Ked-wings WESTERN BIRDS 



The San Diego Red-wing (A. p. neutralis), breeds 

 from eastern British Columbia south to northern Lower 

 California, New Mexico, and western Texas. 



The Northwestern Red-wing (A. p. caurinus) from 

 British Columbia south to Mendocino County, Califor- 

 nia. This bird is similar to the San Diego but the female 

 is much darker, being heavily streaked with black below. 

 Dawson gives one song as whoo-kusivee-ung , as well as 

 Conqueree. 



The Thick-billed Red-wing breeds from above the 

 United States south to northeastern Colorado and north- 

 ern Texas, wintering principally in the southern part of 

 its breeding range, but wandering irregularly further 

 eastward. 



This bird resembles the eastern one but is the largest 

 of the genus, and the bill is shorter and proportionately 

 thicker. Bulletin No. 107 reports these birds as doing 

 much good work in the Salt Lake Valley by eating the 

 weevils that are so destructive to alfalfa. 



GENUS AGELAIUS : BI-COLORED 

 EED-WINGS. 



Bi-Golored Red- Wing: Agelaius gubernator calif or- 



nicus. 



FAMILY— BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, ETC. 



As if these various subspecies were not enough to 

 confuse the most painstaking bird student, there are two 

 other varieties found in the west. One is found in the 

 valleys of California west of the Sierra Nevada, strag- 

 gling south and east to San Diego and Owens Lake, 

 California; and Casa Grande, western Arizona. Re- 

 corded, also, as breeding at Cape Disappointment, 

 Washington. 



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