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browner than corresponding- plnmages of A. t. tristis^ with the broader 

 white or otherwise light-colored wing- and tail-markings of A. t. 

 pallidus. 



Adult ;n«76?.— Length (skins), 103.63-122.43 (113.51); wing, 66.04- 

 73.41 (70.10); tail, 43.18-46.23 (44.45); exposed culmen, 9.91-10.67 

 (10.16); depth of bill at base, 7.62; tarsus, 12.95-14,48 (13.72); middle 

 toe, 10.16-11.43 (10.67).' 



Adult female.-A^^ngih. (skins), 108.71-119.63 (113.03); wing, 66.80- 

 69.09 (68.33); tail, 43.18-45.47 (44.20); exposed culmen, 9.91-10.67 

 (10.16); depth of l)ill at base, 7.62; tarsus, 13.21-13.46; middle toe, 

 10.67.' 



Pacific coast district, north to Washington (Shoal water Bay), south 

 to Lower California (Cerros Island). 



Chrysomitris tristis (not Fringilla tristis Linnieus) Newbeery, Rep. Pacific R. R. 

 Surv., vi, pt. iv, 1857, 87 (California; Oregon). — Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. 

 Surv., ix, 1858, 421, part (ShoahvaterBay, Washington; San Francisco, Sacm- 

 mento, and Fort Tejon, California); Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 313, part. — 

 Cooper and Suckley, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., xii, pt. ii, 1860, 197 (coast of 

 Washington; lower Columbia R.). — Cooper, Orn., Cal., 1870, 167, jjart (Cali- 

 fornia; Oregon); Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 187J, [6] (Saticoy and Haywards, 

 California; descr. eggs). — 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., 1876, 238 (Los Angeles, 

 California; habits). — Ridgway, Orn. 40th Parallel, 1877, 461, part (Sacra- 

 mento, California).— Beldixg, Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 413 (Stockton, 

 Marysville, etc., California).— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 195, 

 part (California). 



[^Chrysomitris] tristis Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 131, part. 



Carduelis tristis Heermann, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, pt. iv, 1859, 50 (California). 



Astragalinus tristis ^iBG'w AY, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 181, part.— Coues, 

 Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 213, part; Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 354, 

 part.— Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1883, 531 (Cerros I., Lower 

 California). 



Spinus tristis American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 529, 

 part. — Anthony, Auk, iii, 1886, 168 (Washington Co., w. Oregon); (?) 

 Zoe, iv, 1893, 240 (San Pedro Martir Mts., Lower Cahfornia, winter).— 

 EvEKMANN, Auk, ill, 1886, 182 (Ventura Co., California, resident). ^Towns- 

 end, Proc. r. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 217 (Red Bluff and Humboldt Bay, 

 California). — Lawrence (R. H.), Auk, ix, 1892, 356 (Gray's Harbor, Wash- 

 ington). 



Spinus tristes MoRCOM, Bull. Ridgw. Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 48 (San Bernardino, 

 May). 



S. [pinus'] tristis Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 398, part. 



Spinus tristis salicamuns Grinnell, Auk, xiv, Oct., 1897, 397 (Pasadena, California; 

 coll. J. Grinnell); Pub. ii, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 35 (Los Angeles Co., 

 California, resident). — Brooks, Auk, xvii, 1900, 106 (Okanagan, Brit. Colum- 

 bia, winter) . 



Astragaliims tristis salicamans Ridgway, Auk, xvi, Jan., 1899, 79. — American 

 Ornitholocjists' LTnion Committee, Auk, xvi, 1899, 115 (no. 5296). — Mer- 

 RiAM, N. Am. Fauna, no. 16, 1899, 124 (Sisson and Shasta Valley, California). 



^ Nine specimens. ^ Three specimens. 



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