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Guiraca cserulea (Linnaeus). 



Range. — Eastern and southern United States south over the 

 Mexican highlands to Chiapas, and in winter south to Costa Rica. 



a. Guiraca cserulea cserulea (Linnaeus). Blue Grosbeak. [597.] 



Loxia carulea Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 175. (Carolina.) 



Range. — Eastern North America. Breeds in Carolinian and Austrori- 

 parian zones from Missouri, southern Illinois, and Maryland south to eastern 

 Texas and northern Florida; winters in Yucatan and Honduras; casual in 

 southern Indiana and southern Pennsylvania; accidental in Wisconsin, New 

 England, the Maritime Provinces, and Cuba. 



b. Guiraca caerulea Uzula (LBssoff). Western Blue Grosbeak. [597a.] 



Pifylus lazulus Lesson, Revue ZooL, V, 1842, 174. (San Carlos, Salva- 

 dor.) 



Range. — Western North America. Breeds in Upper and Lower Sonoran 

 zones from northern California, southern Nevada, central Colorado, and 

 northeastern Nebraska south to Oaxaca, Mexico, and east to central Texas; 

 winters from southern Sonora to Costa Rica. 



Genus PASSEEINA Vieillot. 



Passerina Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, 30. Type, by subs, desig., Tanagra 

 cyanea Linn^us (Gray, 1840). 



Passerina cySnea (Linnaeus). Indigo Bunting. [598.] 



Tanagra cyanea Linn^tjs, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, 315. (Carolina.) 



Range. — Eastern North America. Breeds chiefly in Transition 

 and Austral zones east of the Great Plains from east central North 

 Dakota, central Minnesota, northwestern Michigan, southern Ontario, 

 southern Quebec, and southern New Brunswick south to central Texas, 

 southern Louisiana, central Alabama, and central Georgia; winters 

 from Morelos, Yucatan, and Cuba through Central America to 

 Panama; occasional in the Bahamas in migration; casual in eastern 

 Colorado, southern Saskatchewan, and southern Manitoba. 



Passerina amdena (Say). Lazuli Bunting. [599.] 



Emberiza amoena Say, in Long's Exped., II, 1823, 47 (note). (Near 

 Canon City, Colorado.) 



