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306. Xanthocephaltts xanthocephalus. Yellow-headed Blackbird. 



Abundant migrant, through the greater portion of the State. Winter 

 resident in the Lower Rio Grande valley and certain portions of trans- 

 Pecos Texas. May breed in some localities, but I have no authentic 

 record of its nesting in the State. 



307. Agelaius phoeniceus. Red-Winged Blackbird. 



Abundant migrant and winter resident. Summer resident in Central 

 Texas (South to San Antonio [?] ) breeding north to the northern 

 boundary. 



308. Agelaius phoeniceus floridanus. Florida Red-wing. 



Coast region south to Galveston, summer resident. I hardly think it 

 probable that these birds winter in their summer quarters but doubt- 

 less go further south into the Lower Rio Grande Valley. 



309. Agelaius phoeniceus fortis. Northern Red-wing. 



Ridgway records this subspecies from El Paso in February. (Prob- 

 ably based on skins in the National Museum.) 



310. Agelaius phoeniceus neutralis. San Diego Red-wing. 



According to Ridgway, this is the breeding Redwing of Western Texas, 

 from Langtry, Val Verde county, west in the trans-Pecos country to 

 El Paso. Southeastward in winter to Brownsville. 



311. Agelaius phoeniceus richmondi. Vera Cruz Red-wing. 



Coast region and Lower Rio Grande, from Velasco to Brownsville, resi- 

 dent (Ridgway). 

 312. Sturnella magna. Meadowlark. 



Migrant and winter resident in Eastern Texas, apparently not very 

 common. Probably resident in the coimties bordering on the State 

 of Louisiana. The literature in regard to the Texas meadowlarks is 

 in hopeless confusion. At Waco, Sturnella magna is a rare winter 

 visitor. Many of the Western Texas records of this species are based 

 on the Western Lark. 



313. Sturnella magna hoopesi. Texas Meadowlark. 



Rio Grande Valley from Brownsville west to El Paso, resident. North 

 in the coast region to Refugio and Calhoun counties, perhaps further. 



314. Sturnella neglecta. Western Meadowlark. 



Abundant winter resident throughout the State. Summer resident 

 from the wooded and coast prairie regions of Eastern and Southeastern 

 Texas, westward. Rather uncommon at Waco in summer but 

 abundant in the central prairie districts and on the plains. 



