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and young. Younger females in adult dress have the abdomen suf- 

 fused with whitish. 



Southwestern United States (arid division of Lower Sonoran Life 

 Zone), north, regularly, to southwestern Texas, New Mexico, southern 

 Utah (lower Santa Clara Valley), southern Nevada and southern Cali- 

 fornia (San Bernardino, San Diego, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Bar- 

 bara, San Joaquin, and Calaveras counties), casually or irregularly to 

 west- central Nevada (Carson Desert), and to central and northern 

 California (Santa Clara, San Jos^, Yuba, Shasta, and Siskiyou coun- 

 ties); southward throughout peninsula of Lower California and over 

 Mexican plateau to States of Mexico (Valley of Mexico), Puebla 

 (Rancho del Aguacate, Huehuetlan), and Vera Cruz (plateau district). 



PlUogonys nitevs Swainson, Anim. in Menag., 1838, 285 (Mexico). — Lafresnaye, 

 Rev. Zool., viii, 1845, 451, 452.— Bonaparte, Oonsp. Av., i, 1850, 335.— 

 Heekmann, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad., ii, 1853, 263 (s. California; habits); 

 Bep. Pacific E. R. Surv., x, pt. iv, no. 2, 1859, 38 (Cosumnes E. and Colo- 

 rado E., California). — Cassin, Illustr. Birds Cal., Tex., etc., i, 1854, 169, 

 pi. 29.— Henry, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1855, 308 (New Mexico).— 

 Kbnnerly, Pacific E. E. Eep., iv, pt. vi, 1856, 11, 12 (Bill Williams E., 

 Arizona). 



PltUogonys] nitens Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1846, 281. 



IPtilogonys] nitens Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 366, no. 5570. 



Cichlopsis nitens Baird, Eep. Pacific E. E. Surv., ix, 1858, 320, 923. 



Phainopepla nitens Baird, Eep. Pacific E. E. Surv., ix, 1858, p. xxxiv. — Sclatbe, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1858 (pub. May-June, 1859), 543; 1864, 173 (City of 

 Mexico); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 47 (n. Mexico).— Baird, Eep. U. S. and 

 Mex. Bound.' Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, 11 (Fort Yuma; Gila E., etc.); Cat. N. 

 Am. Birds, 1859, no. 234; Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1859, 303 (Cape St. 

 Lucas); Ives' Eep. Colorado E., 1861, pt. v, 5. — Kenneely, Eep. Pacifls 

 E. E. Surv., X, pt. vi, iio. 3, 1859, 25 (Bill Williams Fork and Gila E., 

 Arizona).— Xantds, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1859, 191 (Fort Tejon, 

 California).— Henry, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1859, 106 (New Mexico).— 

 Dresser, Ibis, 1865, 480 (Eagle Pass, Texas). — Duots, La Naturaleza, i, 1868, 

 141 (Guanajuato). — Cooper, Am. Nat., iii, 1869, 34, 185 (Cajon Pass, Cali- 

 fornia); Om, Cal., i, 1870, 131. — Yarrow, Eep. Dm. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 

 1874, 34 (s. Nevada).— Belding, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 398 (Cala- 

 veras Co., California, summer res.); v. 1883, 534 (La Paz, etc.. Lower Cali- 

 fornia) . — Eidqway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 26. — CouES, Check List, 

 2d ed., 1882, no. 168. — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1883, 

 220.— Scott (W. E. D.), Auk, ii, 1885, 242 (Pinal and Pima counties, 

 Arizona; breeding habits; descr. nest and eggs); v, 1888, 31 (Gila and Pima 

 counties, Arizona, up to 5,000 ft.). — Evermann, Auk, iii, 1886, 183 (Ventura 

 Co., California; habits; descr. nest and eggs). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., X, 1885, 220.— Feeeari-Perez, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 139 

 (Eancho del Aguacate and Huehuetlan, Puebla). — American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 620. — Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 x, 1887, 222 (Baird, Shasta Co., California, 1 spec, June).— Fishee (A. K.), 

 N. Am. Fauna, no. 7, 1893, 113 (lower Santa Clara Valley, Utah; localities 

 in s. e. California).— Meeeiam (F. A.), Auk, xiii, 1896, 38 (nesting habits; 

 song). — Grinnell, Pub. ii, Pasadena Ac. Sci., 1898, 43 (Los Angeles Co., 

 California, summer res.). — Barlow, Condor, ii, 1900, 133 (Berryessa, Santa 



