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BREEDING RANGE 



WINTER RANGE 



Figure 21. — Breeding and wintering ranges of the western tanager. 

 See figure 22 for the spring route taken by the birds breeding in the 

 northern part of the range. 



The route taken by the white-winged scoters that winter on the 

 Atlantic coast already has been indicated (p. 59). Some birds of this 

 species, however, winter on the Pacific coast from Puget Sound south 

 to southern California. Their passage by thousands up and down the 

 coast has been noted as far north as northwestern British Columbia. 

 The species is known to nest in Alaska, which may be the home of 

 some, at least, of the scoters that winter on the Pacific coast. If such 

 be the case, however, it must be admitted that a part of the route taken 



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