. The warblers of North America . a Cruz, winter, 1887-88). Winter Range.—So far as known, Jamaica, where it has beentaken from October i to April 8. Spring Migration.—The earliest recorded spring arrival in theUnited States was on March 22, 1890 on the lower Suwanee same year the species was taken at the Tortugas, March 25 toApril 5. The other records of the first arrival in spring are: Som-brero Key lighthouse April 3, 1889; Savannah, Ga., April 8-16,1894; Kirkwood, Ga., May 4, 1898; Frogmore, S. C, April 1-5,1885; New Orleans, La., April 8, 1898; April i, 1904; March 30,1905; Bayo
. The warblers of North America . a Cruz, winter, 1887-88). Winter Range.—So far as known, Jamaica, where it has beentaken from October i to April 8. Spring Migration.—The earliest recorded spring arrival in theUnited States was on March 22, 1890 on the lower Suwanee same year the species was taken at the Tortugas, March 25 toApril 5. The other records of the first arrival in spring are: Som-brero Key lighthouse April 3, 1889; Savannah, Ga., April 8-16,1894; Kirkwood, Ga., May 4, 1898; Frogmore, S. C, April 1-5,1885; New Orleans, La., April 8, 1898; April i, 1904; March 30,1905; Bayou Sara, La., April 8, 1887; Coosada, Ala., April 12, Migration.—This begins rather late when compared withthe date of nesting. Fledged young have been seen near Charleston,S. C, by June 9, but the earliest date of striking at Sombrero light-house is August 17, 1888; other dates at this lighthouse extend fromSeptember 14, 1884, to October 26, 1885, and at Key West, Fla., fromthe middle of September to September r^ig:5. 3- 5. Black and White Warbler 6, 7. Prothonotary Warbler 8. Swainsons Warbler g-n. Worm-eating Warbler 12-14. Blue-winged Warbler 1S-17. Golden-winged Warbler Figs. 18-20. Lucys Warbler 21,22. Virginias Warbler 23-25. Nashville Warbler 26-28. Lutescent Warbler 29,30. Tennessee Warbler Parula Warbler SWAINSONS WARBLER 45 The Bird and its Haunts.—Swainsons Warbler has an interest-ing history. Discovered by Bachman near Charleston, S. C, in 1832,the bird remained virtually unknown until 1878. In the interveningyears, it is true, four additional specimens had been taken (see^Brewster^) but nothing was published concerning its habits untilBrown^ observed it in Alabama, on April 12 of the last-named the six following years the species was detected in Texas, andagain near Charleston, but it was not until 1884 that, with the excep-tion of Bachmans and Browns observations, we had any informationof this bird in nature. In that year
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