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Sturnella magna neglecta (Aud.). 



Western Meadowlark. 



Sturnella neglecta Beldixg, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., "VI. 1883, 351 (La Paz and s.). 

 Sturnella magna neglecta Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II. 1889, 294 (San 

 Jose del Cabo ; La Paz). 



Mr. Belding gives the Western Meadowlark as " rare " in the " vicinity of 

 La Paz and southward." It was met with by Mr. Frazar only at San Jose del 

 Cabo and Santiago. At the former place it arrived on October 14, after which 

 a few were seen at intervals during the remainder of October and the first half 

 of November. At Santiago a solitary bird was killed on November 19. In 

 the central and northern portions of the Peninsula it has been found "upon a 

 narrow strip of sand-hills between the estero and the ocean, about seventy miles 

 from Magdalena Island "; near Pozo Grande ; " within a few days' travel of San 

 Quintin"; on Cerros Island; and near San Eafael (Bryant). At San Fer- 

 nando, according to Mr. Anthony, it is "not uncommon during winter at the 

 mission, but very rare, if present, in summer." ^ These facts indicate that the 

 bird occurs rather generally but sparingly and more or less locally over the en- 

 tire Peninsula, probably breeding in the central and northern portions, and 

 visiting the Cape Region only in autumn and winter. Still further north- 

 ward it is common from southern California to British Columbia, and it even 

 reaches Alaska (Sitka), according to Mr. J. K. Lord.^ Southward it ranges 

 " through central and western Mexico to Guanajuato and Jalisco." ^ 



Icterus parisorum Bonap. 

 Scott's Oriole. 



Icterus parisorum Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila , 1859, 301 (Cape St. Lucas), 

 305 (descr. female; Cape St. Lucas). Cassin, Ibid.^ 1867, 54 (Lower Calif.). 

 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Amer. Birds, II. 1874, 189, 190 

 (abundant at Cape St. Lucas, with breeding habits). Beldisg, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., V. 1883, 541 (Cape Region); VI. 1883, 348 (Victoria Mts.). 

 Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., IL 1889, 295 (Cape Region). Ben- 

 dire, Life Hist. N. Amer. Birds, pt. II. 1895, 473 (breeding habits in Cape 

 Region). 



In my large series of specimens of this Oriole, there is so much variation, affect- 

 ing, apparently, adult as well as young birds, that it is impossible to describe 

 the different plumages under the usual stereotyped headings. Both sexes seem 

 to have two distinct phases of coloring, certainly common to all seasons, and 

 having no obvious connection with the age of the individual. Thus a certain 



1 Auk, XII. 1895, 140. 



2 Naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia, II. 1866, 147. 



3 A. O. U., Check List, 2d ed., 1895, 206. 



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