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Breeding range. — The rose-breasted grosbeak breeds from north- 

 eastern British Columbia (Tupper Creek), northern Alberta (Slave 

 River near Peace River), central Saskatchewan (Flotten Lake, 

 Cumberland House), central western and south central Manitoba 

 (The Pas, Lake St. Martin), western and southern Ontario (Malachi, 

 North Bay), southwestern Quebec (Blue Sea Lake, Val Jalbert), 

 northern New Brunswick (Jardin Brook), Prince Edward Island 

 (Harmony Junction), and Nova Scotia (Wliycocomagh) south to south 

 central Alberta (Red Deer), southern Saskatchewan (Indian Head), 

 central northern North Dakota (Minot), eastern South Dakota (Bijou 

 Hills), eastern Nebraska (Long Pine Canyon, Red Cloud), eastern 

 Kansas (Manhattan), central Oklahoma (Oklahoma City), south- 

 western and central Missouri (Freistatt, St. Louis), southern Illinois 

 (Mount Carmel), central Indiana (Terre Haute, Pennville), northern 

 Ohio (Paulding and Tuscarawas counties), eastern Kentucky (Black 

 Mountain), eastern Tennessee (Johnson City, Stratton Bald), northern 

 Georgia (Brasstown Bald), western North Carolina (Rocky Ridge, 

 Boone), western Virginia (throughout mountains), southeastern 

 Pennsylvania (Chestnut Hill), southwestern and central New Jersey 

 (Mill town), and southeastern New York (Dix Hills, Long Island). 

 Recorded nesting once in Colorado (Longmont), and in southern 

 Maryland (mouth of Governors Run, Calvert County). 



Winter range. — Winters from Michoacdn, San Luis Potosi (Xilitla), 

 and southern Louisiana (rarely) south through southern Mexico, 

 Central America, and northwestern South America to northern 

 Ecuador (Sarayacu), southwestern Colombia (Villavieja), and south- 

 western and central northern Venezuela (Bramon, Maracay); rarely 

 in western Cuba. 



Casual records. — Casual, chiefly in migration, west to California 

 (now almost annually), Baja California (Santo Tomds), and Arizona 

 (southwest to Castle Dome Mountains), and east to southeastern 

 Quebec (Moisie River, Anticosti Island), Newfoundland (Tompkins), 

 Bermuda, Watling Island, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamiaca, Dominica, and 

 Curagao. 



Accidental in Greenland and in Ireland (County Antrim) . 



Migration. — Early dates of spring arrival are: Guatemala — Guate- 

 mala City, March 21. Bermuda — St. Georges, April 15. Florida — 

 Juno, March 25; Pensacola, April 2. Alabama — Dauphin Island, 

 April 3. Georgia — Savannah, April 4. South Carolina — Spartanburg, 

 April 18. North Carolina — Weaverville, April 15. Virginia — Alex- 

 andria, April 20; Blacksburg, April 24. West Vu'ginia — Bluefield, 

 April 24. District of Columbia — April 17 (average of 20 years. May 

 4). Maryland — Baltimore County, April 8. Pennsylvania — Bethle- 

 hem, April 12; Beaver, April 24 (average of 22 years, May 1). New 



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