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usually been accorded separate names. There seems, however, 

 to be abundant justification for so doing, and Baird's name 

 capitalis (1874. p. 70) is available for the California bird. 



Guiraca caerulea salicaria Grinnell 



( Jalifornia Blue ( rrosbeak 



Seen early in May in some numbers, evidently migrating, at 

 Cabezon, and in the nearby hills at Hurley Plat (3500 feet). 

 One noted at Whitewater. May 26. Birds observed in pairs 

 about Banning the middle of June, were probably nesting nearby. 

 An adult female taken at Uemel Lake. AugUSl 10, was the only 

 one of the species encountered so far back in the mountains. 



Five Specimens were taken: Cabezon, three lins. 1610- 

 1612), Banning, one (no. 2032), and Hemet Lake, one no. 

 2979). 



Passerina amoena ( Say 

 Lazuli Bunting 



Fairly common at a few localities in the high mountains, 

 as at Schain's Ranch and Strawberry Valley. After the nesting 

 season stragglers were taken, one at Tahquitz Valley, August 4. 

 another at Carrizo Creek, on the desert side of the mountains, 

 August 26. A nest containing three incubated eggs I no. 79) was 

 found at Strawberry Valley. -Inly 7. It was placed about two 

 feet above the ground in a tangle of rose bushes overhanging 

 a little creek. 



Ten specimens were collected: Schain's Ranch, four (nos. 

 1811-1814), Strawberry Valley, four (nos. 2652-2655), Tah- 

 quitz Valley, one (no. 2872), and Carrizo Creek, one (no. 2536 



Piranga ludoviciana (Wilson) 



Western Tanager 



A fairly common species in the Transition zone. Migrating 



in some numbers at Hemet, May 19, and at Cabezon during the 



first two weeks in May. Breeding at Strawberry Valley, where 



a small juvenal was secured July 8. One or two seen at Garnet 



