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668. Dendroica townsendi (Nutt.). [108.] Townsend's Warbler. 



Xo specimen of this species had been taken in the Mississippi Valley 

 until Mr. Lloyd secured it at San Angelo, Tex. It winters beyond 

 our limits, and ranges in summer through the Eocky Mountains, even 

 to Alaska. It is a summer resident in Tom Green County, Tex., though 

 Mr. Lloyd says that it is rarely secured, as it is found only in the thick- 

 est underbrush of a very restricted area. Its nest and eggs are un- 

 known. 



In the fall of 1884 Townsend's Warbler first appeared at San Angelo, 

 Tex., September 21, and was last seen there September 26. 



In the spring of 1885 the first was seen at San Angelo, May 8. 



670. Dendroica kirtlandi Baircl. [110.] Kir Hand's Warbler. 



The honor of adding this exceedingly rare Warbler to our district 

 belongs to Mr. Widmann, who captured a specimen at Saint Louis, Mo., 

 May 8, 1885.* It is an eastern species and has been taken at various 

 places from Ohio southward. t 



671. Dendroica vigorsii (Aud.). [111.] Pine-creeping Warbler.- 



A hardy Warbler, sometimes wintering as far north as southern Illi- 

 nois, and one of the few which remain in large numbers in the United 

 States through the winter. It breeds throughout its range, but at very 

 different dates. Those which breed in the Southern States begin nest- 

 ing in March, while those nesting in Manitoba (where, apparently, it is 

 rare) hardly get their housekeeping affairs arranged before the latter 

 part of June. In Kansas it is rare (Goss). Migration usually begins 

 in March, but it must have been delayed in 1884, as the birds all came at 

 once. All the notes from latitude 37° to latitude 45° were made in the 

 first week in May. Information is much desired concerning the breed- 

 ing habits of this species inWisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, and Nebraska. 



In the spring of 1885, at Saint Louis, the first and only Pine-creeping 

 Warbler seen was noted April 24. At Hennepin, 111., the first was 

 seen April 30, and the next May 1. It first readied Lanesboro, Minn., 

 May 7. Mr. Thomas Miller has taken it at Heron Lake, Minn., and 

 Eoberts and Benner killed a female in Grant County, Minn., in June, 

 1879. Mr. F. L. Grundtvig found it tolerably common in migration at 

 Shiocton, Wis., during the first half of May, 1882. 



672. Dendroica paknarum (Gruel.). [113.] Red-poll Warbler. 



From its winter home in the Southern States and southward, this 

 Warbler migrates through the Mississippi Yalley, to breed in the far 

 north. In the spring of 1884 it reached Saint Louis April 18, and Dan- 

 ville, 111., April 21. No farther advance was recorded until April 27 



* Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club. Vol. II, October, 1885, p. 382. 



[t On tbe night of May 21, 1885, a male Kirtland's Warbler killed itself by strik- 

 ing the light-house at Spectacle Keef, in the west end of Lake Huron, near the Straits 

 of Mackinac. (See The Auk, Vol. II, 1885, p. 376.) Mr. Kidgway records another 

 specimen, a male, which was killed at Battle Creek, Mich., May 11, 1883. (The 

 Auk, Yol. I, 1884, p. 389.)— C. H. M.J 



