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August 28, the species is noted as " very abundant," but is not afterwards 

 mentioned. Mr. Bryant found it in moderate numbers at the same locality 

 during the early part of September, 1890. 



This Swallow ranges as far north on the Pacific coast as British Columbia, 

 and as far south as Guatemala. In California it is rather common and widely 

 distributed in summer. 



Ampelis cedrorum (Vieill.). 



Cedar Waxwing. 



Ampelis cedrorum Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 1883, 537 (Cape Region). 

 BuTANT, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II. 1889, 306, 307 (Cape Region). 



Mr. Belding gives the Cedar Waxwing as " very rare " in the Cape Region, 

 a statement confirmed by the experience of Mr. Frazar, who met with the bird 

 on but one occasion, at San Jose del Rancho on December 22, when two speci- 

 mens were taken from a flock containing about a dozen. Mr. Bryant mentions 

 seeing a small flock at Comondu on April 7, 1888, and Mr. Anthony found the 

 species " rather common about Valladares " in late April and early May, 

 1893.1 



In California the Cedar Waxwing is known only as an irregular and rather 

 infrequent winter visitor, but it breeds commonly in portions of Oregon and 

 northward into British Columbia.'^ In winter it migrates as far southward as 

 Guatemala and Honduras. 



Phainopepla nitens (Swains.). 

 Phainopepla. 



Phainopepla nitens Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 18-59, 301, 303 (Cape St. 



Lucas). Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 1883, 534 (Cape Region) ; VI. 



188.3, 345 (Cape Region). Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II. 



1889, 307 (Cape St. Lucas ; Cape Region). 

 Phaenopepla nitens Baird, Rev. Amer. Birds, pt. I. 1866, 416 (descr. ; Cape St. 



Lucas). 



This species is resident in the Cape Region, and apparently about equally 

 common there at all seasons. It is represented in Mr. Frazar's collection by a 

 large series of specimens, most of which were obtained at San Jose del Rancho 

 in July, and at La Paz in February, March, and April. I have also two 

 examples which were shot at Triunfo in June, and two others taken in the 



1 Zoe, IV. 1893, 243. 



2 In a late number of the Condor (IIL 1901, 146, 147) Mr. Grinnell gives a full 

 and interesting statement of the distribution of the Cedar Bird in California and to 

 the northward near the Pacific coast. 



