274 frixgillid^;. 



Fiingilla tephrocotis, Audub. B. Amev. pi. 424 ; id. Orn. Biogr. v. 



p. 232 (1839) ; Gray, Gen B. ii. p. 372 (1849). 

 Ervthrospiza tephrocotis, Bp. Com p. List B. Eur. 8f N. Amer. p. 34 



(1838) ; Audub. B. Amer. 8vo, iii. p. 176, pi. 198 (1841). 

 Mcmtifringilla tephrocotis, Bp. &,• Sehl. Monoyr. Loxiens, p. 37, pi. 43 



(18.50) ; Homeyer, J. f. 0. 1880, p. 201. 

 Linaria tephrocotis, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 110, no. 7657 (1870). 

 Leucosticte tephrocotis, var. tephrocotis, Ridgw. Bull. U.S. G'eoL 



Sitrv. i. p. 71 (1875). 



Adult male. General colour above reddish brown, with palo 

 sandy-buff edges to the feathers of the mantle and back, the lower 

 back, rump, and upper tail-coverts rosy, the feathers being tipped 

 with the latter colour ; lesser and median coverts rosy, with dusky 

 brown bases and a subterminal line of whitish; greater coverts 

 dusky brown, edged with buffy white and slightly tinged with rosy ; 

 bastard-wing blackish brown, narrowly fringed with rosy ; primary- 

 coverts and quills blackish brown, edged with rosy, the secondaries 

 with buffy white like the greater coverts ; tail-feathers blackish 

 brown, edged with whitish, slightly tinged with rosy ; fore part of 

 crown black ; hinder crown, occiput, nape, and hind neck pearly 

 grey, commencing from above the eye ; lores and feathers below 

 the eye darker pearly grey ; nasal plumes whitish ; ear-coverts, 

 cheeks, and under surface of body dark cinnamon-brown ; the 

 throat and malar line blackish ; the breast and abdomen washed 

 with rosy, with which the feathers are tipped ; sides of body and 

 flanks like the breast ; thighs brown, tipped with ashy white ; vent 

 whitish ; under tail-coverts rosy, with dusky bases and a narrow 

 subterminal line of white ; under wing-coverts white, edged with 

 rosy ; axillaries browner with rosy margins ; quills below dusky, 

 ashy along the inner edge. Total length 6-5 inches, culmen 0-45, 

 wing 4-2, tail 2-8, tarsus - 75. 



Adult female. Similar to the male* Total length 6-5 inches, 

 culmen 0-5, wing 4 - 25, tail 2*7, tarsus - 8* 



Hub. Interior of British North America, south in winter through- 

 out the entire Ilocky-Mountain region of the United States, but 

 most abundant on the eastern slope. (A. 0. U. Chech-list, I. c.) 



a. Ad. sk. Nebraska (Dr. F. V. Hayden). Sclater Coll. 



b. o ad. sk. Deer Creek, Nebraska, Jan. 17 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Dr. F. V. Hayden; Sm. 

 no. 19256). 



c. $ ad. sk. Deer Creek, Nov. 21 (G. H Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Trook). 



d. J ad. sk. Fort Shaw, Jan. 9 (Dr. J. C. U.S. Nat. Museum 



Merrill; Sm.no. 80032). [P.]. 



e. J ad.sk. Colorado, winter (Mrs. M. A. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Maxvbelt), 



14. Montifnrgilla atrata. 



Leucosticte atrata, Ridyw. Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. i. p. 69(1875); 

 id. Proc. U. S. A'at. Mus. iii. p. 177 (1880) ; Coties,\Key N. Amer. 

 B. 2nd ed. p. 350 (1884); Drew, Auk, ii. p. 16 (1885,; A. O. U. 

 Cheek-list, p. 259 (1886). 



