112 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Rocky ]Mountuin ]:)lateau district of the United States, nortii to east- 

 ern British Columbia, Avestern Manitoba, etc., south to northern and 

 eastern Mexico (^Monterey, Nuevo Leon, February: Texola, Vera Cruz. 

 March). 



Chry.^omitrls tristi-i (not FrinyiUa tridls Linnjeus) AVoodhouse, Rep. Sitgreaves' 

 Expl. Zufii and Col.R., 1854, 82 (Texas, and -Indian Terr.).— Baird, Rep. 

 Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 421, part (Fort Lookout, etc., Nebraska; Fort 

 Laramie, Wyoming) ; Cat. X. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 313, part.— (?)Blakiston, 

 Ibis, 1863, 70 (Saskatchewan?). — Dresser, Ibis, 1865, 486 (San Antonio, 

 Texas, breeding).— Butcher, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868, 149 (Laredo, 

 Texas, Dec.) .—Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 167, part.— Allex, Bull. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., iii, 1872, 176, part (Ogden, Utah; e. Colorado).— Aikex, Proc. Bost. 

 Soc. N. H., 1872, 199 (Denver and Pueblo, Colorado, Nov.). — Merria.m, Rep. 

 V. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1872, 679 (Ogden, Utah; Fort Hall, Idaho).— Coues, 

 Check List, 1873, no. 149, part; Birds N. W., 1874, 116, part.— Baird, 

 Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N.Am. Birds, i, 1874, 471, part. — Hexshaw, 

 Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1873 (1874), 60 (Platte R., Colorado); 

 Annot. List Birds Utah, 1874,5; ZooL Exp. W. 100th Merid., 1875, 243 

 (localities in Nevada, Utah, and Colorado). — Ridgway, Orn. 40th Parallel, 

 1877, 461, part (localities in Nevada and Utah.— (?):McCauley, Bull. i:. S. 

 Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., iii, 1877, 663 (Washita Creek, etc., n. Texas). — 

 (?) Bendike, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xix, L'^77, 116 (Camp Harney, e. Ore- 

 gon, May).— Allex and Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Clul), viii, 1883, 161 

 (Colorado Springs, Colorado). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 

 195, part. 



[Chrysomitrisi tristts Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 131, part. 



Cardudis tristis Maximiliax, Journ. fur Orn., 1858, 281 (up. Missouri R. ). 



Astragalinus tristis TxiDGw AY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 177, part; Nom. N. 

 Am. Birds, 1881, no. 181, part.— Coues, CheckList, 2ded., 1882, no. 213, part.— 

 (?) Ogilby, Scient. Proc. Roy. Dubl. Soc, iii, 1882 [28] (Navarro Co., Texas, 

 Oct. to Feb.). 



Sjiimts irisiiis (not of Boie) American Ornithologists' Uxiox, Check List, 1886, 

 no. 529, part. — Seton, Auk, iii, LS86, 322, part (Assiniboine R., w. Mani- 

 toba, breeding). — Scott, Auk, iv, 1887, 197 (Pinal Co., Arizona, Avinter).— 

 Allen, Auk, iv, 1887, 198 (Arizona; crit.) .—Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 

 1888, 181, part (Minnesota?; South Dakota?; :\Ianitoba? ; San Angelo, Texas) ; 

 Birds Colorado, 1897, 98 (resident) . 



S. Ijyinm'} iristis Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 398, part. 



Sjnmis tristis 2xdUd>is Meakns, Auk, vii, July, 1890, 244 (Fort Verde, Yavapai Co., 

 Arizona; coll. E. A. Mearns) . — American Ornithologists' Union Commit- 

 tee, Auk, ix, 1892, 106; Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 529^1.- Ridgway, :\ran. 

 N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 601. 



Ast raged inus tristis pallldus B.iUG\\' AY, Auk, xvi, .Ian., 1899, 79. — American Orni- 

 thologists' Union Committee, Auk, xvi, 1899, 115. 



ASTRAGALINUS TRISTIS SALICAMANS (Grinnell). 

 CALIFORNIA GOLDFINCH. 



Similar to A. t. fristls, but wings and tail shorter, and coloration 

 darker; adult male in summer plumage with back always (?) tinged 

 with pale olive-green, and Avinter adults and yoiuig decidedly darker or 



