



Southern Wisconsin .... 



Oberlin, Ohio 



Petersburg, Mich 



Listowel, Ont 



Hillsboro, Iowa 



Grinnell, Iowa 



Lanesboro, Minn 



Minneapolis, Minn 



Elk River, Minn 



Aweme, Manitoba 



Fort Chippewyan, Alberta 



7 

 6 



4 



4 



5 



S 



6 



II 



10 



II 



4 



4 



ID 



8 



8 



10 



5 

 S 

 5 



10 

 5 

 4 

 6 



Average date of 

 spring atrival 



March 31 

 April -6 

 April 14 

 April 14 

 April 17 

 April 18 

 April 16 

 April 18 

 April 23 

 April '20 

 April 27 

 May I 



April 15 

 April 25 

 April 30 

 April 30 

 April .30 

 May 2 

 April 22 

 April 26 

 April 27 

 April .30 

 May * 3 

 May 7 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



February 13, 1890 

 March 31, 1889 

 April II, 1889 

 April II, 1902 

 April 13, 1889 

 April 14, 1893 

 April 9, 1887 

 April 13, 1897 

 April 16, 1896 

 April 13, 1896 

 April 20, 1890 

 April 28, 1894 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



May 



May 



May 



S, 1882 

 17, 1897 

 22, 1886 

 24, 1897 



26, 1894 

 28, 1894 

 14, 1896 



22, 1888 



23, 1890 



27, 1889 

 I, 1886 

 3, 1901 



2Z, 1901 



