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were bent on any general course more than another; as some days 

 a flock woiihl be proceeding southward, on the next to the northward 

 or eastward." 



Maurice Broun's (1935) records for 1934 at Kittatinny Ridge in 

 Pennsylvania "extend from September 24 to November 24. The 

 majority of the 105 individuals recorded passed through between 

 October 10 and November 10. The greatest number seen on one day 

 was 11 on October 18, and 11 on November 3. The females precede 

 the males, apparently, as most of the 51 birds that occurred up to 

 October 19 were of the former sex. Of 38 Marsh Hawks observed 

 from November 1 to 12, 28 were males," 



Whiter. — A few individuals remain, during mild winters, on the 

 coastal marshes of southern New England, or in other suitable locali- 

 ties throughout the Northern States; but the great majority follow 

 the migrations of the small birds southward, and spend the winter 

 in the Southern States, the land of plenty. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — North America, Central America, and (rarely) the West 

 Indies; accidental in northern South America. 



Breeding range. — The marsh hawk breeds north to Alaska (Kobuk 

 River) ; Mackenzie (Lower Anderson River, Fort Rae, Fort Resolu- 

 tion, and probably Fort Smith) ; Manitoba (probably Fort Churchill, 

 probably Cape Churchill, and York Factory) ; Ontario (fork of the 

 Albany River and Moose Factoiy) ; and Quebec (Quebec, Kamou- 

 raska, Pointe des Monts, and mouth of the Natashquan River). 

 East to Quebec (mouth of the Natashquan River) ; New Brunswick 

 (Chatham) ; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia (Pictou and Hali- 

 fax) ; Maine (Portland) ; Massachusetts (Chatham and Marthas 

 Vineyard) ; Connecticut (New London) ; New York (New York 

 City) ; New Jersey (Summit, Princeton, Lawrenceville, Long 

 Beach, Great Egg Harbor, and Cape May) ; Virginia (Wallops 

 Island and Cobbs Island) ; and rarely Florida (Gainesville and Mican- 

 opy). South to rarely Florida (Micanopy) ; Ohio (Toboso and 

 Circleville) ; Indiana (Marco) ; Illinois (Philo) ; Missouri (Mount 

 Carmel and Stotesbury) ; Kansas (Neosho Falls, Wichita, Fort Hays, 

 and Ellis) ; New Mexico (Salt Creek) ; Arizona (Tucson) ; and 

 Lower California (El Rosario). West to Lower California (El 

 Rosario and Cape Colnett) ; California (San Diego, Riverside, San 

 Luis Obispo, probably Seaside, Santa Cruz, probably Point Reyes, 

 and Humboldt Bay) ; Oregon (Fort Klamath and Salem) ; Wash- 

 ington (Seattle and Port Angeles) ; British Columbia (Chilliwack, 

 Lac La Hache, Cariboo District, and probably the Kispiox Valley) ; 

 and Alaska (probably Homer, probably Nushagek, St. Michael, 

 Nulato, and Kobuk River) . 



