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eastern part of Labrador; thence they cross the Gulf of St. Lawrence 

 and follow the New England coast to their winter home, which 

 extends from southwestern Maine to Chesapeake Ba}^ with the 

 center of abundance off Long Island and Massachusetts. In spring 



Fig. 9. — Breeding and wintering ranges of the western tanager (Piranga ludovkiana). It would be sup- 

 posed that the birds nesting in the northeastern part of the breeding range would reach their summer 

 home by the most direct route, through western Texas and along the eastern foothills of the Rocky 

 Mountains. The next map (fig. 10) shows that they take a peculiarly circuitous route. (See p. 23. ) 



the birds return to their breeding grounds by an inland route travers- 

 ing the valleys of the Connecticut, Hudson, and Ottawa Rivers. 

 Individuals that winter along the Pacific coast from Washington to 

 southern California are known to pass by thousands up and down 

 the coast as far north as that coast has a generally north and south 



