. Distribution and migration of North American shorebirds . 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 (Macou

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. Distribution and migration of North American shorebirds . 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 Agriculture. Plate

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