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Extralimital ; breeds in the Bahamas and West Indies, in 

 April, May, and June. Bird accidental in Florida. 



603a. Melodious Grassquit, Euetheia canora. I have 

 never seen the eggs. Breeds in Cuba; bird accidental on 

 Sombrero Key, Southern Florida. 



604. DicKCissEL (Black-throated Bunting), Spiza americana. 

 Eggs, 3 or 4, oval, rather pale bluish green, usually unspotted ; 

 .60 -|- .75 to .65 -|- .85. Almost indistinguishable from those of 

 our bluebirds, but are a little smaller. Nests placed in bushes 

 or on the ground, composed of grass, rootlets, etc. Breeds in 

 Eastern United States, west to the Rocky Mountains, north to 

 Massachusetts, where it is very rare, New York, Wisconsin, 

 and Minnesota, in May and June. 



605. Lark Buxting, Calamospiza melanocorys. Eggs, 4 or 

 5, rounded oval, pale bluish green, usually unspotted ; .68 -|- 

 .88 to .70 -\- .90. Nests placed on the ground, composed of 

 grass, lined with hair. Breeds from the plains of Dakota and 

 Middle Kansas, west to the Rocky Mountains, in May and 

 June. 



Family L. — TANAGRID^. Tanagers. 



Eggs, variously colored, but usually spotted ; nests placed in 

 trees. The species are largely represented in the tropics, but 

 are limited with us. 



606. Blue-headed Euphonia, Euphonia elegantisdma. 

 I have never seen the eggs. Breeds in Eastern Mexico and 

 southward ; bird only accidental in Texas, thus is extralimital. 



607. Louisiana Tanager, Piranga hcdoviciana. Eggs, 3 

 or 4, oval, bluish green, spotted and blotched with reddish 

 brown and lilac ; .66 -|- -05 to .65 -\- .93. Nests placed on 

 trees, composed of a few twigs, lined with rootlets. Breeds 

 in Western United States, from the Great Plains to the Pacific, 

 in June. 



607a. Gray's Tanager, Piranga rubriceps. Eggs, proba- 

 bly unknown. Breeds in Colombia. One bird taken in Dos 

 Pueblos, Santa Barbara County, California ; extralimital. 



