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The normal range of the American magpie extends north to Alaska 

 (Kings Cove, Nushagak, and Little Savage River) ; Yukon (Fort 

 Selkirk and Carcross) ; southern Alberta (Glenevis and Mundare) ; and 

 southern Saskatchewan (Wiseton and Qu'Appelle). East to south- 

 eastern Saskatchewan (Qu'Appelle) ; eastern North Dakota (Devils 

 Lake and Dawson) ; South Dakota (Faulkton and Rosebud) ; central 

 Nebraska (Niobrara Refuge, Kenesaw, and Red Cloud) ; western Kan- 

 sas (Coolidge) ; western Oklahoma (Brookhart Ranch and Kenton) ; 

 and northeastern New Mexico (near Raton and Watrous). South to 

 northern New Mexico (Watrous, Santa Fe, and Shiprock) ; southern 

 Utah (probably Bluff and Panquitch) ; central Nevada (Toquima 

 Mountains, Peavine Creek, and Carson) ; and east-central California 

 (Bridgeport). West to eastern California (Bridgeport, Markleeville, 

 Beckwith, Susanville, and Tule Lake) ; Oregon (Klamath Lake, Drews 

 Creek, Prineville, and The Dalles) ; Washington (Kalama, Yakima 

 Valley, and Seattle) ; British Columbia (probably Port Moody, Ash- 

 croft, and Atlin Lake) ; and Alaska (Yakutat, Kodiak, and Kings 

 Cove). 



Casual records. — Among the records that are well outside the normal 

 range are the following: One was taken on Hotham Inlet, Alaska, 

 sometime prior to 1900; one was taken at Forty-mile, Yukon Territory, 

 on October 15, 1899; in northern Manitoba a specimen was obtained at 

 Brochet, on Reindeer Lake on October 12, 1934, and one was taken at 

 York Factory sometime prior to 1891 ; in Ontario, one was taken at 

 Odessa on March 12, 1898, one at Port Sidney in the summer of 1898, 

 and it was reported at Kingsville on March 31, 1916; in Quebec, one 

 was recorded about 1883 from Montreal, another was seen in that 

 vicinity on May 17, 1920, while two were seen near Hatley on October 

 17, 1915. 



There are several records for each of the States of Minnesota, Wis- 

 consin, Iowa, and Missouri. Among the records for Illinois is a report 

 of seven seen at Knoxville on May 16, 1896, one seen at Philo on April 

 26, 1914, and a specimen taken at Lake Forest on November 10, 1918; 

 one was seen at Bicknell, Ind., on December 24, 1907, and again on 

 Februaiy 10, 1908; and a specimen was obtained at Toledo, Ohio, on 

 May 9, 1937. There are a few records for Atlantic coastal localities, 

 all of which must be open to suspicion as escapes from captivity. Among 

 these are one seen at Point Lookout, Md., on June 28, 1931, one seen 

 on Edisto Island, S. C, in May 1934, and one seen near Palm Beach, 

 Fla., on January 17, 1934. 



Egg dates. — Alaska: 3 records, May 28 to June 19. 



