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Fall migration. — Although tardy in spring, the golden-winged 

 warbler is one of the earliest of fall migrants. The birds which 

 descend the Mississippi Valley usually reach the coast of Louisiana 

 during the fore part of August, and the first arrival from the North 

 at New Orleans has been recorded as early as July 23, 1898. Far- 

 ther migration southward is made rapidly, for the birds appear in 

 August in the mountains of Costa Rica, and one was taken as early as 

 September 6 on the north coast of Colombia. The earliest fall migrant 

 was seen at Washington August 8, 1889. The earliest fall arrivals 

 recorded by Loomis in Chester County, S. C, were on August 20, 

 1887, and August 28, 1888. At Raleigh, N. C. , a specimen was taken 

 August 26, 1886; and several were seen August 9-19, 1890, at Greens- 

 boro, Ala. Records of the last of the species seen in the United States 

 are: Lanesboro, Minn., September 8, 1889; Livonia, Mich., Septem- 

 ber 21, 1891; Chicago, September 25, 1895; Englewood, N. J., Sep- 

 tember 2, 1886; Frenchcreek, W. Va., September 15, 1892; Chester 

 County, S. C, September 22, 1887, and New Orleans, September 21, 

 1897. Some exceptionally late birds were reported as seen at Grand 

 Rapids, Mich., October 4, 1886. 



The principal path of migration followed by the golden-winged 

 warblers of the Allegheny region extends from the southern end of 

 the Allegheny Mountains south across the Gulf of Mexico to the for- 

 ested regions of Central America, and thence southeast to South 

 America. East of this path the species has been noted during the fall 

 migration at Key West, August 25, 1889, and once in April atHabana, 

 Cuba, during the northward movement. 



643. Helminthophila lucise (Cooper). Lucy Warbler. 



The Lucy warbler breeds in Arizona and southwestern Utah, and 

 migrates in winter to northwestern Mexico. Its arrival was noted in 

 Arizona at Fort Lowell, March 20, 1902; Oracle, April 1, 1899; Fort 

 Mojave, March 25, and at Whipple Barracks, March 31, 1892. 



644. Helmintliophila virginise (Baird). Virginia Warbler. 



The Virginia warbler breeds in the Rocky Mountains as far north 

 as Wyoming and Utah, and from Colorado to Nevada. It is one of 

 the commonest breeding warblers in Colorado, at altitudes ranging 

 from 5,000 to 7,500 feet, but is not found east of the foothills. It 

 retires in winter to Mexico, where it has been taken by the parties of 

 the Biological Survey as far south as Morelos and Guerrero. The 

 first migrant was seen at Cooney, N. Mex., April 10, 1889, and at 

 Huachuca, Ariz., April 10, 1902. 



645. Helminthophila rubricapilla (Wils.). Nashville Warbler. 



Breeding range. — The breeding range of the Nashville warbler 

 extends from Massachusetts and Connecticut westward to northern 



