EASTERN OVENBIRD 473 



DI8TKIBUTION 



Range. — Canada to northern South America. 



Breeding range. — The ovenbird breeds north to northeastern British 

 Columbia (Fort Nelson and Fort St. John) ; central southern Mac- 

 kenzie (probably Fort Eesolution) ; central Saskatchewan (Pelican 

 Narrows and Cumberland House) ; southern Manitoba (Aweme, 

 Fairfield, and Family Lake) ; central Ontario (Lac Seul, Port Arthur, 

 Amyot, Kapuskasing, and probably Moose Factory) ; southern Quebec 

 (Mistassini Post, Lake St. John, Godbout, and Anticosti Island) ; and 

 southern Newfoundland (Tompkins and probably the Avalon Pen- 

 insula). East to southern Newfoundland (probably the Avalon 

 Peninsula) ; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia (Cape Breton and 

 Baddeck) ; and the Atlantic Coast States south to northern Georgia 

 (Rising Fawn, Atlanta, and Kirkwood). South to northern Georgia 

 (Atlanta) ; northern Alabama (Florence, Monte Sano, and Annis- 

 ton) ; southwestern Tennessee (Fayette County) ; northwestern Ar- 

 kansas (Winslow, Magazine Mountain, London, and Clinton) ; eastern 

 Oklahoma (McCurtain County) ; and probably eastern Colorado 

 (Holly and Colorado Springs). West to Colorado (Colorado 

 Springs, Denver) ; western South Dakota (Short Pine Hills and 

 Black Hills) ; southeastern Montana (Miles City, Ekalaka, Long Pine 

 Hills) ; southern Saskatchewan (Muscow and probably Davidson) ; 

 and central Alberta (Grand Prairie, Glenevis, and Athabaska) ; and 

 northeastern British Columbia (Fort Nelson). 



Winter range. — The ovenbird winters north to northeastern Mexico 

 (Monterrey and Matamoros) ; southern Louisiana (Avery Island) ; 

 southern Georgia (Fitzgerald) ; and southern South Carolina (Mount 

 Pleasant). East to South Carolina (Mount Pleasant) ; north-central 

 Florida (Gainesville and Magnolia) ; throughout the Greater Antilles 

 (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico) ; to the Bahamas and 

 Lesser Antilles (Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Antigua, Guadeloupe, 

 Dominica, and Martinique). South to the Lesser Antilles (Martin- 

 ique) and northern Venezuela (Paraguana Peninsula). West to 

 northern Venezuela (Paraguana Peninsula) ; northern Colombia (La 

 Bonda) ; Panama (Divala, Gatun, and Darien) ; Cost Rica; El Sal- 

 vador; Guatemala (Mazatenango) ; Quintana Roo (Mujeres and 

 Cozumel Islands) ; Yucatan (Merida, Silan, and Chichen-Itza) ; 

 central Veracruz (El Conejo and Tres Zapotes) ; and northeastern 

 Mexico (Matamoros). 



Casual records include specimens taken or observed in southwestern 

 Wyoming, southwestern Colorado (Durango), California (Farallon 

 Islands, Glendale, and Lavic), Greenland (Narssag and Nanortalik), 

 and Bermuda. 



