SNOW BUNTING 1673 



Distribution 



Range. — Arctic islands of North America, southern Greenland, Jan 

 Mayen, Spitsbergen, and Franz Josef Land, south to Oregon, Utah, 

 New Mexico, Kansas, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, the British 

 Isles, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Rumania and the Caucasus. 



Breeding range. — The common snow bunting breeds from Prince 

 Patrick Island, Ellef Ringnes Island, northern Ellesmere Island and 

 northern Greenland (to Peary Land) south to southwestern Alaska 

 (Cold Bay, Kodiak Island), central Mackenzie (Mackenzie Mountains, 

 Lake Campbell), central Keewatin (Baker Lake, Southampton Island, 

 Coats Island), northern Quebec (Cox Island, Fort Chimo), north- 

 central Labrador (Bowdoin Harbour, Okak) ; and southern Greenland 

 (Ivigtut) ; and in the higher mountains of northern Scotland, Faeroes, 

 Jan Mayen, Norway (south to lat. 60° N.), northern Sweden, Finland, 

 Spitsbergen, Franz Josef Land, and northwestern Russia (Arkhangelsk 

 Government). Occurs in small numbers in summer on coasts of 

 southern Hudson and James bays. 



Winter range. — Winters from central western and southern Alaska 

 (Nulato, Nushagak, Sitka), northwestern British Columbia (Atlin), 

 central Saskatchewan (Dorintosh, Emma Lake), southern Manitoba 

 (Lake St. Martin) , western and southern Ontario (Port Arthur, Lake 

 Nipissing), southern Quebec (Montreal, Gaspe), southern Labrador 

 (Battle Harbour), and Newfoundland south to northwestern California 

 (casually, Humboldt Bay) , eastern Oregon (Camp Harney) , northern 

 Utah (Bear River Refuge, Provo), north-central New Mexico (Las 

 Vegas), central Kansas (Hays), southern Indiana (Bloomington), 

 Ohio, Tennessee, North Carolina (Big Bald and Round Bald 

 mountains), Virginia, and casually to Alabama (Birmingham), 

 Georgia (Columbia, Richmond, Liberty, and Chatham counties), and 

 coastal South Carolina (Charleston County), and from southern 

 Scandinavia and central Russia to Ireland, Wales, England, France, 

 northern Italy, Yugoslavia, Rumania, and the Caucasus. 



Casual Records. — Casual in Bermuda, the Azores, Canary Islands, 

 Morocco, and Malta. 



Migration. — Early dates of spring arrival are: Pennsylvania — State 

 College, March 19. Greenland — Angmagssalik, March 11. Illinois — 

 Chicago, March 4. Iowa — Grinnell, April 25. British Columbia — 

 Cranbrook, February 18. Alaska — Mt. McKinley, April 8. 



Late dates of spring departure are: Alabama — Birmingham, 

 January 24. Georgia — Grovetown, January 28. South Carolina — 

 Charleston, February 12. North Carolina — Clarkton, February 4. 

 Virginia — Back Bay and Rockingham County, February 9. Mary- 

 land — Ocean City, April 1. Pennsylvania — Crawford County, April 

 9; State College, March 24. New Jersey — Cape May, February 22. 



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