PASSERES FHINGILLIDAE CARPODACCS FRONTALIS. 



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lake south of Zuiii, N. Mex. ; the cedar clad hills of this locality being 

 their attraction, and they very probably spend the winter in this region. 



CARPODACUS FRONTALIS (Say). 



House Finch. 



Fringilla frontalis, SAY, Long's Exped. to Rocky Mts., ii, 1824, 40. 



Garpodacus frontalis, NEWB., P. R. R. Rep., vi, 1857, 88. BD., Ives' Col. Exped., 

 1857-58, pt. iv, G. Id., Birds N. A., 1858, 415 Id., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1859, 304 (Cape Saint Lucas). Id., U. S. & Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. 

 ii, 1859, Birds, 14. KENNERLY, P. R. R. Rep., Whipple's Route, 1859, 28. 

 XANTUS, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 191 (Fort Tejon, Cal.). HENRY, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 107 (New Mexico). COTJES, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila,, 1866, 80 (Fort Whipple, Ariz.). Id., ib., 1868, 83. COOPER, 

 Birds Cal., i. 1870, 156. COUES, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, ]29. AIEEN, Proc. 

 Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1872, 199. YARROW & HENSHAW, Rep. Orn. Specs., 

 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 13. HENSHAW, An. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 

 xi, 1874, 5. Id., An. List Birds Utah, 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 43. 

 Id., Rep. Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 78,' 109. COUES, Birds 

 Northwest, 1874, 107. 



Carpodacus frontalis var. frontalis, RIDG., Am. Jour., v, 1873, 40. BD., BREW., & 

 RiDG., N. A. Birds, i, 1874, 466, pi. xxi, f. 3-4. 



Carpodactis familiaris, WOODH., Sitgreave's Exp. Zimi & Col. Riv., 1854, 88. HEERM., 

 P. R. R. Rep., x, pt, ii, 1859, 50. 



Common throughout Utah and Nevada, generally near the settlements. 

 Large flocks seen at Beaver, in the middle of September, searching beneath 

 weeds for seeds. 



Though by no means wanting in the wild districts, where it is perfectly 

 independent, relying wholly on its own resources for subsistence and habi- 

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