BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA 725 



from cere 11-13 (11.9); tarsus 35-41 (38.2); middle toe without 

 claw 21-25 (22.8 mm.).^^ 



Adult jemale.—Wmg 178-207 (195); tail 119-142 (129.5); culmen 

 from cere 11-15 (12.4); tarsus 34-42 (38); middle toe without claw 

 20-26 (23.0 mm.). 73 



Range. — Breeds from the limit of trees in Alaska (Circle, Craig, Fort 

 Selkirk, Juneau, Log Cabin, Portage Bay, Semenow Hills, Stikine 

 River, Taku River, Unalaska, Wrangell, Yukon River) ; northwestern 

 and central Mackenzie and Alberta (Buffalo Lake, Fort Carleton, 

 Moose Factory, Fort Roe, Fort Good Hope, York Factory) ; northern 

 Manitoba and Ontario (Port Arthur, Favourable Lake, Fraserdale, 

 Lake Attawapiskat) ; Quebec (Point de Monte, Gaspe County) ; 

 Newfoundland; and Nova Scotia; south through Canada and the 

 United States through California (Fort Creek, Baird, Mount TVTiitney, 

 Coarsegold, San Diego County, Ventura County, Red Bluff); to 

 northern Baja California (Seven Wells, Salton River; La Grulla; 

 Natividad Island; Guadalupe Island; San Jos6 del Cabo; Todos 

 Santos Island; Santa Margarita and Magdalena Islands; Las Cruces; 

 Valle de las Palmas; Sierra San Pedro Mdrtir; Colorado River; et 

 cetera) ; northwestern Mexico (south to Mazatldn, San Bias, Acapulco 

 Guerrero); southeastern Texas (Bro\\Tisville) ; northern Alabama; 

 northern Georgia. 



Winters from southern British Columbia; Kansas; Iowa; Illinois; 

 southern Ontario; southern Michigan, southern Maine (rare) ; southern 

 Vermont and New Hampshire south through the United States to 

 Mexico (throughout) ; Guatemala (Barrillos, Capetillo, Cobdn, 

 Constancia, Duenas, Gualan, Iguanos, Finca Carolina, Los Amates, 

 La Montanita, La Perla, Volcdn de Agua, San Ger6nimo, Tactic, 

 Tecpam, San Lucas, Secanquin, etc.) ; British Honduras (El Cayo) ; 

 Honduras (LancetiUa, Omoa, San Pedro, Tigre Island, Bay of 

 Fonseca); Nicaragua (Chontales, Great Corn Island, La Libertad, 

 San Rafael del Norte, Ledn, Rio Escondido, San Juan del Sur, Sucuya) ; 



" Sixty-four specimens from all parts of the range: Mexico; California; Oregon; 

 Wasliington; Arizona; New Mexico; Nevada; Utah; Idaho; Wyoming; Montana; 

 Mississippi; North and South Carolina; District of Columbia; Illinois; New 

 York; Maryland; Pennsylvania; etc. There is no constant appreciable difference 

 between southwestern birds {"phalaena") and eastern ones. AH of the supposed 

 phalaena measured were summer specimens. 



'^ Sixty-eight specimens from all parts of the range: Mexico; California; Oregon; 

 Washington; British Columbia; Arizona; New Mexico; Nevada; Wyoming; Mon- 

 tana; Colorado; North Dakota; Florida; Mississippi; Tennessee; Illinois; Virginia; 

 District of Columbia; Maryland; New York; et cetera. No constant or signifi- 

 cant geographic variations occur in this series (aU "phalaena" breeding birds). 



