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Leucosticte grlseogenys Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1843, 104 (no locality given) ; 



Zool. Voy. ' ' Sulphur, ' ' 1844, 42, pi. 23. 

 F. Iringilla'] griseogemjs Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1849, 372. 

 MontifringiUa pufiiulata Cabaxis, in Ersch. u. Grub. Encyc, i, sect. vol. 50, 1849, 215 



(ex FringiUa pustidata Lichtenstein, MS.). 

 Fringilla imstulaia Kittlitz, Denkw. Reis. Russ. Am., i, 1858, 278. 

 MontifrlngiUa tephrocotisf Finsch, Abh. Xat. Yer. Bremen, iii, 1872, 58 (Una- 



lashka). 

 M. lontifringiUa'] speciosa Fixsch, Abh. Xat. Yer. Bremen, iii, 1872, 60 (Unalashka; 



Bremen Mus. ) . 

 Leucosticte tephrocotis (not of Swainson) Harting, Fauna Prybilov Islands, 1875, 16. 

 Leucosticte brunneinucha (not FringiUa hrunneonucha Brandt) Stejneger, Proc. 



U. S. Nat. Mus., vi, 1883, 71 (see Auk, i, 1884, 82, footnote). 

 Leucosticte hidial-a McGregor, Condor, iii, Jan., 1901 (pub. Nov. 25, 1900), 8 



(Karluk, Kodiak Island, Alaska; coll. R. C. McGregor). 

 Leucosticte tephrocotis kadiaka Grinxell, Condor, iii, Jan., 1901, 21 (crit.) . 



LEUCOSTICTE ATRATA Ridgway. 

 BLACK LEUCOSTICTE. 



Similar in size and pattern of coloration to Z. tej)hrocotis tepli- 

 rocotls, but the chestnut-brown of that species replaced by brownish 

 black (adult male) or dusky slate-brownish (adult female and immature 

 male). 



Adult male in sunimer. — Forehead and part of crown black; nasal 

 tufts white; sides of crown (over eyes and auriculars) and entire occiput 

 uniforin light ash gray; auricular and malar regions, chin, throat, and 

 under parts generally brownish black or deep clove brown, the feathers 

 of the sides, flanks, and abdomen broadly tipped with peach-blossom 

 pink; under tail-coverts and anal region pink, more or less mixed with 

 white, the feathers more or less extensively grayish centrally; hind- 

 neck, back, and scapulars dark sepia brown, the feathers with more or 

 less distinct lighter brown or bufl'y edgings; rump peach -blossom pink, 

 the feathers gray basally, a dusky bar or space separating the gray 

 from the pink; upper tail-coverts similar, but the underlying darker 

 colors more exposed; lesser and middle wing-coverts peach-blossom 

 pink; greater coverts broadlv edged with peach-blossom pink, the 

 concealed portion of the feathers dusky; primary coverts and remiges 

 dusky edged with pink; rectrices dusky edged with light gra5^ish and 

 pink; bill, legs, and feet black. 



Adult male in. winter. — Similar to the summer male, but bill yel- 

 lowish, tipped with dusky; light brown or buffy edgings to scapulars 

 and interscapulars broader and more distinct; feathers of breast, etc., 

 more or less margined with light bufly grayish, and the pink markings 

 of a softer, more rosv, hue. 



