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made, and the color feature marks this Cardinal as one of the palest of 

 the group." 



He does not indicate that its habits are in any way different from 

 those of other neighboring races of the species. 



Distribution 



Range. — The Santa Gertrudis cardinal is resident in central Baja 

 California, from lat. 28° 22' N. (Santa Teresa Bay) south to lat. 

 27° 14' N. (10 miles south of Santa Rosalia). 



Egg dates. — Baja California: 30 records, March 22 to August 28; 

 10 records, May 20 to June 26; 10 records, August 5 to August 9. 



RICHMONDENA CARDINALIS IGNEA (Baird) 



San Lucas Cardinal 



Habits 



The cardinal of the Cape region of Lower California is described 

 by Ridgway (1901) as similar to the Arizona cardinal, "but smaller, 

 with relatively shorter and thicker bill ; adult male rather deeper red ; 

 adult female paler, both above and below, with capistrum obsolete, 

 very pale grayish or grayish white, and general color of under parts 

 light clay-buff, the chest and sides of head never (?) touched with red." 



William Brewster (1902) says of its haunts: "It occurs practically 

 everywhere from the shores of the Gulf to among the foothills of the 

 mountains, but apparently not on the summits or upper slopes of the 

 latter. Mr. Frazar found it most numerously at La Paz and Triunfo, 

 least so at San Jos6 del Cabo, while he did not meet with a single 

 specimen on the Sierra de la Laguna. Mr. Bryant saw the bird 

 occasionally 'among thick high shrubs and trees,' on Santa Margarita 

 island, and it was common at Comondu, while further northward he 

 traced it neai'ly to latitude 29°." 



He says of its nesting: "Mr. Frazar took four nests of C. c. igneus 

 at San Jos6 del Rancho in July, the first on the 14th, the last on the 

 20th of the month. These were in bushes, the fourth in a small 

 tree, the height above ground varying from four to ten feet. They 

 all closely resemble nests of the eastern Cardinal. The eggs, thi'ee 

 in number in each instance, were all fresh or but slightly incubated." 



Grifffng Bancroft (1930) found some half-dozen nests in the mes- 

 quites along the dry river beds, placed on the overhanging lateral 

 branches. 



Eggs. — The measurements of 40 eggs average 24.1 by 18.0 milli- 



