Snyder (1938) described a dark, rainforest subspecies of the Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus perobscurus) from Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. This subspecies is darker dorsally and ventrally in all plumages than the widespread North American subspecies A. s. velox (Figures 1 and 2). Snyder gave its summer range as from southeastern Alaska (Yakutat Bay) south on the islands and adjacent coast of British Columbia to Vancouver Island, and its winter range as from the Queen Charlotte Islands to Vancouver Island “and apparently south to the San Francisco Bay region of California.” He also mentioned an inland record from the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. The American Ornithologists’ Union added A. s. perobscurus to its check-list in the 19th supplement (AOU 1944), with its summer and winter ranges as delineated by Snyder. In this note I extend the winter range, clarify the characters of the subspecies, and suggest that migrants and wintering birds in other collections be reexamined.