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fall it is common in the Gulf and South Atlantic States to northern 

 Georgia.) In spring migration it appears at nearly the same time 

 throughout the region extending from Lake Michigan and Chesapeake 

 Bay south to the Gulf of Mexico, as is shown by the following records 

 of earliest appearance in spring: Key West, Fla., April 27, 1889; 

 Kirkwood, Ga., April 26, 1898, April 20, 1900, April 29, 1902; Rising 

 Fawn, Ga., May 1, 1885; Chester County, S. C. (general summary of 

 fourteen years' observation), "first two weeks of May;" Asheville, 

 N. C, May 8, 1890, May 7, 1899; Raleigh, N. C, May 11, 1885, May 

 10, 1889; Shelby, Ala., May 4, 1898; New Orleans, May 2, 1895, 

 May 5, 1897, April 26, 1903; Rodney, Miss., May 3, 1889; Helena, 

 Ark., May 3, 1896, May 8, 1898; Acton, Ky., May i, 1901; Lexing- 

 ton, Ky., May 1, 1899; Pierce City, Mo., May 2, 1885; St. Louis, 

 May 3, 1882, May 3, 1883, May 5, 1884, May 4, 1885, May 4, 1886, 

 May 5, 1887, May 5, 1888. Averages of date of arrival for several 

 years are: April 30 at Washington (earliest date April 23, 1891); May 

 5, at Beaver, Pa., and May 6, at Chicago (earliest date May 1, 1895). 

 North of this district the migration is fairly uniform though rapid, 

 the first magnolias being seen on the average at Renovo, Pa., May 7; 

 in central Massachusetts, May 11; St. John, New Brunswick, May 16; 

 Montreal, May 20; Godbout, Quebec, May 22, and North River, 

 Prince Edward Island, May 26. West of the Alleghenies the average 

 date of arrival in northern Ohio is May 8; southern Ontario, May 11; 

 Ottawa, May 13; southern Michigan, May 11; southern Wisconsin, 

 May 10; Lanesboro, Minn., May 9; Aweme, Manitoba, May 16. The 

 first arrival was seen at Qu'Appelle, Assiniboia May 18, 1899 ; Grand 

 Rapids, Athabasca, May 22, 1903; Fort Chippewyan, Athabasca, May 

 23, 1901, and Fort Simpson, Mackenzie, May 23, 1860, and May 31, 

 1904. 



The records from central Massachusetts, St. John, New Brunswick, 

 Beaver, Pa., Ottawa, Lanesboro, Minn., and Aweme, Manitoba, all 

 make it probable that from May 6 to May 15, the magnolia warbler is 

 migrating at a speed of 40 to 45 miles per day. If it is a fact, as seems 

 probable, that all birds migrate faster as they near the northern part 

 of their range, then it follows that the magnolia warbler either enters 

 the United States several days previous to April 14, or else in its initial 

 flight passes far inland. 



In southern Texas, where the species is not common, the dates are 

 comparatively late, as the following list shows: Lower Rio Grande, 

 April22,1890; Corpus Christi, May 1,1882, May 14, 1898; BeeCounty, 

 April 20, 1887; San Antonio, May 12, 1891. 



Records of the spring movements of the Magnolia warbler in Mexico 

 and Central America are yet too meager to show anj'^ departures cor- 

 responding to the late appearance of the species in the United States. 

 Sumichrast says that magnolia warblers occur from December to March 



