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Minnesota (Cook County, Koochiching County, Roseau County, 

 and Norman County); east-central Saskatchewan (Hudson Bay Junc- 

 tion) ; central Alberta (Glenevis and Jasper House) ; possibly Montana 

 (Madison River and Summit); possibly northern Idaho (Stanley 

 Butte); British Columbia (probably Laurier Pass, Rapid River, 

 McDame, Quartz Creek, and Atlin); southwestern Yukon (near 

 Whitehorse); and southwestern Alaska (Lake Clark and probably 

 Chulitna River). West to Alaska (probably Chulitna River, Russian 

 Mission, Kotlik, Nulato, Nome River, and Jade Mountains). 



Winter range. — At this season the hawk owl has been recorded north 

 to Alaska (Bethel, Toklat River, and rarely Fort Yukon); rarely 

 Mackenzie (Fort Confidence); Manitoba (rarely Grand Rapids, 

 Kalevala, and Winnipeg); northern Ontario (Martin Falls); Quebec 

 (rarely Lake Mistassini and Godbout); and Labrador (Cartwright). 

 East to Labrador (Cartwright) ; rarely New Brunswick (Scotch Lake) ; 

 rarely Maine (Bangor); and rarely Massachusetts (Salem, Lynn, 

 Brookline, Sandwich, and Chatham). South to rarely Massachusetts 

 (Chatham); rarely Rhode Island (West Greenwich Center); rarely 

 Connecticut (New Haven); rarely Long Island (Bayridge); rarely 

 New Jersey (Middlesex and Mercer County); rarely western New 

 York (Conquest and Rochester); rarely southern Ontario (Toronto 

 and Mount Forest); rarely southern Michigan (Port Huron and 

 Detroit); rarely Wisconsin (Lake Koshkonong and Meridian); Min- 

 nesota (St. Paul, Elk River, and Marshall County); northeastern 

 North Dakota (Joliette and Grafton); Montana (Summit, Nyack, 

 Kalispell, and Fortine); rarely Washington (Martin); and southern 

 British Columbia (Victoria). West to British Columbia (Victoria) 

 and Alaska (Nushagak and Bethel). As will be surmised from this 

 outline, the hawk owl is irregular in the southern parts of the winter 

 range and not infrequently it is entirely unobserved over periods of 

 several years. 



Migration: — This species is not regularly migratory, and but little 

 is known of its movements. Occasionally it will appear in regions 

 south of its breeding range in relatively large numbers, as during the 

 winter of 1884, when a notable flight visited New England. It also 

 was fairly common in 1922-23. 



Fall migration/ — Some early dates of fall arrival are: Nova Scotia — 

 Sable Island, October 9. Maine — Machias, October 27; Bangor, 

 October 28. New Hampshire — Lake Umbagog, October 25. Ver- 

 mont — Cornwall, November 2; Derby, November 11. Massachu- 

 setts — Middleboro, November 29. Ontario— Ottawa, October 9; 

 Toronto, October 18. Michigan — Sault Ste. Marie, September 27. 

 Minnesota — Itasca Park, September 15 ; Roseau County, September 25. 



Spring migration. — Some late dates of spring departure are: Min- 

 nesota — St. Paul, May 21 (unusually late). Michigan— Sault Ste. 



