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of the hot coastal region of Mexico and Central America. Its winter 

 home in Mexico extends from northeastern Puebla and central Vera 

 Cruz to the Pacific coast of eastern Oaxaca and eastward to Tabasco and 

 Chiapas. It is fairly common in the lower parts of this district and 

 less common in the higher. The highest altitude at which it has been 

 noted in winter is about 3,000 feet, although in spring migration a few 

 individuals have been seen at Orizaba, yera Cruz, at 4,000 feet eleva- 

 tion. In Guatemala the species is found on the lowlands of the Pacific 

 coast and to an altitude of 5,000 feet throughout much of the countr}'^ 

 as far north as Vera Paz. It has been noted at the following poiints on 

 the Atlantic coast of Mexico and Central America: Northeastern Yuca- 

 tan (common in spring migration); Cozumel Island, eastern Yucatan 

 (January); Belize, British Honduras; Ruatan Island (common), and 

 Truxillo, Honduras; coast of southeastern Nicaragua (quite common); 

 Costa Rica (one record) ; and Panama (not infrequent on the north coast). 

 It is recorded from Lake Nicaragua, where it is rare. 



The Bahamas and Cuba are commonly included in the winter range 

 of the magnolia warbler, but there is no positive record of the occur- 

 rence of the bird in winter in either. The statements of Bryant that in 

 New Providence," Bahamas, the magnolia warbler was "as abundant as 

 in the United States," and that "a few were seen as early as the 15th 

 of March," are certainly questionable. Six specimens were taken 

 on Watlings Island,* Bahamas, October 6-21, 1891, probably in fall 

 migration. The island of Eleuthera, " Bahamas, is given by Cory as 

 one of the places where the species has occurred, but no authority is 

 cited in support of the statement. The species was once seen in April 

 in Cuba,** and once in December in Haiti," and there are strange records 

 of capture in Porto Rico-^ September 26, 1899, and December 26, 1900. 

 All these West Indian records probably refer to wandering birds. 

 Similar wanderings have been noted farther north. The bird has 

 been taken a few- times at the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains, 

 three times in California, and twice in British Columbia. 



Spring migration. — The dates of arrival of the magnolia warbler in 

 spring furnish the best evidence yet available in support of the theory 

 that birds migrating across the Gulf of Mexico do not always alight 

 as soon as they reach the shore. The species is a common spring 

 migrant from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic, between latitudes 

 37° and 39°. South of this district it becomes less and less common, 

 except in the mountains, until in the Gulf States it is rare. (In the 



o Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., VII, p. 110, 1859. 

 6 Cory, Auk, IX, p. 49, 1892. 

 cCory, Cat. Birds W. I., p. 118, 1892. 

 <2Gundlach, Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., VII, p. 183, 1878. 

 « Cory, Birds Haiti and San Domingo, p. 29, 1885. 

 /Bowdish, Auk, XX, p. 18, 1903. 



