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in the Great Basin region of the United States, north to southeastern Wash- 

 ington; west to Oregon, northeastern CaHfornia, western Nevada, and central 

 eastern CaHfornia; south to northern Arizona and southeastern New Mexico; 

 and east to central western Texas, New Mexico, southwestern Colorado, 

 southwestern Wyoming, and western Idaho. It winters south to Chihuahua, 

 Mexico. 



The Northwestern Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phceniceus caurinus) 

 breeds in the Pacific coast region, from southwestern British Columbia, in- 

 cluding Vancouver Island, to western Washington. It winters south to 

 northwestern California. 



The Kern Red-winged Blackbird {Agelaius phceniceus aciculatus) is resident 

 in Kern County, California, and apparently is a very local race. 



The San Diego Red-winged Blackbird {Agelaius phceniceus neutralis) 

 breeds in southwestern California and northern Lower California, wintering 

 south to southern Lower California. 



The Sonora Red-winged Blackbird {Agelaius phceniceus sonoriensis) breeds 

 in northwestern Mexico and in the southwestern United States, north to 

 southwestern New Mexico and central Arizona, west to eastern California, 

 western Sonora, and western Sinaloa, Mexico; south to Tepic, Mexico; and 

 east to Tepic, eastern Sonora, and southwestern New Mexico. 



In the following tables of migration data the localities indicated by (*) 

 pertain to the Northern Red-winged Blackbird; those by (t) to the Thick- 

 billed Red-winged Blackbird; those by (J) to the Nevada Red- winged Black- 

 bird ; and all the others to the Eastern Red- winged Blackbird. 



SPRING MIGRATION 



LOCALITY 



Weaverville, N. C 



New Market, Va 



White Sulphur Springs, W. Va 



French Creek, W. Va 



Washington, D. C 



Philadelphia, Pa 



Renovo, Pa 



Beaver, Pa 



Morristown, N. J 



New York, N. Y 



Shelter Island, N. Y 



Ithaca, N. Y 



Buffalo, N. Y 



Hartford, Conn 



Jewett City, Conn 



Providence, R. I. 



Springfield, Mass 



Harvard, Mass 



Number 



Average date of 



Earliest date of 



record 



spring arrival 



spring arrival 



4 



March i 



February 10, 1894 



28 



March 4 



February 19, 1909 



6 



March 2 



February 17, 1897 



3 



March 3 



February 25, 1890 



21 



March 2 



Rare, winter 



19 



March 4 



February 10, 1884 



23 



March 18 



March 2, 1887 



15 



March 9 



February 14, 1891 



19 



March 10 



January 23, 1910 



20 



March 15 



February 22, 1884 



IS 



March 3 



Rare, winter 



10 



March 12 



February i, 1902 



9 



March 23 



March 14, 1913 



25 



March 20 



March 5, 1910 



30 



March 11 



February 25, 1909 



22 



March 14 



February 22, 1906 



7 



March 19 



March 9, 1898 



7 



March 11 



February 22, 1909 



