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DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — Alaska and Canada, south to Texas and the Gulf coast. 



Breeding range. — The continental rusty blackbird breeds from 

 northern Alaska (Kotzebue Sound, Barrow, Fort Yukon), northern 

 Yukon (Porcupine River at Alaska boundary, King Point), north- 

 western and central Mackenzie (mouth of Peel River, Pikes Portage), 

 northern Manitoba (Churchill, York Factory), northern Ontario 

 (Fort Severn, Lake River Post), northern Quebec (Fort Chimo), and 

 central Labrador (Nain, Makkovik) ; south to south-central Alaska 

 (Bethel, Fort Egbert), central and northeastern British Columbia 

 (between the Rocky Mountains and coastal ranges: Atlin, Nulki 

 Lake), south-central Alberta (Calgary, Red Deer), central Sas- 

 katchewan (Big River, Emma Lake), central Manitoba (probably 

 Oxford Lake), western and southern Ontario (Savanne, Bruce County, 

 Algonquin Park), and southern Quebec (Inlet), through the northern 

 Appalachians to northeastern New York (Raquette Lake, Long 

 Lake), northern Vermont (Franklin, Saint Johnsbury), northern 

 New Hampshire (Averill, Lake Umbagog), central-western, central, 

 and southeastern Maine (Oxford, to Washington counties), and 

 southern New Brunswick (Scotch Lake). 



Winter range. — Winters casually north to southern British 

 Columbia (Okanagan Landing), central Alberta (Camrose), southern 

 Saskatchewan (Eastend), southern Manitoba (Portage la Prairie), 

 central Minnesota (Fosston, Elk River), southern Wisconsin (Madi- 

 son, Waukesha), southern Michigan (Kalamazoo, East Lansing), 

 southern Ontario (Kitchener, Reaboro), central and southeastern 

 New York (Geneva, Rhinebeck), central New Hampshire and southern 

 Maine (Falmouth, Calais) ; south casually to central Colorado (Love- 

 land, Colorado Springs), central and southeastern Texas (Abilene, 

 Seabrook), the Gulf Coast, and northern Florida (Cedar Keys, New 

 Smyrna) . 



Casual records. — Casual in southwestern and southeastern 

 Alaska (Nushagak, Kodiak Island, Wrangell), California (Amador 

 County, Santa Rosa and San Clemente Islands, Jamacha), Idaho 

 (Potlatch), Arizona (Grand Canyon, Tucson), and western Texas 

 (Alpine). 



Accidental in Siberia (Indian Point), Alaskan islands in Bering 

 Sea (Saint Paul, Saint Lawrence), Baja California (Valladeres) and 

 Greenland (Fiskenaes, Fredrikshaab) . 



Migration. — The data deal with the species as a whole. 



Early dates of spring arrival are: North Carolina — Raleigh, Febru- 

 ary 10 (average of 10 years, March 2). Virginia — Naruna, February 

 14. West Virginia — Bluefield, February 8. Maryland — Laurel, Feb- 



