. Distribution and migration of North American shorebirds . w-legs isthe Barren Grounds and neighboring regions to the southward. Thespecies ranges north to southern Ungava (Selwyn), central Keewatin(Preble), and nearly to the Arctic coast in northern Mackenzie (Mac-Farlane). It breeds north to Kotzebue Sound (Townsend) and FortYukon (Dall and Bannister), but apparently does not occur on thenorthern coast of Alaska. The southern limit of the breeding rangeis imperfectly known; the species breeds in Yukon at least south toLake Marsh (Bishop), and in the interior probably to southernAlberta (Mac
. Distribution and migration of North American shorebirds . w-legs isthe Barren Grounds and neighboring regions to the southward. Thespecies ranges north to southern Ungava (Selwyn), central Keewatin(Preble), and nearly to the Arctic coast in northern Mackenzie (Mac-Farlane). It breeds north to Kotzebue Sound (Townsend) and FortYukon (Dall and Bannister), but apparently does not occur on thenorthern coast of Alaska. The southern limit of the breeding rangeis imperfectly known; the species breeds in Yukon at least south toLake Marsh (Bishop), and in the interior probably to southernAlberta (Macoun), southern Saskatchewan (Macoun), and northernQuebec (Macoun). Winter range.—The yellow-legs passes south in winter to the Straitof Magellan (Gay) and occurs at this season quite generally over thesouthern half of South America, and even in the mountains up to10,000 feet (Sclater). Winter records north of this region are few,and probably only a comparatively small number regularly winter Bui. 35, Biological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Agricultur Plate Yellow-legs (Totanus flavipes). YELLOW-LEGS. 57 north of South America. A few winter in southern Mexico, as farnorth as Cozumel Island (Sharpe) and La Barca, Jalisco (Goldman);a few are noted occasionally in Louisiana (Beyer) and in Florida inwinter (Pillsbury), and the species occurs rarely in the Bahamas atthis season (Bonhote). Migration range.—The yellow-legs is common on the Atlantic coastin fall and many pass through the Lesser Antilles. In this latterregion it is practically unknown in spring, and it is rare in springmigration on the Atlantic coast north of Long Island, New facts would seem to indicate that some yellow-legs pursuedifferent migration routes in fall and spring. The species is a commonmigrant in the Mississippi Valley both spring and fall, and henceprobably most of those that go south through the Lesser Antillesreturn in spring to their breeding grounds by way of the MississippiValley. The sp
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