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setts (Plum Island and Boston) ; Rhode Island (Providence) ; Connecti- 

 cut (New London and Hartford); southeastern New York (Orient 

 Point and Staten Island) ; New Jersey (Princeton and Moorestown) ; 

 Delaware (Lewes); Maryland (Cambridge); Virginia (Bowers Hill); 

 North Carolina (Raleigh and Pinehurst); South Carolina (Camden, 

 Charleston, and Sea Islands); Georgia (Savannah and St. Marys); 

 Florida (Daytona, Winter Park, St. Lucie, Florida City, and Key 

 West); Yucatan (Camp Mengel) ; British Honduras (El Cayo); north- 

 eastern Honduras (Lancetilla) ; eastern Nicaragua (Escondido River); 

 and Panama (Gatun). South to Panama (Gatun); Costa Rica 

 (Guayabo and San Jose) ; western Guatemala (Guatemala and Duenas) ; 

 Oaxaca (Villa Atla); Puebla (Chietla); southern Sinaloa (Esquinapa 

 and Mazatlan); and Baja California (Triunfo). West to Baja Cali- 

 fornia (Triunfo, Carmen Island, Natividad Island, Todos Santos 

 Island, Las Cruces, and Calexico); California (Witch Creek, Buena 

 Park, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Palo Alto, Berkeley, and Marys- 

 ville); Oregon (Sweet Home and Rickreall); Washington (Centralia, 

 Tacoma, Seattle, and Everett); and British Columbia (Courtenay). 



The range as above outlined applies to the North American races of 

 this species, four of which are currently recognized by taxonomists. 

 The typical race, the eastern sparrow hawk (Falco sparverius spar- 

 verius), occupies the entire range except the region from southern 

 Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, southern California, and northern 

 Baja California, which is the range of the desert sparrow hawk (F. s. 

 phalaena); the southern part of Baja California, occupied by the San 

 Lucas sparrow hawk (F. s. peninsularis) ; and the peninsula of Florida 

 and adjoining portions of the Gulf States, which is the range of the 

 little sparrow hawk (F. s. paulus). Additional races of this species 

 are found in South America and the Caribbean region. 



Spring migration. — Early dates of arrival in areas north of the winter 

 range are: Quebec — Montreal, March 25; Kamouraska, April 5; 

 Quebec, April 16. New Brunswick — Grand Manan, March 19; 

 Scotch Lake, April 8. Nova Scotia — Bridgetown, March 22; Wolf- 

 ville, April 8. Prince Edward Island — North River, April 22. 

 Wisconsin — Racine, March 1 (has been known to winter); Beaver 

 Lake, March 6; Milwaukee, March 8 (has been known to winter); 

 Madison, March 13; North Freedom, March 14. Minnesota — 

 Minneapolis, February 27 (has been known to winter); Jackson, 

 March 8; Hutchinson, March 12; Elk River, March 18. Nebraska — 

 Valentine, February 10; Omaha, February 19; Red Cloud, February 

 20. South Dakota — Dell Rapids, March 5 ; Sioux Falls, March 1 1 ; 

 Vermillion, March 11; Brookings, March 22. North Dakota — 

 Charlson, March 14; Bismarck, March 21; Larimore, March 22; 

 Jamestown, March 28. Manitoba — Aweme, March 17; Reaburn, 

 March 23; Margaret, March 28; Pilot Mound, April 7. Saskatche- 



