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and young'. Younger females in adult dress have the abdomen : '' 

 fused with Avhiti 4i. 



Southwestern United States (arid division of Lower Sonoran Li.e 

 Zone), north, regularly, to southwestern Texas, New Mexico, southern 

 Utah (lower Santa Clara Valley), southern Nevada and southern Cali- 

 fornia (San Bernardino, San Diego, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Bar- 

 bara, San Joaquin, and Calaveras counties), casually or irregularly to 

 west- central Nevada (Carson Desert), and to central and northern 

 California (Santa Clara, San Jose, Yuba, Shasta, and Siskijou coun- 

 ties); southward throughout peninsula of Lower California and over 

 Mexican plateau to States of Mexico (Valle}^ of Mexico), Puebla 

 (Rancho del Aguacate, Huehuetlan), and Vera Cruz (plateau district). 



Ptilogonys nitevs Swainson, Anim. in Menag., 1838, 285 (Mexico). — Lafresnaye, 

 Kev. Zool., viii, 1845, 451, 452.— Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 335.-- 

 Heermann, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliilad., ii, 1853, 263 (s. California; habits); 

 Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, pt. iv, no. 2, 1859, 38 (Cosumnes R. and Colo- 

 rado R., California). — Cassin, Illustr. Birds Cal., Tex., etc., i, 1854, 169, 

 pi. 29.— Henry, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1855, 308 (New Mexico).— 

 Kennerly, Pacific R. R. Rep., iv, pt. vi, 1856, 11, 12 (Bill Williams R., 

 Arizona). 



Pltilogonys] nitenn Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1846, 281. 



\_Ptilogony!ri] nitens Gray', Hand-list, i, 1869, 366, no. 5570. 



Cichlopsis nitens Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 320, 923. 



Phainopepla nitens Baird, Rej). Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, p. xxxiv. — Sclater, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1858 (pub. May- June, 1859), 543; 1864, 173 (City of 

 Mexico); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 47 (n. Mexico).— Baird, Rep. U. S. and 

 Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, 11 (Fort Yuma; Gila R., etc.); Cat. N. 

 Am. Birds, 1859, no. 234; Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1859, 303 (Cape St. 

 Lucas); Ives' Rep. Colorado R., J861, pt. v, 5. — Kennerly, Rep. Pacific 

 R. R. Surv., X, pt. vi, no. 3, 1859, 25 (Bill Williams Fork and Gila R., 

 Arizona).— Xantus, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1859, 191 (Fort Tejon, 

 Cahforniaj.— Henry, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1859, 106 (New Mexico).— 

 Dresser, Ibis, 1865, 480 (Eagle Pass, Texas). — Duges, La Naturaleza, i, 1868, 

 141 (Guanajuato). — Cooper, Am. Nat., iii, 1869, 34, 185 (Cajon Pass, Cali- 

 fornia) ; Orn, Cal., i, 1870, 131. — Yarrow, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 

 1874, 34 (s. Nevada).— Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 398 (Cala- 

 veras Co., California, summer res.); v. 1883, 534 (La Paz, etc.. Lower Cali- 

 fornia). — RiDGWAY, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 26. — Coues, Check List, 

 2d ed., 1882, no. 168.— Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1883, 

 220.— Scott (W. E. D.), Auk, ii, 1885, 242 (Pinal and Pima counties, 

 Arizona; breeding habits; clescr. nest and eggs); v, 1888, 31 (Gila and Pima 

 counties, Arizona, up to 5,000 ft.). — Evermann, Auk, iii, 1886, 183 (Ventura 

 Co., California; habits; descr. nest and eggs). — Sharps, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., X, 1885, 220.— Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 139 

 (Rancho del Aguacate and Huehuetlan, Puebla), — American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 620.— Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 X, 1887, 222 (Baird, Shasta Co., California, 1 spec, June). — Fisher (A. K.), 

 N. Am. Fauna, no. 7, 1893, 113 (lower Santa Clara Valley, Utah; localities 

 ins. e. California). — Merriam (F. A.), Auk, xiii, 1896, 38 (nesting habits; 

 song). — Grinnell, Pub. ii, Pasadena Ac. Sci., 1898, 43 (Los Angeles Co., 

 California, summer res.). — Barlow, Condor, ii, 1900, 133 (Berryessa, S'anta 



