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song. M. B. Trautman (1933) saw a male northern yellowthroat 

 during a severe cold snap during mid-March at Buckeye Lake, Ohio. 

 It was wintering in the cattails which stood beside a 2-foot snow drift 

 at the time it was seen. The bird was collected and upon examination 

 was found to be fat and in apparently good condition. 



C. W. Townsend (1905) writes: "I found a Maryland yellow-throat 

 on December 6th, 1903, in the sand dunes just back of Ipswich Beach, 

 among some bayberry bushes and golden rod stalks. There was about 

 an inch of snow on the ground and the thermometer early in the 

 morning was only 15° F. The bird proved to be a young male, quite 

 fat, with its stomach filled with insects, mostly beetles and flies, and 

 a few small seeds. Its plumage was interesting, as it had partially 

 assumed the first nuptial plumage." Since Dr. Townsend's winter 

 record there have been numerous winter records of the northern yel- 

 lowthroat in Massachusetts as well as in other sections of New Eng- 

 land. The yellowthroat is a regular winter resident from North 

 Carolina southward. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — North America, Central America, and the West Indies. 



Breeding range. — The yellowthroat breeds north to southeastern 

 Alaska (Chickamin River) ; southern Yukon (Jarvis Eiver at Alaska 

 Highway, Champagne, and Pelly River) ; northern Alberta (Peace 

 River area, and the Athabaska Delta) ; south-central Saskatchewan 

 (Manito Lake, Emma Lake, and Yorkton) ; southern Manitoba 

 (Brandon, Aweme, Pembina, Lake St. Martin, Shoal Lake, and Car- 

 man) ; central and northern Ontario (Kenora, Lac Seul, Roseport, 

 Amyot, and Moose Factory) ; central and southeastern Quebec (Mis- 

 tassini Post, Lake Albanel, Godbout, Mingan, Natashquan, and 

 Anticosti Island) ; and southern Newfoundland (Lewis Hills, Grand 

 Lake, Pushthrough, possibly Gooseberry Island, and Exploits River) . 

 East to Newfoundland (Exploits River) ; Connecticut; New York; 

 eastern Pennsylvania; western Maryland (Cranesville) ; Virginia 

 (Emporia, Pungo, and Dismal Swamp) ; North Carolina (Wadesboro 

 and Raleigh) ; South Carolina (Greenwood, Lancaster) ; Georgia (At- 

 lanta, Athens, Newton, and Saint Marys) ; and eastern Florida 

 (Gainesville, Micanopy, Deep Lake, Royal Palm Hammock, and 

 Miami). South to Florida (Miami, Tallahassee, and Pensacola) ; 

 southeastern Alabama (Abbeville and Dothan) ; southern Mississippi 

 (Gulfport and Biloxi) ; southern Louisiana (Pilot Town, Houma. 

 Vermillion Bay, and Sunset) ; southern Texas (Brownsville) ; north- 

 western Chihuahua (probably San Diego) ; and Colima (Colima and 

 Manzanillo). West to Colima (Manzanillo) ; Nayarit; Sinaloa; 

 Sonora (Tepopa Bay and Kino Bay) ; Baja California (San Ramon, 



