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318 (510) Euphagus cyanocephalus (Wagler) 
BREWER BLACKBIRD 
Synonyms—Quwiscalus mexicanus; Quiscalus purpureus: Scolecophagus 
mexicanus; Scolecophagus ferrugineus; Scolecophagus cyanocephalus. 
Status—Abundant resident of the Upper Sonoran zone, breeding also locally 
up through Transition and even into Boreal, and wintering also in suitable 
places down through Lower Sonoran. Breeds the whole length of the state—at 
the north chiefly east of the Sierran divide, south, east of the Sierras, to Owens 
Valley (A. K. Fisher, N. Amer. Fauna no. 7, 1893, p. 156), west of the Sierras 
through the Sacramento Valley and marginal foothills of the San Joaquin Val- 
ley, and coastally from the San Francisco Bay region south through the San 
Diegan district. Rare in the northwest coast belt; northwesternmost station, 
Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County. Casual on the Farallon Islands (W. E. Bry- 
ant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2nd ser., 1, 1888, p. 47), and on certain of the Santa 
Barbara islands. Occurs in numbers in winter on the Colorado and Mohave 
deserts. 
319 (514a) Hesperiphona vespertina montana Ridgway 
WESTERN EVENING GROSBEAK 
Synonyms—Hesperuphona vespertina; Coccothraustes vespertina; Cocco- 
thraustes vespertinus montanus. 
Status—Fairly common in summer locally in Boreal on the high Sierra 
Nevada, from Mount Shasta (C. H. Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna no. 16, 1899, p. 
122) south at least to Yosemite Valley (Emerson, Zoe, rv, 1893, p. 180; Widmann, 
Auk, xx1, 1904, p. 69); also on the Warner Mountains (Mus. Vert. Zool.) and 
Trinity Mountains (Mus. Vert. Zool.). In midwinter widely, but very irregu- 
larly and for the most part sparingly, distributed west of the Sierran divide to 
the coast; southernmost recorded occurrence: Pasadena and Mount Wilson, Los 
Angeles County (Gaylord, Nidologist, m1, 1896, p. 106; Swarth, Condor, m, 1901, 
je We a 
320 (515b) Pinicola enucleator californica Price 
CALIFORNIA PINE GROSBEAK 
Synonyms—Pinicola enucleator; Pinicola canadensis; Pinicola californica; 
Pinicola enucleator kodiaka; Pinicola enucleator var. canadensis. 
Status—Fairly common but very local resident of Boreal on the high central 
Sierra Nevada: Soda Springs and Summit, Placer County (J. G. Cooper, Proe. 
Calif. Acad. Sci., rv, 1868, p. 8; Belding, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, m, 1878, p. 66; 
Belding, Land Bds. Pae. Dist., 1890, p. 131) ; vicinity of Pyramid Peak, Eldora- 
do County, and Silver Lake, Amador County (Price, Auk, xiv, 1897, p. 182; Ray, 
Condor, xiv, 1912, pp. 157, 158) ; Blood’s, Calaveras County (Belding, Land Bds. 
Pace. Dist., 1890, p. 131); Independence Lake, Nevada County (Mus. Vert. 
Zool.) ; head of San Joaquin River in Madera or Fresno county (A. K. Fisher, N. 
Amer. Fauna no. 7, 1893, p. 79). The lowest elevation in the state at which the 
