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381 (597 a) Guiraca caerulea lazula (lycsson) Ridgway. 



Western Blue Grosbeak. 



Syn. — Guiraca carulea; Guiraca ccerulea eurhyncha; Coccoborus cceruleus. 



Status — Common summer vistant locally through the Lower Sonoran Zone, breeding 



north into Owens Valley and through the San Joaquin-Sacramento Basin to Marysville; 



casually to Pitt River and Santa Cruz in spring. 



382 (599) Cyanospiza amcena (Say) Baird. 



Lazuli Bunting. 



Syn. — Spiza amcena; Passerina amcena. 



Status — Common summer visitant in suitable localities nearly throughout the State below 

 Boreal. 



383 (605) Calamospiza melanocorys Stejneger. 



Lark Bunting. 



Sys.—Ca/a7nospiza bicolor. 



Status — Of irregular occurrence in southern California; recorded as breeding in the vicin- 

 ity of San Diego and during migration northwest to Newhall, Los Angeles Coimty. 



384 (607) Piranga ludoviciana (Wilson) Richardson. 



Western Tanager. 



Status — Common summer visitant along the entire length of the Sierras, breeding chiefly 

 in Transition; common during migration nearly throughout the vState. 



385 (611 a) Progne subis hesperia Brewster. 



Western Martin. 



Syn. — Progne subis; Progne purpurea; Progne chalybea. 



Status — Fairly common migrant and summer visitant locally, nesting chiefly in the Trans- 

 ition Zone. 



386 (612) Petrochelidon lunifrons (Say) Cassin. 



Cliff Swallow. 



Syn. — Hirundo lunifrons; Hirundo fulva; Petrochelidon pyrrhonota . 

 Status — Abundant summer visitant locally throughout the vState. 



387 (613, part) Hirundo erythrogastra palmeri Grinnell. 



Western Barn Swallow. 



Syn. — Hirundo erythrogastra; Chelidon erythrogaster ; Hirundo horreoruni; Hirundo 



rufa. 

 Status — Common migrant and summer visitant in suitable localities nearly throughout 



the State; breeds most numerously coastwise and northerly. 



388 (614) Tachycineta bicolor (Vieillot) Cabanis. 



Tree Swallow. 



3yn. — Chelidon bicolor; Hirundo bicolor; Hirundo Incolo)- \-Ar. vespertina. 



Status — Common in summer in favorable localities west of the Sierras, breeding chiefl}' in 



Upper Sonoran; quite extensively distributed during spring and fall; winters regularly, 



but in small numbers. 



