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399. Cyanospiza amoena. Lazuli Bunting. 



Western Texas, migrant. Summer resident in tiie trans-Pecos coun- 

 try. 



400. Cyanospiza versicolor. Varied Bunting. 



Lower Rio Grande (Cameron and Hidalgo counties), summer resident. 

 40L Cyanopiza ciris. Painted Bunting. 



Eastern, Central and Southern Texas, summer resident. Recorded 

 from the Lower Rio Grande, the Red River Valley in Northern Texas, 

 the eastern and central district, etc. Migrating westward over the 

 southern plains and through the trans-Pecos country. 



402. Sporophila morrelleti. Morrelet's Seed-eater. 



Lower Rio Grande (Cameron and Hidalgo counties), summer resi- 

 dent. 



403. Spiza americana. Dickcissel. 



Prairie districts of Eastern Texas from the northern boundary to the 

 Rio Grande. (Recorded as breeding in Cooke, Mc Lennan, Falls, 

 Bexar, Bee, Harris, Hidalgo counties.) 



404. Calamospiza melancorys. Lark Bunting. 



This species migrates through the middle and western districts and 

 coast region from Corpus Christi southward. East to Bonham and 

 Waco. Winters principally in the southern counties. I have exam- 

 ples in full breeding plumage collected in the Davis Mountains and at 

 Midland in April and May. The Lark Bunting is probably a breeding 

 bird on the central plains and in the Panhandle. Recorded as a rare 

 summer resident at Mason. 



405. Passer domesticus. House Sparrow. 



This introduced species is now diffused over the entire State. I have 

 observed specimens at several small stations in the northern Pan- 

 handle, at Alpine, in Brewster county, and at Boracho, El Paso 

 county. 



FAMILY Tanagridae. Tanagers. 



406. Piranga ludoviciana. Louisiana Tanager. 



Trans-Pecos region, summer resident. Lloyd records a single speci- 

 men shot on the south Concho. Breeds in the Transition Zone of both 

 the Davis and Guadalupe Mountains (Bailey). 



