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does not cite localities ; Jesurun finds them common at Douglas 

 in winter ; Bond finds them common at Cheyenne and has tak- 

 en a number of specimens ; Hay den's Annual Report, 1870 

 ( Stevenson ) , gives the following localities where they have 

 been taken : Camp Reynolds, Green river, Rock creek, Sulphur 

 springs and Laramie river. There are five specimens in the 

 University collection that have been taken on the Laramie 

 plains. The following data have been received from the Na- 

 tional Museum: Nos. 88046, 88048, taken at Fort Laramie 

 by R. W. Shufeldt; No. 60979, taken on Little Laramie by 

 U. S. Geol. Sur. of the Ters. 



529 a. Astragalinus tristis pallidus M Earns. 

 Western Goldfinch. 



Summer resident ; rather uncommon. More abundant be- 

 low 7,000 feet than above. All of the Wyoming records have 

 been referred to the western form. Until recently, however, 

 all of these birds have referred to the American Goldfinch. 

 Coues refers to a half dozen specimens taken in Wyoming; 

 Bond reports them rather common at Cheyenne; Jesurun, com- 

 mon at Douglas ; Dr. Cooper reports a specimen taken at Fort 

 Laramie, Sept. 8, 1857; The National Museum reports one 

 specimen, No. 69856, taken at Laramie by Dr. J. S. Newberry; 

 Cary reports them from near Newcastle about creeks and 

 springs ; West reports them from Buffalo. There are five 

 skins in the University collection that were taken in Big Horn, 

 Crook, Johnson and Albany counties. I have noted these 

 birds at the following places : Sundance, Belle Fourche Oil 

 Field, Welcome, Cambria, Buffalo, Hyattville, Otto, Glenrock, 

 Casper, Guernsey, Chugwater, Laramie and Centennial valley. 



530. Astragalinus psaltria (Say.). 

 Arkansas Goldfinch. 

 Probablv very rare if not accidental. The Wyoming rec- 

 ord rests upon a single specimen taken by Bond at Cheyenne, 

 May 26, 1889. Mr. Bond has the skin in his collection. 



