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Bay, in which latter region it is found only in migration 

 and in winter. In the Maritime Provinces of Canada, 

 and even north to Newfoundland, the shoveller has been 

 recorded as a rare or casual visitor; but reliable breed- 

 ing records from this region seem to be lacking. It is 

 rare as a breeder in southern Michigan, and to the east- 

 ward is almost accidental in summer, though it has been 

 known to breed at English Lake, northwestern Indiana, 

 and at Long Point, on the north shore of Lake Erie. 

 The regular breeding range extends south to northern 

 Iowa and southern South Dakota ; thence southward it 

 breeds rarely and locally in Nebraska and Kansas, and 

 during the summer of 1905 one of the parties of the Bio- 

 logical Survey found it breeding near East Bernard, 

 about latitude 29° 30', in southeastern Texas. In the 

 western United States the species breeds commonly 

 from Colorado to northern California, and rarely in New 

 Mexico (Santa Rosa), Arizona (Mogollon Mountains), 

 and southern California (Los Angeles County.) On the 

 southern coast of Texas the species is not uncommon all 

 summer, though these summer residents are probably 

 nonbreeders. Mated birds have been found in May in 

 northern Chihuahua, Mexico, and at the southern end 

 of Lower California, and it is not improbable that the 

 species may breed locally in these districts, and even 

 south to Lake Chapala, Jalisco. 



The northern limit of the usual breeding range is from 

 the valley of the Saskatchewan to central British Colum- 

 bia. The species is a rare breeder thence northward to 

 the edge of the Barren Grounds, casually to Fort Ander- 

 son and Fort McPherson. It is rather rare in the Yukon 

 region, but has been known to breed at Fort Yukon, 



