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 22 Bird - Lore

HOODED WARELER SPRING MIGRATION

The winter home of the Hooded Warbler is in Central America from Vera Cruz, Mex., to Panama, whence the species reaches the United States by a ﬂight across the Gulf of Mexico, avoiding the West Indies and (for the most part) southern Florida.

‘ No. or Years' Average dale ol Earhart data at

PLACE record swinz arriral spring arrival l Atlantir Cann— Northern Florida. . . . . . . . . . 5 March 28 ‘ March 19, 1885 Southeastern Georgia. . . . r 3 April 4 March 29. 1902 Atlanta, Ga.(nearJ . . . . . . . 9 April 19 April 3,1902 Raleigh, N. c. . . . . . r . . . 1.1 April rs April 10, 1893

Asheville, N. C, (near) _ r. . . . . 7 April r9 A1 12, 1893

Lynchburg, Va. .,. . r r. . r. 4 April 29 April 23, 1900

West Virginia. . . . . . ., , . ., 7 April r7 April 20, 1891

Washington, D.C,. . ., . . r. 3 May 2 May 1,1903

Englewuod,N.]. . ., . . . . . . 7 May a May 2,1397

Renova, Pa,. . r. . . r. . r r a May 13 May 10. 1901

Mr'rsr'rrippr‘ Valley—

New Orleans, La. . . . . . . . . . ‘ 10 March 2; March 13, 1897 Southern Mississippi. . . . . . . . 3 March 30, March 22, 1902 Helena, Ark. 7 April rr April 3, 1398 Eubank, Ky 7 April 14, April a, ripe St. Louis, M. 6 April 23 April r7. 1883 Central Indian 6 April 79. . . . ..

Keokuk, 1a. . . . . . r. . . . . . 5 May 10 May 5, 1898

The Hooded Warbler has also been taken at Chicago, “1., April 28, 188.1, and May 3, 1895: at Grinnel,1a., May 18, 1888, and once in south- ern Minnesota. The Texas dates are at Refugio county, March 30, 1898, March 13, 1899; San Antonio, March 31, 1890, April 7, 1894: Bee county, April 3, 1886, April 10, 1887.

FA LL MIG RATION

The fall migration is hardly in full swing before the latter part of Au- gust. The earliest dates at Key West, Fla., are August 30, 1887, and August 19, 1889; at Truxillo, Honduras, September 26. 1887, and in southeastern Nicaragua, September 24, 1892. The bulk leave the northern breeding-grounds by the middle of September and the last have been noted at Renova, Pa., September 26, 1900, October 13, 1903; Beaver, Pa., Sep- tember 25. 1890, October 3, 1891: Englewood, N. 1., September 15, 1886; Washington, D. C., September 15, 1890: French Creek, W. Va., September 29, 1892; Lynchburg, Va., October 10, [899: Raleigh. N. C., October 1, 1891; Asheville, N. C., September 20, 1890; Sedam. Ind., October 5, 1893: Brownville, 1nd, October 20, 1884: Eubank. Ky., Sep- tember 29. 1889: New Orleans, La., October 19, 1895 and 1897, October