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tion) ; southern Montana (Hillside, Fort Custer, and Miles City) ; 

 and southwestern Saskatchewan (Eastend). East to southeastern 

 Saskatchewan (Eastend) ; eastern Montana (Miles City and Tongue 

 River) ; eastern Wyoming (Midwest, Douglas, and Laramie) ; north- 

 western Nebraska, possibly (Sioux County) ; Colorado east to the 

 Plains (Loveland, Golden, and Fort Garland) ; and extreme western 

 Oklahoma (the Black Mesa region of Cimarron County). South to 

 western Oklahoma (Cimarron County) ; northern New Mexico (Santa 

 Fe, Albuquerque, and Mount Taylor) ; northern Arizona (Navajo, 

 Apache County, and Fredonia) ; southern Nevada (Charleston Moun- 

 tains) ; and southern California (San Bernardino and Lockwood 

 Valley) . West to California, southern and eastern parts of the State 

 (Lockwood Valley, Bakersfield, Inyo Mountains, Mono Lake, Eagle 

 Lake, and McDoel, Siskiyou County) ; Oregon, east of the Cascades 

 (Spring Lake, Fort Klamath, and John Day River Valley) ; central 

 Washington (Kiona, Yakima, and Ellensburg) ; and southern British 

 Columbia (Keremeos). 



Winter range. — In winter the sage thrasher is found north to south- 

 ern California (San Fernando, Twenty-nine Palms, sometimes to 

 Coalinga, Fresno County, and Death Valley) ; southern Arizona 

 (Sascaton and Tucson); southern New Mexico (Silver City and 

 Mesilla) ; and southern Texas (El Paso, Fort Clark, and Kerrville). 

 East to Texas (Kerrville, Uvalde, Laredo, and rarely Brownsville) ; 

 and northern Tamaulipas (Nuevo Laredo and Camargo). South to 

 Tamaulipas (Camargo) ; northern Chihuahua (Colonia Diaz and 

 Chihuahua) ; northern Sonora (El Doctor, Sonoyta, and Punta Penas- 

 cosa) ; and Baja California (Cape San Lucas). West to Baja Cali- 

 fornia (Cape San Lucas, the Pacific coast, and occasionally Guada- 

 lupe Island), and California (San Diego and San Fernando). 



Migration. — Late dates of spring departure are: Chihuahua — 

 Palomas Lakes, April 7. Texas — Somerset, April 12. Arizona — 

 Tucson, April 7. 



Some early dates of spring arrival are : Texas — Somerset, February 

 10. New Mexico — Silver City, March 22. Arizona — Williams, March 

 31. Colorado— Walden, March 10. Utah— St. George, April 13. 

 Wyoming — Laramie, March 27. Idaho — Rupert, March 31. Mon- 

 tana — Billings, May 1. Oregon — ^Klamath Lake, April 6. Washing- 

 ton — Yakima, April 10. Saskatchewan — Eastend, May 2. 



Some late dates of fall departure are: Saskatchewan — Eastend, 

 August 18. Washington — Yakima, September 15. Idaho — Meridian, 

 September 21. Wyoming — Douglas, October 3. Colorado — ^Fort 

 Morgan, October 4. New Mexico — Zuni, November 26. 



Some early dates of fall arrival are : Arizona — Fort Verde, August 

 29. New Mexico — Carlsbad, August 6. Chihuahua — Chihuahua, Oc- 

 tober 5. 



