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4^5 (759 a. pa^O Hylocichla aonalaschkae sequoiensis (Belding) Fisher. 



Sierra Hermit Thrush. 



Syn. — Tardus aonalaschkcc, part; Tardus auduboni; Tardus aonalaschkcc auduboni, part; 



Turdus sequoiensis, part; Tardus aonalaschka: seqoiensis, part; Hylocichla aonalaschkcc 



sequoiensis. 

 Status — Fairh? common summer visitant to Boreal along the Sierras from Mount Shasta 



south to the San Bernardino Mountains. 



486 (761 a) Menila migratoria propinqua (Ridgway) Ridgway. 



WEvSTERn Robin. 



SvN. — Tardus migratorius; Turdus migratorius var. propinqua. 



Status — Common winter visitant nearly throughout the State; in summer, confined to the 



higher mountains in the interior, breeding south along the Sierras (Boreal) to the San 



Bernardino Mountains. 



487 (762) Merula confinis (Baird) Ridgway. 



Saint Lucas Robin. 



Status — Known only from the record b}- W. O. Emerson of a female specimen secured at 

 Haywards, January 2, 1880. 



488 (763, part) Hesperocichla neevia naevia (Gmelin) Ridgway. 



Varied Thrush. 



Syn. — Tardus ncrvius, part; Geocichla ncevia. 



Status — Common winter visitant south through the humid coast belt; recorded in summer 

 from the vicinity of Humboldt Bay (in humid Boreal). 



489 (763, part) Hesperocichla naevia meruloides (Swainson) Grinnell. 



Northern Varied Thrush. 



Syn. — Turdus ncevius, part; Hesperocichla ncsvia, part. 



Status — Common winter visitant west of the Sierras (except in the humid coast belt in 

 general), south to southern Los Angeles County. 



490 (767) Sialia mexicana occidentalis (Townsend) Ridgway. 



Western Bluebird. 



Syn. — Sialia mexicana; Sialia occidentalis; Sialia mcxicajia anabelcs. 



Status — Common resident throughout Transition; breeds locally in Upper Sonoran; more 

 generall}^ distributed in winter down throughout Sonoran. 



491 (768) Sialia arctica Swainson. 



Mountain Bluebird. 



Status — Irregularly common winter visitant nearly throughout the State east of the humid 

 coast belt; common in summer on the higher Sierra Nevada and ranges to the eastward, 

 breeding from Mount Shasta south to the San Bernardino Mountains. 



