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temala, in both highlands and lowlands, are distintly of the eastern 

 variet}^ Sumichrast's specimens from Tehuantepec are eastern, and 

 all those taken at Chicharras on the Pacitic slope of Chiapas, where 

 the species is rather common, are unquestionably so. If, then, longi- 

 cmida does occur in Guatemala and Honduras, as has been claimed,^' 

 it would appear from the above evidence that it can not be the common 

 winter variety of this region. 



The Biological Survey parties did not find longicaitda farther north 

 in winter than Colima and Morelos, but Colonel Grayson reports it 

 common from October to April as far north on the coast as Mazatlan. 



The summer and winter habitats of the long-tailed chat approach 

 very closely, if they do not slightly overlap. If it be true that the 

 bird does not winter farther southeast than Oaxaca, then the indi- 

 viduals that breed in central Mexico perform at the most a migration 

 of but 500 miles, while those nesting in British Columbia have a migra- 

 tion route of not less than 2,000 miles in length. 



Spring migration. — The long-tailed chat enters southern California 

 about April 18, arrives in the central part of the State about April 22, 

 and during the first week in May appears in Oregon and in northern 

 Colorado. 



684. Wilsonia mitrata- (Gmel. ). Hooded Warbler. 



Breeding range. — The strongly marked colors of the hooded warbler 

 make the species well known wherever it occurs, and consequently a 

 great many records of its distribution exist. It is a bird of the heavy 

 forest of the Carolinian and Austroriparian faunas, and is very abun- 

 dant near the mouth of the Mississippi and common up that river to 

 central Illinois. It is a rare breeder west of the Mississippi, but 

 extends its range at least to southeastern Nebraska and eastern Kansas. 

 In Texas it is not uncommon in migration along the coast, and is also 

 found, though sparingly, inland as far as San Antonio and Waco. It 

 is abundant from Illinois to the Atlantic coast and south to Florida; also 

 in western and southeastern New York, some parts of southern Con- 

 necticut, and in the mountains of the Carolinas up to 3,000 feet. It is 

 rare in southeastern Wisconsin, central Michigan, southern Ontario, 

 and Massachusetts. In northern Florida it is a common migrant, but 

 rare in the southern part of the State. It has been once recorded 

 from the Bahamas.^ There are no breeding records from Texas and 

 Florida. 



Winter range. — The northern coast of Middle America from Vera 

 (^ruz to Panama comprises the principal winter home of the hooded 

 warbler. The center of abundance is from Yucatan and Guatemala to 

 southeastern Nicaragua. In eastern Mexico a hooded warbler was seen 



«Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., X, p. 376, 1885. 

 ^ Bonhote, Auk, XX, p. 173, 1903. 



