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{Hedipaeh'fi'] iiiehinoceph(tluK Sclater and Salvin, Norn. Av. Neotr., 1873, 27. 



[Ilftli/inclrs iiirlanorephaliin'] var. melan()('pphalu.<t Baird, Brewer, and RiniavAY, 

 Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 70. 



lG(mlap}iea'] melanocepJiala Gray, Hand-lint, ii, 1S70, 103, no. 7547. — Coues, Key 

 N. Am. Birds, 1872, 149. 



Goniaphea melanocephala Allen, Bull. Mup. Comp. Zool., iii, 1872, 137 (Fort 

 Hays, w. Kansas, breedino;). — Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 194; Birds N. 

 W.'l874, 167; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 7, 1877, 11 (Pichilinque Bay, Lower 

 California). — Snow, Birds Kansas, 3d ed., 1875, 7 (w. Kansas). — McCauley, 

 Bull. U. S. Geol. an.l Geog. Surv. Terr., iii, 1877, 665 (Red R. Valley, n. 

 Texas) .—GiBBs, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., v, 1879, 487 (Michi- 

 gan, accidental). — Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 41 (Nicasio, 

 California; descr. yoimg). 



Z.[^(unelodi(t'\ mdanocephala Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orii. Clul), v, Apr., 1880, 98, in 

 text; Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 389. 



Zamelodia melnnocephala Ridgway, Pruc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 182; 

 Norn. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 245.— Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 

 290.— Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 199 (Santa Rita Mts., Ari- 

 zona; crit.).— Beldinc!, Proc. T'. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1883, 531, 541 (Cerros I. 

 and La Paz, Lower California). --Beckha.m, Auk, ii, 1885, 142 (Pueblo, 

 Colorado; song). — Acersborg, Auk, ii, 1885, 281 (s. e. South Dakota).— 

 Goss, Auk, ii, 1885, 112 (Topeka, e. Kansas, 1 spec. July 11). — Chapman, 

 Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., x, 1898, 41 (Las Vegas, Vera Cruz, 8,000 ft., Apr.). 



Habia mel<mo<-epha1(i 8TE.TNEGER, Auk, i, Oct., 1884, 367. — A.mericax Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 596.— Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., ix, 1886, 141 (Atlixco, Chietla, etc., Puebla, Sept., Dec. ).— Cooke, 

 Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 217 (Manhattan, Emporia, and Tojjcka, e. 

 Kansas; s. e. Nebraska; s. e. South Dakota; Mason, Colorado City, San Saba, 

 and Concho Co., Texas). — Goss, Birds Kansas, 1891, 486 (summer resid. in 

 w. and mid. Kansas, rare or accid. in e. Kansas) . — Fannin, Check List Birds 

 Brit. Columbia, 1891, 38 (both sides of Cascade Mts.). — Nehrling, Our 

 Native Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 207, pi. 20, fig. 5.— Merriam (F.) , Auk, xiii, 1896, 

 120 (San Diego Co., California; song). 



PringUla epopoea Lichtenstein, Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog., 1830, 2 (Mexico; ^= a(Uilt 

 male; see Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn., 1863, 56). 



FringlUa xantJiomaschalu Wagler, Isis, 1831, 525 (Mexico). 



(?) Giiiraca tricolor Lesson, Rev. Zool., ii, 1839, 102 (Mexico; coll. Abeille; = 

 adult male?). 



PHyins gxdtatus Lesson, Rev. Zool., ii, 1839, 102 (Mexico; coll. Abeille; = adult 

 male!). 



[Hedymeles melanocephrd as] var. capitnlk Baird, in Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway's 

 Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 70 (type from Columbia River, Oregon; U. S. 

 Nat. Mus.). 



Zamelodia melanocephala capitalis Grinnell, Condor, iv. Mar., 1901, 41, in text 

 (crit. nomencl. ). 



Zamelodia. melanocephala microrhyncha Grinnell, Condor, ii, Nov., 1900, 128 

 (Buckhorn Cailon, Sierra San Gabriel, Los Angelos Co., California; coll. J. 

 Grinnell). 



(?) Zamelodia ludoviciana (not Loria ludoriciana Linna'us?) McLain, Auk, xv, 

 1898, 191 (Myers, Humboldt Co., California, July 1, 1898). i 



^Identified from two heads, male and female; identification therefore very ques- 

 tionable, especially since the heads of the two species are often practically alike in 

 coloration. 



