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599. *Cyanospiza amcena (Say)—Lazu.i BUNTING. 
Sioux county; common summer resident and breeder. East during 
migrations to West Point and Lincoln. Dates as preceding. 
604. *Spiza americana (Gmelin)—DICKCISSEL. 
Entire state, locally common to abundant, especially eastward; 
arriving second week in May, breeding in June and July, departing 
late in August or early in September. Omaha, West Point, Lincoln, 
Neligh, and Brown, Cherry and Sioux counties—breeding. 
605. *Calamospiza melanocorys Stejneger—Lark BUNTING. 
Entire state; abundant westward, uncommon to rare eastward. 
Sioux to Cherry and Rock counties, Dundy to Harlan counties— 
abundant breeder. Neligh, Norfolk, Lincoln, Beatrice—occasional 
breeder, commoner during dry seasons. Dates as preceding species. 
EXTRALIMITAL: Ten species belonging to this family are in- 
cluded in the above key which have no record for Nebraska, but which 
are possible within our boundaries, viz: 527a. Acanthis hornemannii 
exilipes (Coues), the Hoary Redpoll, an arctic bird which has occurred 
in northern Michigan and Illinois; 530. Astragalinus psaliria (Say), 
the Arkansas Goldfinch of the western United States, a species com- 
mon throughout Colorado and recorded from Cheyenne, Wyoming, 
and which may eventually be recorded from Western Nebraska; 557. 
Zonotrichia coronata (Pallas), the Golden-crowned Sparrow of the 
extreme west, has strayed east in migrations to Nevada, Colorado, 
and even Wisconsin, to the latter state three times; 574a. Amphi- 
spiza belli nevadensis Ridgway, the Sage Sparrow, occurs in Colorado 
and Wyoming to within a short distance of Nebraska, and may occa- 
sionally stray to our sagebrush plains; 575a. Peucea estivalis bach- 
mannii (Audubon), the Bachman Sparrow, occurs north, locally, to 
the parallel of 40°, and has been taken in southeastern Iowa, so may 
reach us also; 578. Pewcea cassini (Woodhouse) the Cassin Sparrow, 
of the arid Southwest, occurs north to western and central Kansas, 
so may be expected along our southern border westwardly; 581b. 
Melospiza melodia montana (Henshaw), the Mountain Song Sparrow, 
is the Colorado form even far out on the plains, so may reach us during 
migrations; 591. Pipilo fuscus mesoleucus (Baird), the Canyon Towhee 
of eastern Colorado and southwestward might reach our limits; 600. 
Cyanospiza versicolor (Bonaparte), the Varied Bunting of southern 
Texas and southward has strayed north to Michigan; 601. Cyano- 
spiza ciris(Linnaeus),the Painted Bunting, is a southern species occur- 
ring north to southern Kansas and Illinois. 
Famity TANAGRIDA—TaNaGers 
1. General color red, or at least the head red. (Adult males)..........(2) 
1. General color olive-greenish above, yellow below. Sige 3 and young 
TIMALES)) oe betes : ee) 
2. Wings oie a Black: ee es Sole a end ae 
DEER RES Ao ire NOE Res OS nae ERT Oe aon Scarlet Tanager. 
