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296 (500) Agelaius tricolor (Audubon) Bonaparte. 



Tricolored Blackbird. 



SvN. — Icterus tricolor; Agelcsus phceniceus var. tricolor. 



Status — Common resident locall}' in the interior valleys west of the Sierras, north to 

 Shasta, east to Lake Tahoe, and south to San Diego, 



297 (501 b) Sturnella magna neglecta (Audubon) Allen. 



Western Meadowlark. 



Syn. — Sturnella neglecta; Sturnella hippocrepus. 



Status— Abundant resident in suitable localities almost throughout the State. 



298 (504) Icterus parisorum Bonaparte. 



Scott Oriole. 



Status — Fairly common summer visitant through the desert regions southeast of the 

 Sierras; recorded as breeding east to San Diego and Walker Pass, and north to the Pana- 

 mint Mountains; casually during migration to San Bernardino and Los Angeles. 



299 (505 a) Icterus cucullatus nelsoni Ridgwa}'. 



Arizona Hooded Orioue. 



Syn. — Icterus cucullatus. 



Status — Common summer visitant through the San Diegan district, aorth^^'cst to Santi-i 

 Barbara and east to Banning; one record beyond this district \ Auburn, Placer County. 



300 (508) Icterus buUocki (Swainson) Bonaparte. 



Bullock Oriole. 



Syn. — Xanthorfeis bullocki; Yphantes bullocki. 



Status — Common summer visitant in suitable localities below Boreal; breeds chiefly in 

 Upper Sonoran. 



301 (510) Scolecophagus cyanocephalus (Wagler) Cabanis. 



Brewer Blackbird. 



Syn. — Ouiscalus tnexicanus; Scolecophagus ntextcanus; Scolecophagus Jerrngineus; Ouis 

 cuius purpuretis. 



Status— Abundant resident below Boreal nearly throughout the State. 



302 (514 a) Coccothraustes vespertiuus montanus (Ridgway) Mearns. 



Western Evening Grosbeak. 



Syn. — Coccothraustes vespcrti7ius ; Hespcriphona vespertina; Hespertphona vespertina 

 montana. 



Status — Fairly common summer breeding bird in parts of the Boreal Zone on the Sierras 

 from Mount Shasta south at least to the Yosemite Valley; recorded elsewhere in mid- 

 winter irregularly to the coast and south as far as Pasadena., 



