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latter part of April and first part of May, and returning late in 

 September. 



*283. Vireo noveboracensis (Gmel.). White-eyed Vireo. 

 (631.) — Eastern United States, breeding from Florida to New 

 Hampshire and Minnesota, and wintering from Florida south- 

 ward. This species is a common summer resident about New York 

 City. It reaches us from the south about May 7, and remains 

 until early October. (See Group, Gallery, between Cases Rand S.) 



Family MNIOTILTID^E.— Wood-Warblers. 



*284. Mniotilta varia [Linn.). Black and White Warbler, 

 (636.) — Eastern North America, breeding from the Southern States 

 north to Fort Simpson, and wintering from Florida southward. 

 The Black and White Warbler, or, as it is sometimes called, the 

 Black and White Creeper, is here a tolerably common summer 

 resident and common migrant. It appears the latter part of April 

 and is with us until the first part of October. (See Group, Gallery, 

 between Cases M and N.) 



285. Protonotaria citrea (Bodd.). Prothonotary Warb- 

 ler. (637.) — Eastern North America, breeding from the Gulf States 

 to southern Illinois and Virginia, and wintering in the tropics. 

 Its occurrence near New York City is accidental ; there is but one 

 record, viz., a male shot at Jamaica, L. I. (DutcJier, Auk, X, iSg^ y 

 p. 276). The same author has recorded a specimen which struck 

 the Montauk Point Lighthouse, August 27, 1886 {ibid., V, 1888, 

 p. 182). 



*286. Helmitherus vermivorus (Gmel ). Worm-eating 

 Warbler. (639 ) — Eastern United States, breeding from the Gulf 

 States north to southern Illinois and southern Connecticut, and 

 wintering in the tropics. This bird is one of our rarer summer 

 residents, though it is not uncommon some years in the early fall 

 migration. In the Hudson River Valley it is regularly found as 

 far north as Highland Falls (Mearns) and occurs at Fishkill (Stearns). 

 In Connecticut it breeds at Saybrook and New Haven, but is not 

 common, and at Portland it has been taken only twice (Sage). On 

 Long Island it is considered exceedingly rare (Dutcher). 



*287. Helminthophila pinus (Linn). Blue-winged Warb- 

 ler. (641.) — Eastern United States, breeding as far north as 

 southern Minnesota and Connecticut, and wintering in the tropics. 



