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NORTH AMERICAN WARBLERS. 



slope of Costa Rica at San Jos^," August 13, 1889; on the north shore 

 of Colombia, September 2, 1898, and on the island of Antigua Septem- 

 ber 6. All the way from its summer to its winter home, therefore, 

 the reds^tart is among the earliest migrants. 



Migration is early along the western limit of the range of the species, 

 but not so extraordinarily earlj'- as in the east. The migrants reach 

 central Texas by the last of August, and have been noted near the 

 southern limit of their range at San Luis Potosi, Mexico, by the 1st of 

 September. 



For a bird that winters abundanth' in Cuba the redstart closes its 

 migration rather early. It is seldom seen in New England after the 

 last week in September, and the largest flocks pass through North and 

 South Carolina about the middle of the month. Some records of the 

 last seen are: Ottawa, September 29, 1890; Montreal, August 29, 1891; 

 North River, Prince Edward Island, September 7, 1890; St. John, 

 New Brunswick, September 25, 1891; eastern Massachusetts, Septem- 

 ber 24, 1896; Portland, Conn., September 26, 1890; southeastern New 

 York, September 28, 1890; Englewood, N. J., October 3, 1886; Ger- 

 mantown. Pa., October 8, 1888; Washington, September 24, 1890; 

 Frenchcreek, W. Va., September 30, 1890. The greatest number of 

 the species strike the Florida lighthouses in the first half of October, 

 though the greatest single flights were on September 17 and 18, 1887, 

 when about 150 birds struck each night. The eight years' average 

 date of the last southbound migrant seen at Raleigh, N. C, is Octo- 

 ber 9, while the latest single date is October 13, 1886 and 1891. The 

 latest recorded date of fall migration at Asheville, N. C, is October 

 28, 1894; that at Tarpon Springs, Fla., November 1, and those at 

 Sombrero Key lighthouse, October 13, 1885, October 25, 1886, Octo- 

 ber 17, 1887, and November 4, 1888. The following records of final 

 departure west of the Alleghenies are similar in point of time: Fort 

 McMurray, Athabasca, August 14, 1904; Great Falls, Mont., Septem- 

 ber 14, 1889; Aweme, Manitoba, September 20, 1900; Lanesboro, 

 Minn., September 22, 1887; Grinnell, Iowa, September 28, 1885; 

 Chicago, October 5, 1894; Waterloo, Ind., October 11, 1889; Eubank, 

 Ky., October 7, 1891; Ariel, Miss., October 18, 1897; and New 

 Orleans, October 27, 1899. 



688. Setophaga picta Swains. Painted Redstart. 



The painted redstart is a common resident species of the mountains 

 of Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras from 3,000 to 9,000 feet. 



It occurs as a summer resident in southern Arizona and southern 

 New Mexico and retreats to Mexico for the winter. It is thus resident 

 over most of its range and is a migrant in the northern portion. The 

 first migrant appeared in southern New Mexico Mai-ch 26, 1889, and in 

 southern Arizona March 15. 



«Cherrie, Auk, VII, p. 337, 1890. 



