98 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I3I 



Family FRINGILLIDAE : Grosbeaks, Finches, Sparrows, and 



Buntings 



Subfamily RICHMONDENINAE: Cardinals and Allies 



Genus PHEUCTICUS Reichenbach 



Pheucticus Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat., June i, 1850, pi. 78. Type, by sub- 

 sequent designation, Pitylus aureovcniris Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny (Gray, 

 1855). 

 Pheucticus melanocephalus (Swainson) : Black-headed Grosbeak 



Guiraca melanocephala Swainson, Philos. Mag., n. s., vol. i, No. 6, June 

 1827, p. 438. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Rancho La Brea, Los 

 Angeles, California. 



Subfamily CARDUELINAE : Purple Finches, Goldfinches, and 



Allies 



Genus HESPERIPHONA Bonaparte 



Hesperiphona Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Avium, vol. i, sign. 64, 1850 (Feb. 3, 

 1851), p. 505. Type, by original designation, Fringilla vespertina W. 

 Cooper. 



Hesperiphona vespertina (Cooper) : Evening Grosbeak 



Fringilla vespertina W. Cooper, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vol. i, pt. 2, 

 1825, p. 220. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Rancho La Brea, Los 

 Angeles, California. 



Genus CARPODACUS Kaup 



Carpodacus Kaup, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. Thierw., 1829, p. 161. Type, by 

 subsequent designation, Loxia rosea Pallas (Gray, 1842). 



Subgenus BURRICA Ridgway 



Burrica Ridgway, Man. North Amer. Birds, 1887, p. 390. Type, by original 

 designation, Fringilla tnexicana Miiller. 



Carpodacus mexicanus (Muller) : House Finch 



Fringilla wcxicaua P. L. S. Muller, Natursyst., Suppl., 1776, p. 165. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene: McKittrick, Kern 

 County, California. 



