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(District of Coluinbia, accidental). — AVheatox, Ohio Agric. Eep., 1860, no. 

 136 (Columbus, Ohio). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 1866, 288 (vicinity 

 New York City).— Turxbull, Birds E. Penn. and N. J., 1869, 21 (rare in 

 winter). — Sxow, Bird.s Kansas, 1873, 6 (Leavenworth, e. Kansas in winter). 

 P. linicolal enudeator . . . var. canadensis Ridgway, Ann. Lye. N. Y., x, Jan., 



1874, 871 (Illinois in winter). 

 F. linicola'] enudeator canadensis Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 388, part. 

 Pinicola enudeator canadensis Nehrling, Our Native Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 25, pi. 

 21, fig. 6 (P. enudeator on plate).— Ridgavay, Auk, xv, Oct., 1898, 320 

 (crit. ). — American Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, xvi, 

 1899, 113. 



PINICOLA ENUCLEATOR ALASCENSIS Ridgway. 

 ALASKAN PINE GROSBEAK. 



Similai' to /-*. e. canadensis, but decidedly larger, with smaller or 

 shorter bill and paler coloration, both sexes having- the gmy parts of 

 the plumage distinctly lighter, more ash}'. 



Adult male.— Ijength (skins), 218.44-246.38 (227.33); wing, 112.01- 

 127.25 (117.09); tail, 81.84-102.62 (92.71); exposed cidmen, 13.97- 

 15.24 (14.48); depth of bill at base, 11.68-12.95 (12.19); width of 

 maxilla at base, 9.91-10.41 (10.16); tarsus, 22.10-23.37 (22.86); middle 

 toe, 14.48-16.00 (15.24).^ 



Adtdtfemale.—'Length (skins), 195.58-220.98 (213.11); wing, 114.05- 

 120.40 (116.08); tail, 87.88-97.54 (93.47); exposed cidmen, 14.48-15.49 

 (14.99); depth of bill at base, 11.68-12.70 (12.19); width of mandible 

 at base, 10.16-10.67 (10.41); tarsus, 22.35-23.37 (22.61); middle toe, 

 14.73-15.24 (14.99)."' 



Northwestern North America, except Pacific coast, breeding in in- 

 terior of Alaska; south, in winter, to eastern British Columbia, Mon- 

 tana (Bitterroot Valle}'), etc. 



Pinicola canadensis (not Corythus canadensis Brehm) Dall and Bannister, Trans. 



Chicago Ac. Sci., i, 1869, 281, part ( Nulato and throughout Yukon Valley). — 



Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 151, part. 

 P. linicolal enudeator canadensis Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 388, part. 

 Pinicola enudeator canadensis Fannin, Check List Birds Brit. Columbia, 1891, 34, 



part (e. side Cascade Mts. ). 

 [Pinicola^ enudeator (not Loxia enudeator Linnaeus) Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 



1872, 127, part. 

 Pinicola enudeator Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 137, part; 2d ed., 1882, no. 190, 



part; Birds N. ^Y., 1874, part. — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 



Birds, i, 1874, 453, part (Yukon district, Alaska). — (?) Bendire, Proc. Bost. 



Soc. N. H., xix, 1877, 116 (Camp Harney, e. Oregon, winter). — (?) McChes- 



NEY, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 187 (Fort Sisseton, South Dakota, Jan. 



6). — Ridgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 166, part. — Nelson, Cruise 



Corwin, 1881 (1883), 66 (head of Norton Sound, Alaska); Rep. Nat. Hist. 



Coll. Alaska, 1887, 170, part (Alaska, north and east of Alaskan Mts.; 



^ Ten specimens. ^ Six specimens. 



