**_Ridgwayia pinicola_ (Sclater).--_Specimen examined:_ one, [Male]
31619, from 5 mi. W, 22 mi. S Ocampo, 6000 ft., December 15, 1953,
weight, 88 gms.
The Aztec Thrush is rare in Coahuila. Van Hoose (1955:302) remarked
that No. 31619, the skull of which was incompletely ossified,
"represents the northernmost record for this species, which was
previously unknown in Coahuila."
_Hylocichla guttata guttata_ (Pallas).--_Specimens examined:_ total 2:
[Male] [Male] 31074-31075 from 4 mi. W Hacienda La Mariposa, 2300 ft.,
March 25 and 26, 1952, weights, 25, 21 gms.
The Hermit Thrush is a common migrant or winter visitant in Coahuila.
_H. g. guttata_ has been reported from northern Coahuila. Miller
(1955a:171) observed _H. g. guttata_ (and _H. g. auduboni_) in the
Douglas fir and pine-oak belts and in the lower levels in the oaks at
the foot of the Sierra del Carmen. Burleigh and Lowery (1942:200) noted
_H. g. guttata_ "in small numbers in the open woods surrounding the
summit of Diamante Pass, and at infrequent intervals in the arroyos on
the arid plateau near Saltillo."
_Hylocichla guttata sequoiensis_ (Belding).--Ridgway (1907:45) recorded
this subspecies of Hermit Thrush from Sierra Guadalupe in April.
However, Miller, Friedmann, Griscom, and Moore (1957:188) suggest that
the material on which this identification was based needs
redetermination.
_Hylocichla guttata auduboni_ (Baird).--_Specimens examined:_ total 3:
[Female] 31488 from Sierra del Pino (=5 mi. S, 3 mi. W Acebuches), May
12, 1954, weight, 25 gms.; [Female] 31076 (skeleton only) from Fortin
(=33 mi. N, 1 mi. E San Geronimo), 3300 ft., March 28, 1952; and
[Female] 31077 (skeleton only) from 26 mi. W Santa Teresa, 7050 ft.,
April 4, 1952.
Miller (1955a:171) found this subspecies of Hermit Thrush wintering
with _H. g. guttata_ in the Sierra del Carmen. Hellmayr (1934:456)
listed _H. g. auduboni_ from Sabinas.
**_Sialia sialis fulva_ Brewster.--Hellmayr (1934:479) listed this
subspecies of the Eastern Bluebird from Sabinas.
*_Sialia mexicana mexicana_ Swainson.--Miller, Friedmann, Griscom, and
Moore (1957:199) remarked that the subspecies _mexicana_ of the Western
Bluebird breeds in the southern mountains of Coahuila where, at El
Diamante, on July 7, a specimen (or specimens ?) in breeding condition
was obtained. Burleigh and Lowery (1942:200) found _S. m. mexicana_
"well distributed in the open woods about" Diamante Pass, but at no
time below an elevation of approximately 6500 feet. Sutton and Burleigh
(1939a:38) also saw "several brown-backed" Western Bluebirds at
Diamante Pass on March 6. Ridgway (1907:150) recorded _S. m. mexicana_
from Saltillo, Carneros, and Sierra Guadalupe.
_Sialia currucoides_ (Bechstein).--_Specimen examined:_ one, [Female]
31078, from Sierra de la Encantada (=38 mi. S, 23 mi. E Boquillas),
4400 ft., March 14, 1952, weight, 23.7 gms.
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