BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 117 



A.\_f;iragaUnus'] p- [saltria'] arizonie Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 355. 



Spinus pmliria arizonse Stejnegee, Auk, i, Oct., 1884, 362. — American Ornithol- 

 ogists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 5.30a.— Emerson, Zoe, i, 1890, 44 

 (Hayward's, Alameda Co., California, 1 spec. Jan. 10). — Attwater, Auk, 

 ix, 1892, 337 (San Antonio, Texas, winter). — Fisher, North Am. Fauna, no. 

 7. 1893,85 (lower Santa Clara Valley, Utah, breeding). — Cooke, Birds Colo- 

 rado, 1897, 99 (summer resid., breeding from plains to 6,000 ft.) . 



*S'. [pii^as] ^jsaltria arizona: Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 399. 



\_ChrtjsomUris p)saltria.'\ Subsp. a. Chrysomitris arlzonre Siiaepe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus.,xii, 1888,206. 



ASTRAGALINUS PSALTRIA MEXICANUS (Swainson) 

 MEXICAN GOLDFINCH. 



Achdt )naU'. — Upper parts, including- whole auricular region and sides 

 of neck, uniform gloss}^ black; otherwise exactly like adult males of 

 A. J). 2)mJtria and A. p. arizonf^: length (skins), 97.79-109.2^ (101.65); 

 wing, 61. 98-68. 5S (61.77); tail, 38.10-41.15 (11.15); exposed culmen, 

 9.10-10.67 (9.91); depth of bill at base, 7.11: tarsus. 11.91-13.21 (12.70); 

 middle toe, 9.10-10.11 (9.91).^ 



Adult female. — Not distinguishable from females of ^1. 7?. psaltria 

 and J..^. arisonce; length (skins), 101.85-106.-13 (101.11); wing, 60.96- 

 65.53 (63.50); tail, 38.10-12.93 (39.88); exposed culmen, 8.89-10.16 

 (9.65); tarsus, 12.15-13.21 (12.70); middle toe, 9.91-10.11 (10.16).' 



lining. — Not appreciably different in plumage from those of A. p. 

 psaltrni and A. j). arizona;. * 



Mexico in general, except extreme southern and northwestern por- 

 tions (States of Chiapas, Yucatan, Sonora, etc.); southern Texas (north 

 to Kinne}-. Mason. Eastland, and Bexar counties); accidental in Colo- 

 rado (Denver). 



(?) [FringUla} catotol Gmelin, Syst. Xat., i, 1788, 914 (based on "Co/o?o/" Buffon.) 

 CardueUs mexkana Swainson, Philos. Mag., n. s.,i, 1827, 435 (Real del Monte, 



Hidalgo, Mexico). — AVagler, Isis, 1831, 525. 

 Chrysomitris mexicana Bonaparte, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 33. — Sclater, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 303 (Cordova, Vera Cruz) ; 1858, 303 (Oaxaca) ; 1859, 

 265 (Jalapa, Vera Cruz), 380 (Totontepec, Oaxaca) ; Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 124, 

 part (Mexico).— Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 423, part (Nueva 

 Agua, Coahuila; Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon; Parras) ; ed. 1860 ("Birds 

 X. Am.'"), atlas, pi. 14, fig. 1; Rep. U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, 

 14, pi. 16, fig. 1; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 315, part.— Cassin, Proc. Ac. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 1865, 93, part (Mexico; Texas; Xew Mexico; "Lower Cali- 

 fornia"). — Dcges, La Xaturaleza, i, 1868, 140 (Guanajuato). — Cory, Revised 

 List Birds W. I., 1886, 35 (Cuba, fide Gundlach, Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba,i, 

 1866, 397).— Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 431, part 

 (Mexican localities and references) . — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 

 206, part (Mexican references and localities). 



^ Thirteen specimens. ^ Five specimens. 



