92 



599. *Cyanospiza amoena (Say) — Lazuli Bunting. 



Sioux county ; common summer resident and breeder. East during 

 migrations to West Point and Lincoln. Dates as preceding. 



604. *Spiza americana (Gmelin) — Dickcissel. 



Entire state, locally common to abundant, especially eastward; 

 arriving second week in May, breeding in June and July, departing 

 late in August or early in September. Omaha, West Point, Lincoln, 

 Neligh, and Brown, Cherry and Sioux counties — breeding. 



605. *Calamospiza melanocorys Stejneger — Lark Bunting. 



Entire state; abundant westward, uncommon to rare eastward. 

 Sioux to Cherry and Rock counties, Dundy to Harlan counties — 

 abundant breeder. Neligh, Norfolk, Lincoln, Beatrice — occasional 

 breeder, commoner during dry seasons. Dates as preceding species. 

 EXTRALIMITAL: Ten species belonging to this family are in- 

 cluded in the above key which have no record for Nebraska, but which 

 are possible within our boundaries, viz: 527a. Acanthis hornemannii 

 exilipes (Coues), the Hoary Redpoll, an arctic bird which has occurred 

 in northern Michigan and Illinois; 530. Aslragalinus psaltria (Say), 

 the Arkansas Goldfinch of the western United States, a species com- 

 mon throughout Colorado and recorded from Cheyenne, Wyoming, 

 and which may eventually be recorded from Western Nebraska; 557. 

 Zonotrichia coronata (Pallas), the Golden-crowned Sparrow of the 

 extreme west, has strayed east in migrations to Nevada, Colorado, 

 and even Wisconsin, to the latter_ state three times; 574a. Amphi- 

 spiza belli nevadensis Ridgway, the Sage Sparrow, occurs in Colorado 

 and Wyoming to within a short distance of Nebraska, and may occa- 

 sionally stray to our sagebrush plains ; 575a. Peucoea aestivalis bach- 

 mannii (Audubon), the Bachman Sparrow, occurs north, locally, to 

 the parallel of 40°, and has been taken in southeastern Iowa, so may 

 reach us also; 578. Peuccea cassini (Woodhouse) the Cassin Sparrow, 

 of the arid Southwest, occurs north to western and central Kansas, 

 so may be expected along our •southern border westwardly; 5816. 

 Melospiza melodia montana (Henshaw), the Mountain Song Sparrow, 

 is the Colorado form even far out on the plains, so may reach us during 

 migrations; 591. Pipilo fuscus mesoleucus (Baird), the Canyon Towhee 

 of eastern Colorado and southwestward might reach our limits; 600. 

 Cyanospiza versicolor (Bonaparte), the Varied Bunting of southern 

 Texas and southward has strayed north to Michigan; 601. Cyano- 

 spiza caris(Linnaeus),the Painted Bunting, is a southern species occur- 

 ring north to southern Kansas and Illinois. 



Family TANAGRIDjE— Tanagees 



1. General color red, or at least the head red. (Adult males) (2) 



1. General color olive-greenish above, yellow below. (Females and young 



males) .' (3) 



2. Wings and tail black; back, lower parts and head red 



Scarlet Tanager. 



