CHRYSOMITRIS PSALTRIA, ARKANSAS GOLDFINCH. 117 



Chrysomitris psaltria, Bp., List, 1838, 33 ; Consp. i, 1850, 516. — Gamb., Journ. Phila. 

 Acad, i, 1847, 52.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 422.— Cass., Pr. Phila. Acad. 1865, 93.— 

 CouES, ibid. 1866, 80.— Coop., B. Cal. 1870, 168.— Allen, Ball. M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 

 178 (Kansas (?J and Utah).— Coues, Key, Oct. 1872, 132.— Ridgw., Am. Journ. 

 iv, Dec. 1872, 454.— B. B. & R., N. A. B."i, 1874, 474, pi. 22, f. 9, 10. 



b. arizoncc. 



Chrysomitris mexicana var. arisoncv, CoUES, Pr. Ph. Ac. 1866, 82. — Coop., B. Cal. i, 1870, 170. 



Chrysomitris psaltria var. arizoiiw, Coues, Key, Oct. 1872, 132, fig. 72. — Ridgw,, Am. 



Journ. iv, Dec. 1872, 454.— B. B. & R., N. A. B. i, 1874, 476, pi. 22, f. 11. 



c. mexicana. 



Carduelis mexicana, Sw., Phil. Mag. i, 1827, 435. — Wagler, Isis, 1831, 526. 



Chrysomitris mexicana, Bp., List, 1838, 33 ; Consp. i, 1850, 516. — Scl., P. Z. S. 1855, 65 ; 

 1856, 303 (Cordova); 1858, 303 (Oaxaca); 1859, 365, 380; Cat. 1862, 124.— Scl. 

 & Salv., Ibis, 1859, 19 (Guatemala) ; 1860, 34.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 423.— Lawr., 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1861, 331 (Panama).— Cass., Pr. Phila. Acad. 1865, 93.— Col'es, 

 ibid. 1866, 82.— Sumicu., Mem. Bost. Soc. i, 1869, 550 (Vera Cruz).— Salv., P. Z. 

 S. 1870, 190 (Veragua). 



Astragalinus mexicanus, Cab., Mus. Hein. i, 1851, 159 ; J. f. O. 1861, 7 (Costa Rica). 



Chrysomitris psallria var. mexicana, Coues, Key, Oct. 1872, 133, fig. 80. — Ridgw., Am. 

 Journ. iv, Dec. 1872, 4.55.— B. B. & R., N. A. B. i, 1874, 478, pi. 22, f. 12, 13. 



C?) FrinyiUa catotol, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 914 (probably, but indeterminable). 



FrinylUa mcJanoxantha, Light. — Wagler, Isis, 1835, 525 ( — Cocozton, Herdan). 



Fringilla texensis, GiR., B. Tex. 1841, pi. 5, f. 1 (type examined). 



d. Columbiana. 



Chrysomitris columbiana, Lafres., Rev. Zool. 1843, 292. — Scl., P. Z. S. 1855, 759. — Bd., 



B. N. A. 1858, 423.— Cass., Pr. Phila. Acad. 1865. 93.— Sumich., Mem. Bost. Soc. 



i, 1869, 550. 

 Astragalinus colnmbianus, Cab., Mus. Hein. i, 1851, 159. 

 (?) Chrysomitris nana, Bp., Consp. i, 1850, 516 ( 9 , indeterminable, but probably this 



variety, to judge from locality — "Columbia"). 

 Clirysomitris xanthogaslra, DuBUS, Bull. Acad. Belg. xxii, 18.55, 150. 

 Chrysomitris mexicana var. columbiana, Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1866, 82. 

 Chrysomitris psaltria var. columbiana, Coues, Key, Oct. 1872, 133 (in text). — Ridgw., 



Am. Journ. iv, Dec. 1872, 455.— B. B. & R., N. A. B. i, 1874, 471. 



Hal). — The typical form from the Southern Rocky Mountain region, and somewhat 

 eastward. West to the Pacific. North at least to the sources of the Platte. In New 

 Mexico iiud Arizona, shades insensibly into var. arizonce ; this merges into var. mexi- 

 cana, of all Mexico ; and this into tlio Central American var. columbiana. 



Not noticed by the Expeditions. 



The Arkansas Goldfinch is only known to occur along the south- 

 ern border of the Missouri region, about the sources of the Platte 

 (near 4(P). Mr. Allen, indeed, queries it from Middle Kansas, where it 

 will i)robably be found, but his observations lacked certainty. He 

 found it at Ogdeu, Utah. It is not mentioned by Prof. Snow, nor by 

 Messrs. Holden and Aiken. I found it common in IsTorthern Arizona 

 from the latter part of April until toward October, in shrubby ravines 

 and weedy places, feeding on buds and seeds, in flocks, much in the 

 manner of the common Thistle-biid. The male, as in this last, takes on 

 a plumage like that of the female, in August. These birds were mostly 

 very like true pmltria., showing the ai)proach to var. mcxicatia nuich less 

 than those I noticed along the llio Grande and near Fort ^^'ingate, Xew 

 Mexico, where specimens were secured, in high breeding dress, with 

 only a trace of olive on the black of the upper parts. 



The nidiiication of this species is similar to that of C. tristis, and the 

 eggs are not distinguishable from tho.se of the latter. An account of the 

 liabits of the Arizona variety, from my observations in the West, will 

 be found in Prof. Baird's work, above cited. 



