June, 1902. CHECK-IvLST OF CALIFORNIA BIRDS 6r 



389 (615) Tachycineta lepida Mearns. 



V101.ET-GREEN Swallow. 



SvN. — Hirundo thalassina; Tachycineta thalassina. 



Status — Common in spring and fall throughout the State; passes the summer and breeds 

 in the Transition Zone nearly throughout its extent. 



390 (616) Clivicola riparia (Unnseus) Stejneger. 



Bank Swallow. 



Syn. — Cotylc riparia. 



Status — Common summer visitant in suitable localities; more generally distributed during 

 migration. 



391 (617) Stelgidopteryx ruficollis serripennis (Audubon) Bangs. 



Rough-winged Swallow. 



Syn. — Cotyle serripennis; Stelgidopteryx serripennis. 



Status — Fairly common summer visitant below Transition, mostly east and south of the 

 humid coast belt. 



392 (618) Ampelis garrulus (Linnaeus) Linnaeus. 



Bohemian Waxwing. 



Status — Known to have occurred only in February, 1892, in the northeastern corner of the 

 State, whence many were recorded from Susanville and Quincy. 



393 (619) Ampelis cedrorum (Vieillot) Gray. 



Cedar Waxwing. 



Statu.s — Common winter visitant irregularly through Upper and Lower Sonoran, remain- 

 ing as late as June, but not known to breed within the State. 



394 (620) Phainopepla nitens (Swainson) Sclater. 



Phainopepla. 



vS vx . — Flilogonys nitens. 



Status — Common resident in the desert regions southeast of the Sierras, and in summer 

 through the San Diegan district, breeding altogether in the Lower Sonoran Zone; record- 

 ed north casually to San Jose, Chico and Marysville. 



395 (621, part) Lanius borealis invictus Grinnell. 



Northwestern vShrike. 



Syn. — Lanius septentrionalis; Collurio borealis; Laniiis borealis. 



Status — Fairly common midwinter visitant irregularly into northern California; recorded 

 south to Nicasio, Marysville and Calaveras County. 



396 (622 a) Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides (Swainson) Coues. 



WnrTE-RUMPED Shrike. 



Syn. — Lanius ludovicianus gawbcli , part; Collyrio excubitoroides, part. 



Statu.s — Common resident east of the Sierras chiefly below Transition, from Shasta Valley 



and Plumas County south to P'ort Yuma and Indio; casually west of the Sierras in winter 



( Pasadena K 



