288 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Genus FASSERINA Vieillot. 



Passerina Vikill. Analyse, 1816, 30. Type, by elimii.alion, Tatiaora 

 cyanea LiNX. 



598. Passerina cyauea (Linn.). 



ladlgo Buutiug. 



Tanaj^ta cyanea Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 315. 



Passerina cyanea Vieill. Nou.. Diet. dHist. Nat. XXV. 1817, 7. 



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



Hab. Eastern United States, south in winter to Veragua. 



699. Passerina amcena (Say). 



Lazuli Bunting. 



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

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



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



Hab. Western United States, from the Plains to the Pacific, south 

 into Mexico. 



600. Passerina versicolor (Bonap.). 



Varied Bunting. 



Spiza versicolor Bonap. P. Z. S. 1837, 120. 

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



[B 385,0 197, R 250, C 293.1 



Hab. From the valley of the Lower Rio Grande in Texas and 

 Lower California southward to Guatemala. Accidental in Southern 

 Michigan. 



601. Passerina ciris (Linn.). 



Painted Bunting. 



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



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



[B 384, C 196, R 251; C 292.] 



Hab. South Atlantic and Gulf States, north to North Carolina and 

 Southern Illinois, and south to Panama. 



