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407. Piranga erythromelas. Scarlet Tanager. 



Eastern half of the State, rather rare migrant. West to Eagle Pass 

 (Butcher). Moderately common migrant at Houston (Nehrling). 

 Rare at Waco (only observed twice in twenty years) and at San An- 

 tonio. Dresser's El Paso breeding record is ridiculous. 



408. Piranga hepatica. Hepatic Tanager. 



Trans-Pecos region, summer resident, breeding in the Davis, Chisos 

 and Guadalupe Mountains (Bailey). 



409. Pirango rubra. Summer Tanager. 



Eastern section of the State, summer resident, breeding from the 

 northern boundary south to the Lower Rio Grande, west to San An- 

 gelo, Laredo, etc. Authentic breeding records from Fort Brown, 

 Lomita, San Antonio, Refugio (Strecker), Gainesville, Mason, Houston, 

 Burnet (Strecker), etc. 



410. Piranga rubra cooperi. Cooper's Tanager. 



Trans-Pecos region, summer resident. We collected an interesting 

 series of these Tanagers in several localities in Brewster county, and I 

 observed numerous specimens in EI Paso and Jeff Davis counties in 

 1904. 



FAMILY Hirundinidae. Swallows. 



411. Prognesubis. Purple Martin. 



Summer resident, distributed over the entire State. 



412. Petrochelidon lunifrons. CM Swallow. 



The entire State, with the exception of the Upper Rio Grande Valley 

 from the mouth of the Pecos westward, summer resident. Especially 

 abundant in the canyons and breaks on the plains. 



413. Petrochelidon lunifrons tachina. Lesser Cliff Swallow. 



Upper Rio Grande Valley, from the mouth of the Pecos westward, 

 summer resident. Recorded from the Pecos River in Presidio county, 

 Brewster county (Paisano), and Val Verde county (Langtry). (Ridg- 

 way and Oberholser). 



414. Hirundo erythrogastra. Barn Swallow. 



Abundant migrant. Breeds locally (San Antonio, Boerne, Valentine 

 [Strecker], and Tyler [Strecker]). 



415. Iridoprocne bicolor. Tree Swallow. 



Common migrant. Winter resident in the coast region. Recorded as 

 a common summer resident at Corpus Christi by Hancock. 



