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DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — Southern Canada to southern Mexico. 



Breeding range. — Shrikes of the loggerhead group breed north to 

 central northern Washington (Twisp and Kiverdale) ; recorded 

 in extreme southern British Columbia (Chilliwack, Osoyoos, Mid- 

 way, and Edgewood) but no positive evidence of breeding; south-, 

 central Alberta (Edmonton and Camrose) ; southern Saskatchewan 

 (Carlton, Quill Lake, and Yorkton) ; southern Manitoba (Lake St. 

 Martin and Winnipeg) ; southern Ontario (Emo, Midland, Rutlier- 

 gien, and Ottawa) ; southern Quebec (Montreal and Kamouraska) ; 

 and southern New Brunswick (Scotch Lake and St. Jolin). East to 

 New Brunswick (St. John) ; southern Maine (Bangor, Waterville, 

 and Saco) ; northwestern Massachusetts (Williamstown) ; western 

 Connecticut (Winchester) ; New Jersey (Elizabeth and Cape May), 

 and the other Atlantic Coast States to southern Florida (Homestead) . 

 South to southern Florida (Homestead and Fort Myers) the Gulf 

 coast to southern Texas (Galveston, Victoria, San Antonio, and Mara- 

 thon) ; southern Coahuila (Diamante Pass) ; southwestern Tamauli- 

 pas (Gomez Farias) ; western Veracruz (Las Vigas) ; to Oaxaca 

 (Tehuantepec). West to Oaxaca (Tehuantepec) ; Guerrero (Chil- 

 pancingo) ; Lower California (Cape San Lucas, San Ignacio Lagoon, 

 and San Quintm) ; California (San Diego, the Santa Barbara Islands, 

 Fresno, San Francisco, and Oroville) ; Oregon, east of the Cascades 

 (Tule Lake and Ashland) ; central Washington (Yakima and 

 Chelan) ; and southwestern British Columbia, possibly (Chilliwack). 



'Winter range. — In winter the races of the loggerhead shrike with- 

 draw somewhat from the northern part of their breeding range. At 

 that season they are found north to northwestern Washington (Blaine 

 and Dungenoss) ; southern Oregon (Klamath and Tule Lakes) ; west- 

 ern and southern Nevada (Carson and the Charleston Mountains) ; 

 southwestern Utah (St. George) ; central Arizona (Flagstaff, Fort 

 Verde, and the Salt River Wildlife Refuge) ; southern to central 

 New Mexico (Silver City, Elephant Butte, and Albuquerque) ; north- 

 western Texas (Palo Duro Canyon) ; northern Kansas (Stockton, 

 Manhattan, and Lawrence) ; occasionally to Nebraska (Scotts Bluff 

 and Stapleton) ; central Missouri (Concordia, Columbia, and St. 

 Charles) ; southern Illinois (JMount Carmel) ; southern Kentucky 

 (Russellville) ; Tennessee (Nashville and Johnson City) ; central 

 Virginia (Sweet Briar) ; District of Columbia (Washington) ; and 

 central New Jersey (Princeton) ; rare or accidental north to Wau- 

 watosa. Wis.; Toledo, Ohio; Toronto, Ontario; Rochester, N. Y. ; 

 and Concord, N. H. 



The range as outlined is divided into several subspecies or geo- 

 graphic races. The typical race, the loggerhead shrike (Z. I. ludovi- 



