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zona (Tucson); central Texas (Sheffield, San Angelo, Mason, Waco, 

 and probably Houston) ; and Florida (Manatee River, probably Enter- 

 prise, and probably Titusville). East to Florida (probably Titusville, 

 St. Johns River, Deerfield Prairie, Fellsmere, St. Lucie, Fort Pierce, 

 Immokalee, and Everglades); Cuba (Trinidad and Isle of Pines); 

 Yucatan (Merida); and Panama (Tapia and Bugaba). South to 

 Panama (Bugaba); Costa Rica (San Jose and Nicoya); Nicaragua 

 (Chinandega) ; Guatemala (Escuintla, Duenas, and Finca El Cipres) ; 

 Jalisco (Las Penas); and Nayarit (Las Marietas Island). West to 

 Nayarit (Las Marietas Island and San Bias) ; southern Sinaloa (Esqui- 

 napa); and Baja California (Cape San Lucas, San Jose del Cabo, La 

 Paz, and Santa Margarita Island). 



The typical race (P. c. cheriway) is found in South America ranging 

 northward to meet auduboni in Central America. The line of contact 

 is imperfectly known, and while specimens from southern parts of 

 Central America approach the northern form in size, in color charac- 

 ters they are more nearly like typical cheriway. 



Casual records. — Occasional specimens (apparently wanderers from 

 the breeding grounds) have been observed or collected in the north- 

 ern part of Baja California, as follows: Near Calmali on April 7, 1927; 

 a pair at Santo Domingo; two seen in February on the upper Hardy 

 River; a specimen collected and two others seen near Pilot Knob, Calif., 

 on March 15, 1928. One was observed over a period of two weeks at 

 Monterey, Calif., in February 1916. In Arizona one was shot by an 

 Indian (date uncertain), and two others were reported as seen at 

 Sacaton, while there also is an indefinite record from Oracle. A speci- 

 men was obtained at Fort Thorn, N. Mex., during the winter of 1856, 

 and another was taken at Mesquite on May 4, 1914. Although some 

 authors have listed it as fairly common in Louisiana, the only definite 

 record appears to be a specimen listed in the catalog of the National 

 Museum as taken at Calcasieu Pass in 1854. 



At one time the species apparently had a wider range in Florida, as 

 its discovery by Audubon on November 24, 1831, was near St. Augus- 

 tine, and in 1858 it was recorded from Enterprise. One was observed 

 "at close range" at Pineycreek, N. C, on February 19, 1933, and one 

 was found dead on the north shore of Lake Superior near Port Arthur, 

 Ontario, on July 18, 1892. 



Egg dates. — Florida: 30 records, December 28 to April 7 ; 15 records, 

 January 30 to February 28, indicating the height of the season. 



Texas: 80 records, January 30 to June 4; 40 records, March 15 to 

 April 18. 



Mexico: 10 records, March 2 to August 10; 5 records, March 6 to 

 May 10. 



