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more, S. C, were seen April 10. At Walke, N. C, on the northeast 

 coast, first arrivals were noted on April 3, 1892, and April 6, 1893. 

 These coast records are comparatively earlier than those from the inte- 

 rior. A surprising fact of the spring migration of the hooded warbler 

 is that there is no difference between the dates of arrival of the bird at* 

 Raleig;}i, N. C. , only 300 feet above sea level, and at Asheville in the, 

 mountarins, at 2,000 feet. With other species, arrival in the mountains 

 is from six to ten days later than on the plains; but in the case of th& 

 hooded warbler the average date for the same six years' period at both>^ 

 points falls on the same day, April 19, with extremes of April 10, 1893,, 

 and April 23, 1892, at Raleigh, and April 12, 1893, and April 24, 1892,- 

 at Asheville. Records of arrival still farther north are: Lynchburg, 

 Va., April 29; Washington, May 2; Englewood, N. J., and southern 

 New York, May 4; Branchport, N. Y., May 13, and Buffalo, N. Y., May 

 20. A hooded warbler was noted on May 10, 1903, at Bridgeport, Conn. 



The migration of the species up the Mississippi River gives less 

 concordant dates. The average date of arrival at New Orleans, March 

 25, has already been given. The average for five years at Helena, 

 Ark., is April 10, or sixteen days later in an advance of 300 miles. 

 The next 300 miles to St. Louis is made in almost the same time, since 

 the average date for five years at this place is April 24. The dates of 

 arrival are somewhat more uniform at St. Louis than at Helena. At 

 the former place the extremes are April 21, 1886, and April 28, 1887, 

 while at Helena the extremes are April 3, 1898, and April 17, 1901. 



There is an excellent set of notes from Eubank, Ky. , for the seven 

 years from 1889 to 1895. The average date of arrival is April 14, 

 with extremes of April 8, 1890, and April 20, 1895. Eubank is 150 

 miles from Asheville, N. C, and nearly northwest, yet the average 

 date at Eubank is five days earlier than at Asheville, which indicates 

 that the birds reach Eubank from the southwest by way of the Mis- 

 sissippi Valley. 



Central Indiana is reached about April 29, southern Michigan and 

 southern Wisconsin May 13, and southeastern Iowa May 10. The 

 migration route by way of Texas can not be traced north of the State. 

 The few individuals that pursue this route merge into the general 

 army along the Mississippi River. 



Fall migration. — The hooded warbler is the only one of the war- 

 blers reported as striking any of the lighthouses of Florida that has 

 not been taken at Sombrero Key. The only lighthouse records of the 

 species for the State are of two birds that struck near St. Augustine. 

 The facts that the hooded warbler is rare on the mainland of southern 

 Florida and has not been taken at the three lighthouses in this part of 

 the State and has been seen but a few times in Cuba and Jamaica, 

 and yet is common in northern Florida and Yucatan, show plainly 

 that the southward route of migration of the bird passes directly from 



