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485 (759 a, part) Hylocichla aonalaschkas sequoiensis (Belding) Fisher. 

 Sierra Hermit Thrush. 



Syn. — Tardus aonalaschk(e , part; Turdus auduboni; Turdus aonalaschka: aiidtiboni, part; 



Turdus sequoiensis, part; Turdus aonalaschkfs seqoiensis, part; Hylocichla aonalaschkce 



sequoiensis. 

 Status — Fairly common summer visitant to Boreal along the Sierras from Mount Shasta 



south to the San Bernardino Mountains. 



486 (761 a) Merula migratoria propinqua (Ridgway) Ridgway. 



Western Robin. 



Syn. — Ttirdus migratorius\ Turdus migratorius var. propinqua. 



Status — Common winter visitant nearly throughout the State; in summer, confined to the 



higher mountains in the interior, breeding south along the Sierras (Boreal) to the San 



Bernardino Mountains. 



487 (762) Merula confinis (Baird) Ridgway. 



Saint Lucas Robin. 



Status — Knovin only from the record by W. O. Emerson of a female specimen secured at 

 Haj-wards, January 2, 1880. 



488 (763, part) Hesperocichla naevia naevia (Gnielin) Ridgway. 



Varied Thrush. 



Syn. — Turdus ncevius, part; Geocichla ncevia. 



Status — Common winter visitant south through the humid coast belt; recorded in summer 

 from the vicinity of Humboldt Bay (in humid Boreal). 



489 (763, part) Hesperocichla naevia meruloides (Swainson) Grinnell. 



Northern Varied Thrush. 



Syn. — Turdus ncevius, part; Hesperocichla ncevia, part. 



Status — Common winter visitant west of the Sierras (except in the humid coast belt in 

 general), south to southern Los Angeles County. 



490 (767) Sialia mexicana occidentalis (Townsend) Ridgway, 



Western Bluebird. 



Syn. — Sialia mexicana; Sialia occidetitalis; Sialia mexicana anabelce. 



Status — Common resident throughout Transition; breeds locallj- in Upper Sonoran; more 

 generall}^ distributed in winter down throughout Sonoran. 



491 (768) Sialia arctica Swainson. 



Mountain Bluebird. 



Status — Irregularly common winter visitant nearly throughout the State east of the humid 

 coast belt; common in summer on the higher Sierra Nevada and ranges to the eastward, 

 breeding from Mount Shasta south to the San Bernardino Mountains. 



