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DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — North and South America. 



Breeding range. — The yellow-legs breeds north to Alaska (Kowak 

 River and Fort Yukon) ; Mackenzie (Fort Anderson, Rendezvous 

 Lake, and Horton River) ; and Ungava (Fort George and Whale 

 River). East to Ungava (Whale River) ; and formerly New York 

 (Phelps). South to formerly New York (Phelps) ; formerly Indi- 

 ana (Lake County) ; formerly Illinois (near Chicago) ; Wisconsin 

 (Lake Koshkonong) ; and central Alberta (Belvedere). West prob- 

 ably to northern British Columbia (Bennett and Telegraph Creek) ; 

 Yukon (Lake Marsh) ; and Alaska (Eagle and Kowak River). 



Nonbreeding individuals are frequently observed in summer south 

 of the breeding range: Nebraska (Lincoln) ; Colorado (Barr, Love- 

 land, and Las Animas) ; Wyoming (Albany County) ; Montana 

 (Fort Keogh, and Terry) ; and Oregon (Corvallis and Malheur 

 Lake). 



Winter range. — North to Sinaloa (Mazatlan) ; the coast of Texas 

 (Fort Brown and Refugio County) ; Louisiana (State Game Pre- 

 serve) ; and Florida (Pensacola, Goose Creek, and Wilson). East 

 to Florida (Wilson, and Royal Palm Hammock) ; Jamaica ; the 

 Bahama Islands; Porto Rico; rarely the Lesser Antilles (Barbuda 

 and Carriacou) ; British Guiana (Bartica Grove, Camacusa, and 

 Altagracia) ; French Guiana (Cayenne) ; Brazil (Mapa, Mexiana, 

 Marajo, Cantagallo, and Novo Fribourgo) ; Uruguay (Lazcano and 

 San Vicente) ; and Argentina (Buenos Aires, Azul, and the Chubut 

 Valley). South to Argentina (Chubut Valley); and Chile (Greg- 

 ory Bay, Straits of Magellan, Santiago, and Valparaiso). West to 

 Chile (Valparaiso, Puerto del Huasco, Atacama, and Tarapaca) ; 

 Peru (Chorillos, Junin, and Cajabamba) ; Ecuador (Canar, Baba- 

 hoyo, and Quito) ; Colombia (Medellin and Cartagena) ; probably 

 Panama (Culebra) ; Costa Rica (La Estrella de Cartago) ; probably 

 Nicaragua (Escondido River) ; Jalisco (La Barca) ; and Sinaloa 

 (Mazatlan). 



Spring migration. — Early dates of spring arrival are: Georgia, 

 Cumberland, March 12; South Carolina, Charleston, March 5, and 

 Frogmore, March 20; North Carolina, Corolla, March 15, and At- 

 lantic, March 19; District of Columbia, Washington, March 12; 

 Maryland, Havre de Grace, March 15 ; Bermuda, April 26 ; Pennsyl- 

 vania, State College, April 1; New Jersey, Cape May Court House, 

 April 1, and Morristown, April 6; New York, Branchport, March 

 26, and Roslyn, April 3; Connecticut, Hartford, April 19; Massa- 

 chusetts, Taunton, April 4, and Monomoy Island, April 29 ; Vermont, 

 Hartford, April 28; Maine, Pittsfield, April 26, and Saco, May 1; 

 Quebec, Montreal, April 30, and Godbout, May 5 ; New Brunswick, 



