BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 137 



Clfirpodaeus] mexicamt)i frontalis Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 391, part 

 (Lower California) . 



Carpodacus frontalis, var. rhodocolpus (not Carpjodacus rhodocolpus Cabanis) 

 Ridgway, Am. Journ. Sci., v, Jan., 1873, 39, part (Cape St. Lucas). — Baird, 

 Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 468, part (Lower 

 California) . 



Carpodacus frontalis rhodocolpus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 

 176, 216, part; v, 1883, 537 (La Paz, Lower California; crit.) ; Nom. N.Am. 

 Birds, 1881, no. 170a, part.— Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 197, part.— 

 American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 519«, part. 



C.[nrpodacus'] flrontalis] rhodocolpus CouES, Key N.Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 

 348, part. 



Carpodacus frontalis . . . var. hasmorrhous (not Fringilla Imnnorrlioa Lichten- 

 stein) CouES, Check List, 1873, no. 141c, part. 



Carpodacus frontalis ruberrimus. Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 391, footnote, 

 in text (La Paz, Lower California; U. S. Nat. Mus.) . — Bryant, Proc. Calif. Ac. 

 Sci., 2d ser., ii, 1889, 23 (Comondu, Lower California; descr. eggs). — Town- 

 send, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1890, 137 (Cape St. Lucas) . 



C.{arpodacus'] 7ne.ricanus ruberrimus Ridgway, Man. N.Am. Birds, 1887, 594, in 

 text. 



Carpodacus rnexicanus ruberrimus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 592; 2d ed., 

 1896, 391, footnote, 613. — American Ornithologists' Union Committee, 

 Suppl. Check List, 1889, 12; Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 519/>. 



Carpodacus ruberrimus McGregor, Condor, iii, Jan., 1901, 13 in text (San Jose 

 del Cabo) . 



CARPODACUS MEXICANUS FRONTALIS (Say). 

 HOUSE FINCH. 



Smaller than C. m. tnexicanus and C m. rlujdocoljrus.^ l)ut larger than C. 

 m. sonoriensis and C. m. ruberrimus,' in coloration, the adult male inter- 

 mediate between the first named and the rest in extent of the red, this 

 being less restricted and less sharpl}^ defined and less intense than in 

 C. m. mexican us, the crown, occiput, and back often tinged with red, but 

 rarely to the same extent as in O. m. rhodocolpus, C. on. sonoriensis, and 

 C. m. ruherrhnifs; female rather gra3^er and more distinctly streaked 

 above than that of O. m. rnexicanus. 



Adult mcde.—ljQngih (skins), 121.92-155.19 (137.67); wing, 75.95- 

 84.33 (78.49); tail, 5-1:. 36-60. 04 (56.39); exposed culmen, 9.65-12.70 

 (10.41); depth of ])ill at base, 8.89-10.16 (9.65); tarsus, 16.00-18.80 

 (17.78); middle toe. 12.45-14.73 (13.46).^ 



Adult female.— Length, (skins), 127.00-142.75 (135.13); wing, 70.61- 

 77.72 (74.93); tail, 50.80-60.96 (56.90); exposed culmen, 9.91-11.18 



^ Eighty-one specimens. 



