252 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



598. Fasserina cyanea (Linn.). 



Indigo Bunting. 



Tanagra cyanea Linn. S. N. ed. 12, L 1766, 315. 



Fasserina cyanea Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXV. 1817, 7. 



[B 387, C 199, R 248, C 295.] 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern United States, west to Kansas, north to 

 New Brunswick, southern Ontario and Minnesota ; south in winter 

 to Central America. 



599. Fasserina amoeua (Say). 



Lazuli Bunting. 



Emberiza amxna Say, Long's Exp. II. 1823, 47. 

 Fasserina arnxna Gray, Handl. II. 1870, 97. 



[B 386, C 200, R 249, C 296.] 



Geog. Dist. — Western United States, from the Plains to the 

 Pacific, north to the dry interior of British Columbia and Idaho, 

 south to the Valley of Mexico. 



600. Fasserina versicolor (Bonap.). 



Varied Bunting. 



Spiza versicolor Bonap. P. Z. S. 1837 (June, 1838), 120. 

 Fasserina versicolor G'RKi, Handl. II. 1870, 97. 

 [B 38s, C 197, R 250, C 293.J 

 Geog. Dist. — From the valley of the Lower Rio Grande in Texas 

 southward to Guatemala. Accidental in southern Michigan. 



600 a. Fasserina versicolor pulchra Ridgw. 



Beautiful Bunting. 



Fasserina versicolor pulchra Ridgw. Man. N. Am. B. 1887, 448. 

 [B ■3,%'^, part, C ■i<)T,part, R 2c,o, part, C 293, /ar/.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Lower California and northwestern Mexico. 



601. Fasserina ciris (Linn.). 



Painted Bunting. 



Emberiza ciris Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 179. 



Fasserina ciris Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXV. 1817, 17. 



