252 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



698. Passerina cyanea (Linn.). 



Indigo Bunting. 



Tanagra cyanea Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 315. 



Passerina cyanea Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXV. 1817, 7. 



[B 387, C 199, R 248, C 295.] 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern United States, west to Kansas, north to 

 New Brunswick, southern Ontario and Minnesota ; south in winter 

 to Central America. 



599. Passerina amoena (Say). 



Lazuli Bunting. 



Emberiza amoena Say, Long's Exp. II. 1823, 47. 

 Passerina amoena Gray, Handl. II. 1870, 97. 



[B 386, C 200, R 249, C 296.] 



Geog. Dist. — Western United States, from the Plains to the 

 Pacific, north to the dry interior of British Columbia and Idaho, 

 south to the Valley of Mexico. 



600. Passerina versicolor (Bonap.). 



Varied Bunting. 



Spiza versicolor Bonap. P. Z. S. 1837 (June, 1838), 120. 

 Passerina versicolor Gray, Handl. II. 1870, 97. 

 [B 385, C 197, R 250, C 293.] 

 Geog. Dist. — From the valley of the Lower Rio Grande in Texas 

 southward to Guatemala. Accidental in southern Michigan. 



600 «. Passerina versicolor pulchra Ridgw. 



Beautiful Bunting. 



Passerina versicolor pulchra Ridgw. Man. N. Am. B. 1887, 448. 

 [B i^^.part, C i^T.part, R 2 so, part, C 293, /ar/.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Lower California and northwestern Mexico. 



601. Passerina ciris (Linn.). 



Painted Bunting. 



Emberiza ciris Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 179. 



Passerina ciris Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXV. 1817, 17. 



