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647. Helminthophila peregrina (Wils.). [87.] Tennessee Warbler. 



From its winter home beyond our borders, the Tennessee Warbier 

 enters the United States early in April. It breeds from Minnesota 

 northward. In Kansas it is a common migrant (Goss). In the spring 

 of 18S4 it had reached Saint Louis, Mo., April 29, and other notes, though 

 few, indicate pretty regular progress northward. Burlington, Iowa, 

 was reached May 11 ; Lanesboro and Heron Lake, Minn., May 13 and 

 May 16; and West Depere, Wis., May 21. At Saint Louis the bulk 

 came May 5, and left May 13, just as the first reached Lanesboro, Minn. 

 May 18 it was the most common bird of the day at Lanesboro, and three 

 days later the last one left Saint Louis, so that on May 21 the whole of 

 the species, according to the record, was included between latitude 38° 

 40' and latitude 44° 26'. 



In the spring of 1885 no record was received of its movements until 

 the first reached Saint Louis April 28. The bulk arrived there April 

 30. At Paris, III, the first was seen May 3; at Chicago, May 9; at 

 Delavan, Wis., May 2; at Lanesboro, Minn., May 7, and at White Earth, 

 Minn., May 16. The bulk left Saint Louis, Mo., May 10, and the last 

 was seen there May 22. At Lanesboro the last was noted May 2C. 



In the fall of 18S5 the only station contributing a record of the Ten- 

 nessee Warbler was Saint Louis, Mo., where the first arrived Septem- 

 ber 21. It was numerous by September 2G, and increased in abundance 

 till October 6, when it was heard and seen everywhere. Th§se great 

 numbers continued until October 12. The bulk left October 17, and the 

 last followed October 20. Mr. Lloyd states that in Tom Green County, 

 Tex., it is an early fall migrant, and is tolerably common ) and Mr. 

 Nehrling says it is not uncommon during migration in southeastern 

 Texas. 



648. Compsothlypis americana (Linn.). [88.] Blue Yellow-backed JTarbler ; Pa- 



nda Warbler. 



The large majority of Parula War.blers go to the Northern States and 

 British America to breed, but a few have been detected rearing their 

 young in various parts of Nebraska and Illinois, and Mr. Nehrling has 

 found them in the breeding season as far south as Pierce City, Mo., and 

 also in southeastern Texas, near Houston. Colonel Goss thinks they 

 breed in eastern Kansas, where they are a common migrant, and 

 they have been seen during the whole of the summer in northern Mis- 

 sissippi. Dr. Fisher found them quite common in the vicinity of Lake 

 Pontchartrain, La., in the summer of 1885. They winter just beyond 

 the southern border of the United States. In the spring of 1884 they 

 started northward early in March, reaching Caddo, Ind. Ter., March 25. 

 They were recorded at Saint Louis, Mo., April 14, and at West Depere, 

 Wis., May 10. The bulk followed closely, not more than three or four 

 days later than the van, so that from the dates of first arrival the move- 

 ments of the bulk may be predicted. 



