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593. Cardinal. CARDINALIS CARDINALIS. Winter visitor ; 

 rare, if not accidental ; two records. 



595. Rose-breasted grosbeak. ZAMELODIA LUDOVICIANA. 

 Accidental summer resident ; one record. 



596. Black-headed grosbeak. ZAMELODIA MELANOCEPH- 

 ALA. Common summer resident ; breeds from plains to 

 8,500 feet ; has been seen at 10,000 feet. 



597a. Western blue grosbeak. GUIRACA C^RULEA LA- 

 ZULA. Summer resident ; not uncommon locally ; southern 

 part of State ; author saw one pair at Colorado Springs. 



598. Indigo bunting. CYANOSPIZA CYANEA. Rare sum- 

 mer visitor ; range, farther east. 



599- Lazuli bunting. CYANOSPIZA AMCENA. Abundant 

 summer resident ; does not breed far up in the mountains, 

 but has been taken at 9,100 feet. 



604. Dickcissel. SPIZA AMERICANA. Rare summer resi- 

 dent ; only on plains and in foothills. 



605. Lark bunting. CALAMOSPIZA MELANOCORYS. Abun- 

 dant summer resident ; very plentiful on the plains ; some- 

 times breeds as far up in mountains as 9,000 feet. 



607. Louisiana tanager. PIRANGA LUDOVICIANA. Com- 

 mon summer resident ; in migration common on the plains, 

 but breeds from 6,000 to 10,000 feet. 



608. Scarlet tanager. PIRANGA ERYTHROMELAS. Rare 

 migrant. 



6lOa. Cooper's tanager. PIRANGA RUBRA COOPERI. Rare 

 or accidental summer visitor; abundant in New Mexico 

 and Arizona ; only one record for Colorado. 



6ll. Purple martin. PROGNE SUBIS. Summer resident ; 

 local ; rare in eastern, quite common in western part of the 



State. 



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