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DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — North and South America. The North American races 

 are found from northern Canada south to Panama. Other races 

 occupy the West Indies and South America south to Argentina. 



Breeding range. — In North America the breeding range extends 

 north to Alaska (Chitina River); Mackenzie (Fort Good Hope, 

 Fort Rae, and Fort Resolution); central Alberta (Athabaska Land- 

 ing); central Manitoba (Sea Falls); northern Ontario (Cochrane 

 and Moose Factory); Quebec (Quebec, Godbout, St. Anne des 

 Monts, and Anticosti Island); and Newfoundland. East to New- 

 foundland ; Prince Edward Island (North River) ; Nova Scotia (Pictou 

 and Halifax); Maine (Calais, Bucksport, Lewiston, and Portland); 

 New Hampshire (Franklin Falls and Concord); Massachusetts 

 (Danvers, Boston, and Taunton); Connecticut (Jewett City); Long 

 Island, N. Y. (Smithtown); New Jersey (Princeton, Trenton, Cam- 

 den, Salem, and Cape May); Virginia (Ashland, Eastville, and Nor- 

 folk); North Carolina (Beaufort); South Carolina (Georgetown, 

 Charleston, and Beaufort); Georgia (Savannah, Blackbeard Island, 

 and Okefenokee Swamp); and Florida (Jacksonville, Palatka, Fruit- 

 land Park, Fort Thompson, Miami, and Silver Palm Settlement). 

 South to Florida (Silver Palm Settlement, Punta Rassa, Tarpon 

 Springs, Tallahassee, Whitfield, and Pensacola); Louisiana (New 

 Orleans and Clinton); Texas (Huntsville, Bellville, San Antonio, 

 Kerrville, and San Angelo); Durango (Rio Sestin); Nayarit (Tepic); 

 and Baja California (Carmen Island and Guadalupe Island). West 

 to Baja California (Guadalupe Island and Todos Santos Island); 

 California (San Diego, Twin Oaks, Riverside, Los Angeles, Santa 

 Barbara, Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Napa, Mount San- 

 hedrin, Hoopa Valley, and Crescent City); Oregon (Bandon, Eugene, 

 Newport, and Hebo); Washington (Aberdeen, Olympic Mountains, 

 and San Juan Islands); British Columbia (Courtenay, Alta Lake, and 

 Cariboo District); and Alaska (probably Stikine Flats, probably 

 Taku River, and Chitina River). 



Winter range. — In winter the sparrow hawk is found north to 

 southern British Columbia (Courtenay, Sumas, Chilliwack, and 

 Okanagan); rarely Montana (Great Falls and Billings); eastern 

 Colorado (Denver) ; Kansas (Wichita, Independence, and Columbus) ; 

 rarely Iowa (Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, and Davenport); Illinois 

 (Moline and Rantoul); Indiana (La Fayette and Kokomo); rarely 

 Michigan (Wyandotte, Ann Arbor, and Detroit); rarely southern 

 Ontario (London, Toronto, and Ottawa) ; New York (Buffalo, Canandai- 

 gua, Geneva, and Auburn); rarely southern Vermont (Bennington, 

 Burlington, and Rutland); and rarely southern Maine (Yarmouth). 

 East to rarely southern Maine (Yarmouth and Portland); Massachu- 



