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252 (436) Stellula calliope Gould. 



Cali,iope Hummingbird. 



Syn. — Trochilus calliope; Selasphorus calliope; Callothorax calliope. 



Status — Fairly common summer visitant along the whole length of the Sierras, breeding 

 in Transition; occurs irregularly west to the coast during migration. 



253 (444) Tyrannus tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus) Jordan. 



Common Kingbird. 



Status— Rare summer visitant along the eastern border of the State east of the Sierras; a 

 specimen recorded as taken by W. B. Judson at Santa Monica, August 31, 1895. 



254 (447) Tyrannus verticalis Say. 



Arkansas Kingbird. 



Status — Abundant summer visitant below Transition nearly throughout the State. 



255 (448) Tyrannus vociferans Swainson, 



Cassin Kingbird. 



Status — Fairly common resident locally in the San Diegan district, where it breeds; winters 

 regularly north to Santa Barbara, and recorded as breeding north to Paicines, San 

 Benito Valley. 



256 (454) Myiarchus cinerascens cinerascens (Lawrence) Sclater & Salvin. 



Ash-throated Flycatcher. 



Syn. — Myiarchus crimlus var. cinerascens; Myiobius criniius ; Tyrannus crinitus; My- 

 iarchus mexicanus ; Tyrannula cinerasce?is. 

 Status — Common summer visitant below Transition nearly throughout the State. 



257 (456) Sayornis phoebe (Latham) Stejneger. 



Phcebe. 



Status — Known only from the record by H. S. Swarth of a male specimen taken by him 

 near San Fernando, Los Angeles County, February 14, 1901. 



258 (457) Sayornis saya (Bonaparte) Baird. 



Say Phcebe. 



Syn. — Sayornis pallida; Myiobius saya; Tyrannula saya. 



Status — Common winter visitant below Transition; fairly common through the summer 



and breeds east of the Sierras; also locally in small numbers west of the vSierras (Paicines, 



San Bernardino, Elsinore, San Diego). 



259 (458) Sayornis nigricans semiatra (Vigors) Nelson. 



Black Phcebe. 



Syn. — Muscicapa semiatra; Tyrannula mgricans; Sayornis nigricans; Tyranmis nigri- 

 cans; Myiobius nigricans. 



St.^TUS — Common resident below Transition west of the Sierras; occasional in summer 

 east of the Sierras. 



