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262. Cardinalis cardinalis superbus Ridgway. 



ARIZONA CARDINAL. 



Synonyms Cardinalis Virginian us; Cardinalis igneits; Cardinalis virginianus 

 igncus; Cardinalis superbus. 



Status Fairly abundant in the valleys of extreme southeastern Arizona, 

 where it is probably resident throughout the year. One specimen in the collec- 

 tion of F. S. Daggett, no. 6475, male, Tucson, January 10, 1908. There is record 

 of one from the "Colorado River, Arizona", November 30, 1871 (Ridgway, 

 i88sc, p. 344). Aside from this it is reported only from localities in the valleys 

 of the Santa Cruz and San Pedro rivers. 



263. Pyrrhuloxia sinuata sinuata (Bonaparte). 



ARIZONA PYRRHULOXIA. 



Synonym Pyrrhuloxia sinuata beckhami. 



Status Resident in the Lower Sonoran valleys of southern Arizona. Com- 

 mon in the vicinity of Tucson; also reported from Fort Grant, Yuma, Quijotoa, 

 and the San Pedro and Santa Cruz rivers. 



264. Zamelodia ludoviciana (Linnaeus). 



ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 



Status Only one record, that of an adult male taken by R. D. Lusk in the 

 Huachuca Mountains, June 29, 1894 (Swarth, 1904^ p. 44). The specimen is 

 now in the Swarth collection. 



265. Zamelodia melanocephala melanocephala (Swainson). 



BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK. 



Synonyms Guiraca melanocephala; Goniaphea melanocephala; Hedy- 

 meles melanocephalus; Habia melanocephala. 



Status Breeds commonly in the Transition zone of the higher mountains 

 throughout the state ; and during the migrations it is of general occurrence else- 

 where as well. There is no authenticated instance of its occurrence through the 

 winter months. 



266. Guiraca caerulea lazula (Lesson). 



WESTERN BLUE GROSBEAK. 



Synonyms Guiraca caerulea; Goniaphea coerulea; Guiraca caerulea 

 eurhyncha. 



Status Restricted almost entirely to the hot Lower Sonoran river valleys. 

 A common summer visitant along the San Pedro and Santa Cruz rivers, and 

 about Tucson. The various records from the Colorado River are none of them 

 of birds actually found breeding, though there can be little doubt but that they do 

 so: Fort Mohave, May; Yuma, May; confluence of Beaverdam and Virgin 

 rivers, May; Big Sandy River, July. In central Arizona it extends north to 

 Fort Apache and Fort Grant (Henshaw, i875b, p. 298) and to Fort Whipple 

 (Coues, r866a, p. 88). 



