_Anthus spinoletta pacificus_ Todd.--Miller, Friedmann, Griscom, and
Moore (1957:209) recorded this Water Pipit from Cuatro Cienegas in
February and from Hipolito in November.
_Bombycilla cedrorum_ Vieillot.--The Cedar Waxwing is an uncommon
winter visitant to Coahuila. Miller (1955a:171) recorded a flock in the
Sierra del Carmen on April 5, and another flock on April 21. Burleigh
and Lowery (1942:201) saw two small flocks on April 15 "in the open
woods just below the summit of Diamante Pass."
*_Phainopepla nitens nitens_ Swainson.--_Specimen examined:_ one,
[Male] 31674, from the west foot of Pico de Jimulco, 5000 ft., April 3,
1953, weight, 35 gms.
The Phainopepla occurs throughout most of Coahuila. Sutton and Burleigh
(1939a:39) reported _P. n. nitens_ from Diamante Pass on March 6. On
April 15 and 17 Burleigh and Lowery (1942:201) saw scattered pairs of
the Phainopepla "only in the open woods surrounding Diamante Pass."
Miller (1955a:171) noted _P. n. nitens_ "on April 20 and 28 in large
clumps of mesquite near Piedra Blanca, at about 4500 feet, on the
foothills" of the Sierra del Carmen. Dickerman saw a Phainopepla 20 mi.
S Ocampo on April 4, 1954. Baird (1858:320) listed a male _P. n.
nitens_ from Coahuila, Mexico. Hellmayr (1935:107) remarked that
_Phainopepla nitens_ was listed from Coahuila by "Salvin and Godman,
Biol. Centr.--Amer., Aves, 1, p. 220, 1883...." Miller, Friedmann,
Griscom, and Moore (1957:213) stated that _P. n. nitens_ breeds at El
Diamante. The long wing (100 mm.) and long tail (96 mm.) of No. 31674
is typical for _P. n. nitens_.
_Phainopepla nitens lepida_ Van Tyne.--Sutton and Burleigh (1939a:39)
recorded _P. n. lepida_ from Diamante Pass on March 6; Miller,
Friedmann, Griscom, and Moore (1957:213) suggest that this individual
was a vagrant.
_Lanius ludovicianus migrans_ Palmer.--Burleigh and Lowery (1942:202)
obtained this subspecies of Loggerhead Shrike "on the outskirts of
Saltillo on April 20." The specimen shows evidence of intergradation
with _excubitorides_.
**_Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides_ Swainson.--Miller, Friedmann,
Griscom, and Moore (1957:216) recorded _L. l. excubitorides_ from
Sabinas and from Hipolito (November 2 to February 24).
*_Lanius ludovicianus mexicanas_ Brehm.--_Specimens examined:_ total 4:
sex ? 31089 from 7 mi. S, 2 mi. E Boquillas, 800 ft., February 29,
1952, weight, 45.1 gms.; [Female] 31090 from 36 mi. S, 15 mi. E
Boquillas, 2550 ft., March 12, 1952; sex ? 30233 from 1 mi. N San
Lorenzo, 4200 ft., February 5, 1951; and [Female] 32098 from 7 mi. S, 4
mi. E Bella Union, 7200 ft., June 25, 1952.
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