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NORTH AMERICAN WARBLERS. 



another individual on each of the next two days. The species was 

 noted at Shelby, Ala., April 4, 1898; Washingfton, April 26, 1891; 

 and, on the average, at Beaver, Pa., May 3, Englewood, N. J., May 4, 

 southeastern New York, May 4, and Portland, Conn., May 12. It 

 was seen at Framingham, Mass., May 13, 1896. Excellent record was 

 kept of its arrival for eight consecutive years at Eubank, Ky. (where 

 it breeds somewhat commonly), the details of which may be thus 

 tabulated: 



Arrival of blue-winged warbler at Eubank, Ky. 



The average date of earliest spring arrival during seven years at 

 St. Louis is April 22, with extremes of April 17, 1883, and April 24, 

 1884. At Brookville, Ind., the average date of arrival is April 26, 

 and the earliest April 17, 1896. Other records of average date of 

 the first seen are: Rockford,. 111., May 6; Petersburg, Mich., May 10; 

 Keokuk and Grinnell, Iowa, May 4; Lanesboro, Minn., May 14. 

 Recorded arrivals in Texas are: Fort Brown, April 20, 1886; Browns- 

 ville, April 10, 1890; Refugio County, April 12, 13, and 14, 1887; 

 Corpus Christi, April 7 and May 1, 1884; San Antonio, April 14, 16, 

 and 24, 1890, and May 12, 1891; and Waco, April 29, 1900. At Onaga, 

 Kans. , near the western limit of the range, the average for five years 

 was May 4, with extremes of May 1, 1892, and May 8, 1898. 



J^all migration. — While the bulk of the blue-winged warblers move 

 south in August and early September, a few of the birds remain for 

 several weeks longer. The average date of the last noted at Lanes- 

 boro, Minn., is August 28, and the latest date September 1, 1889. 

 The last bird was seen at Providence, R. I., October 10, 1897. The 

 average date of the last seen during four years at New Providence, 

 N. J. , was October 3, and the latest October 12, 1894. Other- records 

 of the last seen are: Lynchburg, Va., October 8, 1899; French Creek, 

 W. Va., October 10, 1891; Raleigh, N. C, September 4, 1888; Lebanon, 

 Ind., October 22, 1894; Eubank, Ky., September 13, 1889, and New 

 Orleans, September 18, 1901. Most of the individuals of the species 

 migrate across the Gulf of Mexico, apparently avoiding Florida on the 

 east and Texas and Vera Cruz on the west, as there is no record of the 

 occurrence of this warbler in fall in Texas, and but one in Florida — 

 that of a bird taken at Key West August 30, 1887. 



