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Passerina cyanea (Linnaeus). Indigo Bunting. [598.] 



Tanagra cyanea Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, 315. Based on 

 The blew Linnet, Linaria cserulea Catesby, Carolina, I, 45. (in 

 Carolina = South Carolina.) 



Range. — Breeds chiefly in the Transition and Austral zones from central 

 eastern North Dakota, central Minnesota, northwestern Michigan, southeast- 

 ern Ontario, southern Quebec, and southern New Brunswick south to central 

 Texas, southern Louisiana, central Alabama, central Georgia and northern 

 Florida (casually). Winters from Morelos and Yucatan through Central 

 America to Panama, and in Cuba. Occasional in the Bahamas in migration; 

 casual in eastern Colorado, southern Saskatchewan, and southern Manitoba. 



Passerina amoena (Say) . Lazuli Bunting. [599.] 



Emberiza amoena Say, in Long, Exped. Rocky Mts., II, 1823, 47 (note). 

 (Rocky Mts., source of the Arkansas = near Canyon City, Colorado.) 



Range. — Breeds in the Transition and Upper Austral zones from southern 

 British Columbia, southern Alberta, southeastern Saskatchewan, and north- 

 western North Dakota south to northwestern Lower California and central 

 western Texas. Winters in Mexico, south to the Valley of Mexico. Acciden- 

 tal or casual in Minnesota and southern Mackenzie (Fort Providence). 



Passerina versicolor versicolor (Bonaparte). Varied Bimting. [600.] 



Spiza versicolor Bonaparte, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., V, 1837, No. 59 

 [June 14, 1838], 120. (near Temascaltepec [Mexico].) 



Range. — Valley of the lower Rio Grande, Texas south to southern Mexico. 

 Accidental in Michigan (?). 



Passerina versicolor pulchra Ridgway. Beautiful Bunting. [600a.] 



Passerina versicolor pulchra Ridgway, Manual N. Amer. Birds., 1887, 448. 

 (Miraflores, Lower California.) 



Range. — Extreme southeastern California, northwestern Mexico, and 

 southern Lower California. Accidental in southeastern Arizona. 

 [An allied race of P. versicolor occurs in Guatemala.] 



Passerina ciris (Linnaeus). Painted Bunting. [601.] 



Emberiza Ciris Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 179. Based mainly 

 on the Painted Finch, Fringilla tricolor Catesby, Carolina, I, 44. 

 (Carolina not far from the sea = South Carolina.) 



Range. — ^Breeds in the Lower Austral Zone from southern Kansas, central 

 Arkansas, northern Mississippi, and southeastern North Carolina south to 

 southern Louisiana, southern Georgia, northern Florida, southeastern New 

 Mexico, and Texas. Casual in southern Arizona and southern Illinois (re- 



