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lias been found in western Cuba. Until very recently (the spring of 

 188G) more than half a century had elapsed since the publication of 

 any positive record of its capture in the United States. In the spring 

 of 1886 a single specimen was shot at Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, by 

 Charles S. Galbraith, a collector of birds for millinery purposes. For- 

 tunately it was given to the veteran ornithologist Mr. George X. Law- 

 rence, who promptly recorded the fact in the Auk (Auk, Yol. IV, 1887, 

 pp. 35-37.) This w T as followed by a notice of a specimen which killed 

 itself against the light-house at Sombrero Key, Florida, March 21, 1887 

 (Merriam, Ibid., p. 262), and by a second article by Mr, Lawrence, re- 

 cording the capture of six additional specimens at Lake Pontchartrain 

 by Mr. Galbraith. All were killed in the spring of 1887, but the only 

 exact date given is March 29, when one of the males was shot (Ibid., 

 pp. 262-263.) In March, 1888, Mr. Galbraith collected thirty-two speci- 

 mens on the borders of Lake Pontchartain, La. He considers them mi- 

 grants and not summer residents, as no specimens were seen after the 

 latter part of March, although they were diligently sought for up 

 to the middle of April (Ibid., Yol. Y, p. 323.) 



641. Helminthophila pinus (Linn.). [79.] Blue-iv in g ed Yellow Warbler. 



A tolerably common summer resident over most of the Mississippi 

 Yalley except the extreme northern portion. When this beautiful 

 Warbler entered the United States in 1884 and 1885, or how fast it 

 journeyed northward, the record does not tell. All the notes came from 

 the middle district where it is nearly at the limit of its northward range. 

 It is not yet known from northern Illinois, and the most northern rec- 

 ord in that state in 1884 was from Carlinville, where it arrived April 

 30. West of the Mississippi, its northward extension is greater. The 

 first reached Saint Louis, Mo., April 24; the bulk April 30 ; and migra- 

 ting individuals were still passing May 5. It reached latitude 42° May 

 3. North of this there was no record in 1884, but the species is not 

 uncommon in southern Minnesota. The most western record came 

 from Ellis, Kans. 



In the fall of 1884 the Blue- winged Yellow Warbler was last seen 

 at Des Moines, Iowa, August 29. 



In the spring of 1885 no records were received of its movements until 

 it reached Saint Louis, Mo., April 21. Two days later it was seen at 

 Mount Carmel, Mo. It arrived at Emporia, Kans., April 28, and at 

 Peoria, 111., April 29. It was seen at Des Moines, Iowa, May 4; at 

 Iowa City, Iowa, May 8. Two records were received of its appearance 

 May 7 at points near the extreme northern limit of its range. Dr. 

 Hvoslef secured it for the first time at Lanesboro,Minn., and a few miles 

 farther east, at La Crosse, Wis., Mr. C. H. Stoddard obtained a speci- 

 men. This is the first Wisconsin record from any of the observers. 



642. Helminthophila chrysoptera (Linn.)- [81.] Golden-winged Warbler. 



This handsome Warbler breeds in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michi- 

 gan. The record of its northward migration in 1884 began at latitudo 



