BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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part; Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. Terr., iv, 1878, 577 (Pembina, 

 North Dakota). — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 

 471, part, pi. 22, figs. 7^ 8.— Mayxard, Birds Florida, 1878, 89.— Brewster, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 117 (descr. young).— Kumliex, Bull. U.S. 

 Xat. Mus., no. 15, 1879, 76 (nff Cape Mugford, Labrador, Aug. 22). — Shakpe, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 195, part (e. United States localities). 



\;Chrijsomitris'] tristh Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 18.50, 517. — Coues, Key X. Am. 

 Birds, 1872, 132, part. 



Chrysometrif: tn-vlis Mayxard, Proc. Best. Soc, xiv, 1871, 371 (Lake I'mbagog, 

 Maine, and Quebec, Canada, breeding). 



.1. [MragaUnus] iristis Cabaxis, Mus. Hein., i, .Tuly, 1851, 159. — Coues, Key X. 

 Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 354, part. 



AstragaUniis trislis Allex, Proc. Essex Inst., iv, 1864, 69 (Springfield, Massa- 

 chusetts). — Coi'ES, Proc. Essex Inst., v, 1868, 280 (Essex Co., Massachusetts, 

 Dec); Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 96; Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 

 213.— RiDGWAY, Xom. X. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 181.— Merriam, Bull. Xutt. 

 Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 235 (Point de Monts, prov. Quebec, Canada, July). — 

 B.\TcnELDER, Bull. Xutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 147 (upper St. Johns, New 

 Brunswick, winter). — Bickxell, Auk, i, 1884, 329 (song). — American- Okxi- 

 THOLOGisTs' Uxiox COMMITTEE, Auk, xvi, 1899, 115. 



Fi'ingiUa tar'ia MtJLLER, Syst. Xat. Suppl., 1776, 163 (Xew York; ])aseil on Taria, 

 de la nouvelle Yorck Buffon, PL Enl., pi. 292, figs. 1, 2). 



CardiieVis americana Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Am., ii, 1831, 268 

 ("Fur Countries ").—J-ARDiNE, ed. Wilson's Am. Orn., 1832, 11, pi. 1, fig. 2. 



ASTRAGALINUS TRISTIS PALLIDUS (Mearns ). 

 WESTERN GOLDFINCH. 



Similar to ^1. t. trlf>t!s^ but decidedly larger; adidt females, winter 

 males, and ^^oung much paler and gra3'er. with the white or otherwise 

 light-colored markings of wings and tail more extended. 



Adidt nmle.—ljQngi\\ (skins), 100,23-129.29(119.89); wing, 71.37- 

 78.23 (71.93); tail, 13.<>9-52.07 (50.20); exposed ciilraen. 10.10-10.92 

 (10.11); depth of bill at base, 7.11-7.37; tarsus, 13.72-11.73 (11.22); 

 middle toe, 9.91-11.18 (10.67).' 



Adidt fevude.—lj&ngih. (skins), 112.27-127.00 (120.10); wing, 68,83- 

 71.17 (72.39); tail, 13^18-51. 56 (16.71); exposed culmen, 9.91-11.18 

 (10.11); tarsus, 13.21-11.73 (13.97); middle toe, 10.16-11.13 (10.67).' 



' Seventeen specimens. 



^ Thirteen specimens. 



Specimens from the type locality (Fort Verde, Arizona) are paler and have the 

 wings and tail longer than those from other portions of the arid region, following being 

 average measurements of the two series : 



