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often in grain fields, mustard patches and sometimes even on the ground. Nests 

 from earl}- April through June. 



234. (500) Agelaius tricolor (Audubon). Tricolored Red-wing. 



Common resident of the lowlands. Breeds locally in tule marshes from the 

 latter part of April through May. More widely distributed in winter. Originally 

 described from specimens taken at Santa Barbara by Thos. Xuttall (Audubon, 

 Bds. Am., elephant folio, v. 1839. 1). 



235. (501.1) Sturnella neglecta Audubon. Western Meadowlark. 

 Abundant resident of meadows and fields from the ocean to about 7000 feet 



in the mountains. Also on most of the Santa Barbara Islands. In winter gathers 

 in good sized flocks where the food supply is most plentiful. Breeds mostly 

 in April and May, though extreme sets have been taken much earlier, and J. 

 Grinnell noted the birds carrying nesting material in January. G. F. Morcom 

 took five slightly incubated eggs near Los Angeles. March 9, 1895, and E. 

 Simmons took a set of four, slightly incubated, near Pasadena, June 7. 1894 

 (Grinnell, Pub. 2, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 33). H. Robertson took three 

 eggs at Bear Valley, 6750 feet in the San Bernardino Mountains, June 28, 1894. 



236. (504) Icterus parisorum Bonaparte. Scott Oriole. 



Breeds in small numbers in the vicinity of San Diego. Occasionally strag- 

 gles north to Los Angeles County. C. H. Marsh found a nest containing a 

 single young bird, in Telegraph Canon, ten miles from San Diego, May 16, 



1890. The male parent bird was taken and sent to F. C. Browne (Auk vni. 



1891, 238). F. Stephens saw two males at San Diego in April, 1901. and saw 

 a male in the same locality, June 2. following (Condor m, 1901. 94). A pair 

 was seen by Kate Stephens in a garden at San Diego, many times during the 

 latter part of April, 1906 (Condor vm, 1906, 130). R. B. Herron took a male 

 near San Bernardino, April 1, 1895 (Thurber, Auk xm, 1896, 265). and 

 H. E. Wilder took a male at Riverside. May 8, 1896. A bird of this species 

 was sent to Hilda Wood Grinnell by her brother, who shot it at Glendora, Los 

 Angeles County. May 6, 1904 (Condor xn. 1910, 46). W. B. Judson took a 

 male in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County, November 2, 1903 

 (Daggett, Condor vi, 1904, 22), and H. S. Swarth saw one near Los Angeles, 

 April 19, 1895 (Grinnell, Pub. 2. Pasadena Acad. Sci.. 1898. 33). 



237. (505a) Icterus cucullatus nelsoni Ridgway. Arizona Hooded 

 Oriole. 



Common summer resident, mostly about orchards and gardens, but occurs 

 also on brushy mesas and sometimes follows up the mountain canons as high 

 as 4000 feet. Generally arrives late in March and leaves during the first part 

 of September. Breeds, ordinarily, from late April to early June. A favorite 

 nesting site of this species is the under side of a palm leaf, and such nests 

 are frequently noticed in gardens and parks, and among the ornamental 

 trees along city streets. F. E. Blaisdell noted the Hooded Oriole at Poway, 

 San Diego County, as early as March 11 (1885), and as late as Sepetember 

 20 (1884) (Belding, Land Bds. Pac. Dist, 1890, 125). W. M. Pierce took five 



