1917 BIRDS OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ISLANDS 87 



J. iMailliard (1) shot two males and saw another, April 30, 1898, on Santa 

 Cniz. 



157. Passerina amoena (Sny) 



Lazuli Bunting 



Cyanospiza amoena (1) Mailliard, Bull. Cooper Orn. Club, i, 1899, p. 45. (2) Richardson, 



Condor, x, 1908, p. 68. 

 Passerina amoena (3) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 136. 



Sometimes rather common during migration. C. H. Richardson (2) states 

 that he has seen this species occasionally during April in the canyons of Cata- 

 lina. J. ^lailliard (1) shot a specimen on Santa Crnz Island, April 14, 1898, and 

 (318) saw several more on the 21st, while W. L. Dawson {M8) says that it 

 formed the principal part of a migration wave that reached that locality April 

 19, 1915. 



158. Pirang"a ludoviciana (Wilson) 



Western Tanager 



Piranga ludoviciana {!) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 85. (2) Howell, Condor, xii, 1910, 

 p. 187. 



Regular migrant in small numbers. I (.2) saw a male on the Coronados, 

 i\lay 26 and 27, 1910, which seemed to feel very much out of place. D. R. Dickey, 

 L. M. Huey and I noted one feeding on some low bushes on San Clemente, March 

 23, 1915, and C. B. Linton (1) saw several in the same locality during the spring 

 of 1907. J. Grinnell (MS) heard one on the hillside of Santa Cruz Island, Sep- 

 tember 3, 1903. 



159. Piranga rubra cooperi Ridgway 



Cooper Tanager 



Piranga rubra cooperi (1) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 85. (2) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 

 7, 1912, p. 89. (3) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 137. 



A female of this species was secured by C. B. Linton (1) on San Clemente, 

 October 11, 1907, and is now in the collection of J. E. Thayer. 



160. Hirundo erythrogastra Boddaert 



Barn Swallow 



Hirundo horreorum (1) Cooper, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., iv, 1870, p. 78. (.2) Henshaw, 

 Rep. Wheeler Surv., 1876, p. 235. 



Chelidon erytJirogaster (3) Blake, Auk, iv, 1887, p. 330. (.)) Belding, Land Birds Pac. 

 Dist, 1890, p. 187. (.T) Keeler, Zoe, i, 1891, p. 339. 



Hirundo erythrogastcr (0) Mailliard, Bull. Cooper Orn. Club, i, 1899, p. 45. 



Hirundo erytJirogastra (7) Howell and van Rossem, Condor, xiii, 1911, p. 210. (S) Wil- 

 lett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 90. (9) Wright and Snyder, Condor, xv, 1913, p. 91. 



Common summer visitant on some of the islands. A limited number occur 

 on the Coronados during the spring and summer, breeding in the sea caves where 

 their nests must frequently be dampened by tlie spray. D. R. Dickey and L. M. 



