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Breeding range. — The white-throated sparrow breeds from southern 

 Yukon (Watson Lake), central Mackenzie (Fort Norman, Sifton 

 Lake), northern Manitoba (Churchill), northern Ontario (Fort Sutton, 

 Severn River) , central western and southeastern Quebec (Fort George, 

 St. Pauls River), southern Labrador (Goose Bay), and northern 

 Newfoundland (St. Anthony) south to central British Columbia 

 (Kispiox Valley, Nulki Lake, Charlie Lake), central Alberta (North 

 Edmonton, Battle River area), southern Saskatchewan (Conquest, 

 McLean), central northern North Dakota (Turtle Mountains), central 

 Minnesota (Cambridge), northern Wisconsin (Oconto County), 

 central Michigan (Clare and Lapeer Counties), northern Ohio (Ottawa 

 and Ashtabula counties), northern West Virginia (Terra Alta), 

 northeastern Pennsylvania (Pocono Lake), southeastern New York 

 (Tannerville) , northwestern Connecticut (Litchfield), southern New 

 Hampshire (Mount Monadnock), Massachusetts (Weston, Milton, 

 Raynham), and Rhode Island (West Greenwich); non-breeding birds 

 summer casually south to Arkansas, Maryland, and New Jersey. 



Winter range. — Winters from northern California (sparsely; Del 

 Norte County southward), southern Arizona (sparsely; Tucson), 

 central Colorado (Denver), southeastern Nebraska (Lincoln), eastern 

 Iowa (Muscatine, Davenport, Clinton), southern Wisconsin (Madison, 

 Milwaukee), southern Michigan (Kalamazoo, Marshall, Ann Arbor, 

 Detroit), southern Ontario (London, Toronto), central New York 

 (Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Schenectady), southern Vermont 

 (Bennington, Brattleboro), coastal New Hampshire, and southern 

 Maine (Mount Desert Island) south to southern New Mexico (Rio 

 Grande Bird Reserve), southern Texas (Brownsville, Houston), the 

 Gulf coast, and northern Florida (Gainesville, Enterprise) ; north 

 casually to British Columbia (Grindrod, Vernon), North Dakota 

 (Fargo), Manitoba (Winnipeg), western and eastern Ontario (Port 

 Arthur, Ottawa), Quebec (Montreal, Lennoxville, Quebec), New 

 Brunswick (Scotch Lake), Nova Scotia (Cole Harbour, Wolfville), and 

 Newfoundland (St. John's) and south to Nuevo Leon (Linares), 

 northern Tamaulipas (Matamoros), and southern Florida (Cape 

 Sable), and Bermuda. In migration, west rarely to western Wash- 

 ington (Bellevue, Yakima), and coastal California. 



Casual records. — Accidental on Baffin Island (West Foxe Islands). 

 Guadalupe Island, Outer Hebrides, and in England. 



Migration. — Early dates of spring arrival are: District of Colum- 

 bia — March 11. Maryland — Baltimore county, March 5; Laurel, 

 March 16. Pennsylvania — State College, April 2 (average, April 

 24); Beaver, April 10; Renovo, April 13 (average of 26 years, April 

 22). New York — New York City, April 7. Connecticut — New 



