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(winter visit, n. and central parts, s. to Indianapolis). — Sage, Auk, x, 1893, 

 207 (East Hampton, Connecticut, Mar. 2). — American Ornithologists' 

 Union, Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 514.— Tuttle, Auk, xii, 1895, 190 (Erie 

 Co., Ohio, Jan.). — Knight, Bull. Univ. Maine, no. 3, 1897, 89 (Androscog- 

 gin, Oxford, and Penobscot counties, Maine, casual in winter). 

 Cloccothramfci] rcspcrCnm Ridgway, Man. X. Am. Birds, 1887, 387, part. 



Hesperiphona re^pcrtlna Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xxxi, Sept., 1850, 424. — Baird, 

 Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 409, part (in synonymy, etc.); Cat. X. 

 Am. Birds, 1859, no. 303, part.— Cassin, Proc. Ac. Xat. Sci. Phila., 1858, 

 191 (n. Illinois). — Kirtland, Ohio Farmer, ix, :\Iarch 24, 1860 (Ohio).— 

 Blakiston, Ibis, 1862,5 (Forks of Saskatchewan, Xov.): 1863,69 (Saskat- 

 chewan, Xov.-Apr. 22). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. X. Y., viii, 1866, 289 

 (vie. Xew York City). — Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 136, part; Birds 

 X". W., 1874, 104, part; Bull. Xutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879,65, part (synonymy 

 and biography). — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. X. Am. Birds, i, 

 1874, 449, part. — Snow, Birds Kansas, 3ded., 1875, 6 (e. Kansas, Xov.). — Tif- 

 F.\NY, Am. Xat., xii, 1878, 471 (Minneapolis, ^linnesota, winter; habits). — 

 Roberts, Bull. X'utt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 237 (:\Iinnesota, till ]\Iay 19).— 

 Ridgway, Xom. X. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 165.— Hay, Bull. Xutt. Orn. Club, 

 vi, 1881, 179 (Woodford Co., Illinois, fall).— Agersborg, Auk, ii, 1885, 279 

 (s. e. South Dakota). — Seton, Auk, ii, 1885, 334 (Toronto, Ontario, Dec). — 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 32, part (in synonymy, etc.). 



[Hesperi phonal Tespert'tna Bonaparte, Consp. Av.. i, 1850, 505, part. — Coues, 

 Key X. Am. Birds, 1872, 127, part. 



II. [_L'spjertph<ma'\ rcfpevtina Xelson, Bull. Essex Inst., viii, 1876, 104 (n. e. Illinois, 

 winter). 



Ilesperophona vespcrtina Coues, Bull. Xutt. Orn. ,Club, vii, Oct., 1882, 250 

 (Onondaga Co., Xew York, July 8); Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 189, 

 part. — WiLLAKD, Auk, iii, 1886, 487 (Brown Co., "Wisconsin, Xov. 28). 



H.^esjierophonali respertina Coues, Key X. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 18*^4, 344, part. 



[Hesperiphona respertina^ var. respertina Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. 

 X. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 449. 



[Hesperiphona respertina.'\ Yar. respertina B.\ird, Brewer, and Ridgway, X. 

 Am. B., i, 1874, 450, in text. 



Hesperiphona respertina, xav. resjjertina Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. X. 

 Am. Birds, i, 1874, pi. 22, fig. 1. 



Coccoborus resperli)n(s Hoy, Proc. Ac. Xat. Sci. Phila., 1853, 383 (Wisconsin). 



Loxia bonapartei Lesson, Ferussac's Bull. Sclent. Xat., xxvi, Aug., 1831, 190. 



" Coccothraustes bonapartii Less[on], 'Illust. de Zool., 1834, jjI. 34 ( 9 , Melville 

 Isl.)." (CouES.) 



Hesperiphona respertina, var. montana {nomen muhnn) Ridgway Bull. Essex 

 Inst., V, 1873, 189 (Waukegan, Ills.; crit. ). — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, 

 Hist. X. Am. Birds, iii, 1874, 508 (Waukegan, Illinois; not of vol. i, p. 449). 



HESPERIPHONA VESPERTINA MONTANA Ridgway. 

 WESTERN EVENING GROSBEAK. 



Similar to II. v. vesjpertina ., ])ut with somewhat longer and relatively 

 narrower bill; adult male not appreciabh% or at least not constantly, 

 different in coloration from that of H. v. vespertlna., l)nt with yellow 

 band across forehead averaging narrower^ and perhaps with flanks 



' Yarying from 5.08 to 9.40; averaging 7.62. 



