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Spinus tristis pallidus Mearns. Pale Goldfinch. [529o.] 



Spinus tristis pallidus Mearns, Auk, VII, No. 3, July, 1890, 244. (Fort 

 Verde, Yavapai County, central Arizona.) 



Range. — Breeds mainly in the Transition Zone from southeastern British 

 Columbia and southwestern Manitoba south to central Nevada and southern 

 Colorado. In winter south to Vera Cruz. 



Spinus tristis salicamans Grinnell. Willow Goldfinch. [5296.] 



Spinus tristis salicamans Grinnell, Auk, XIV, No. 4, Oct., 1897, 397. 

 (Pasadena, California.) 



Range. — Transition Zone of the Pacific coast from extreme southwestern 

 British Columbia south to northwestern Lower California, chiefly west of the 

 Cascade Mountains and the Sierra Nevada. 



Spinus psaltria psaltria (Say). Arkansas Goldfinch. [530.] 



Fringilla psaltria Say, in Long, Exped. Rocky Mts., II, 1823, 40 (note). 

 (Arkansas River near the mountains = near Pueblo, Colorado.) 



Range. — Northern Colorado to central northern Texas and south through- 

 out Mexico, except the northwestern and extreme southern portions. Casual 

 in Wyoming. 



Spinus psaltria hesperophilus (Oberholser). Green-backed Goldfinch. [530«.] 



Astragalinus psaltria hesperophilus Oberholser, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 

 XVI, No. 29, Sept. 30, 1903, 116. (San Bernardino, California.) 



Range. — -Breeds in the Upper Austral and Transition zones from southern 

 Oregon and Utah to southern Lower California, Sonora, and extreme south- 

 western New Mexico. Winters from northern California to Cape San Lucas. 



Spinus lawrencei (Cassin) . Lawrence's Goldfinch. [531.] 



Carduelis Lawrencei Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., V, No. 5, Sept.- 

 Oct., 1850 [Dec. 7], 105 (pi. v). (Sonoma and San Diego, California.) 



Range. — Breeds in the Upper and Lower Austral zones of California, west 

 of the Sierra Nevada, from about lat. 40° south to northern Lower California. 

 Winters over most of its breeding range and east to Arizona and western New 

 Mexico. 



Genus LOXIA Linnaeus. 



Loxia Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., cd. 10, I, 1758, 171. Type, by subs, desig., 

 Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus (Gray, 1840). 



