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south to and including the San Jacinto Mountains; also in the inner northern 
coast ranges from the Trinity Mountains (Mus. Vert. Zool.) south to Mount 
Sanhedrin (Stone, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1904, p. 583). Breeds in north- 
ern California rarely west to the coast, as in Sonoma County (J. Mailliard, Con- 
dor, x1, 1911, p. 50) ; also locally well down into Upper Sonoran, as near Santa 
Barbara (Bowles, Auk, xxv, 1911, p. 176). Occurs as a migrant nearly through- 
out the state; in some years in early May, “‘waves’’ of tanagers appear along 
the coast, as well as in the interior valleys, inflicting severe injury to early fruit 
crops. 
418 (61la) Progne subis hesperia Brewster 
WESTERN MARTIN 
Synonyms—Progne subis; Progne purpurea; Progne chalybea; Purple 
Martin. 
Status—Common as a migrant and interruptedly distributed as a breed- 
ing species along, and west of, the Sierras, south into San Diego County. Many 
records from both the humid coast belt, and the main Sierra Nevada, with the 
interlying valleys, and from the Oregon to the Mexican lines. Recorded once 
from Santa Catalina Island (J. G. Cooper, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 1v, 1870, pp. 
78, 80). But no recorded occurrence from the southeastern deserts. Nests in 
the Upper Sonoran and Transition zones, in oak and pine regions; also in small 
numbers in towns just as with the eastern martin, for instance in Pasadena, Los 
Angeles, Stockton, and Auburn. Appears to be increasing in settled districts 
(see Willett, Pac. Coast Avif. no. 7, 1912, p. 89). 
419 (612) Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons (Say) 
CLirr SWALLOW 
Synonyms—Hirundo lunifrons; Hirundo fulva; Petrochelidon pyrrhonota. 
Status—Abundant as a migrant and breeding species in suitable places 
nearly throughout the state below the Boreal zone. Large nesting colonies oc- 
cur along the lower Colorado River, thus in the Lower Sonoran zone (J. Grinnell, 
Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., xm, 1914, p. 183) ; wide-spread in Upper Sonoran; and 
fair-sized colonies nest in Transition both along the Sierras and in the humid 
coast belt. Not recorded, however, from any of the islands. Occurs in winter 
sparingly in the Imperial Valley (Van Rossem, Condor, xm, 1911, p. 133). 
420 (613) Hirundo erythrogaster Boddaert 
Barn SwaLLow 
Synonyms—Chelidon erythrogaster; Hirundo horreorum; Hirundo rufa; 
Hirundo erythrogastra palmeri; Hirundo erythrogastra horreorum. 
Status—Common migrant throughout the state. Breeds in moderate numbers 
the entire length of the state west of the Sierras, especially on or near the sea- 
coast; rare as a breeder in southern California: Point Loma, Balboa, and Santa 
Monica; most numerous in the San Francisco Bay region; recorded also as nest- 
ing in Owens Valley (Van Denburgh, Proce. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1898, p. 216) ; 
