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598. Passerina cyanea (LINN.). 
Indigo Bunting. 
Tanagra cyanea LINN. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 315. 
Passerina cyanea ViEILL. Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat. XXV. 1817, 7. 
[B 387, C 190, Ki 248; C205] 
Geroc. Dist.— Eastern United States, west to Kansas, north to 
New Brunswick, southern Ontario and Minnesota; south in winter 
to Central America. 
599. Passerina amoena (Say). 
Lazuli Bunting. 
Emberiza amena Say, Lone’s Exp. II. 1823, 47. 
Passerina amena Gray, Handl. II. 1870, 97. 
[B 386, C 200, R 249, C 296.] 
Greoc. Dist.— Western United States, from the Plains to the 
Pacific, north to the dry interior of British Columbia and Idaho, 
south to the Valley of Mexico. 
600. Passerina versicolor (Bonap.). 
Varied Bunting. 
Spiza versicolor Bona. P. Z. S. 1837 (June, 1838), 120. 
Passerina versicolor Gray, Handl. II. 1870, 97. 
[B 38s, C 297, R250, C294.] 
Groc. Dist.— From the valley of the Lower Rio Grande in Texas 
southward to Guatemala. Accidental in southern Michigan. 
600 a. Passerina versicolor pulchra Ripew. 
Beautiful Bunting. 
Passerina versicolor pulchra Ripcw. Man. N. Am. B. 1887, 448. 
[B 385, part, C 197, part, R 250, part, C 293, part. ] 
Geroc. Dist.— Lower California and northwestern Mexico. 
601. Passerina ciris (Linv.). 
Painted Bunting. 
Emberiza ciris LINN. S.N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 179. 
Passerina ciris VIEILL. Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat. XXV. 1817, 17. 
