ini7 BIRDS OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ISLANDS 7.3 



diu'ing tlie fall of 1886. J. G. Cooper (1) encountered it on Cataliua in October 

 only, and Mr. Ward, in charge of San Miguel, told G. Willett (5) that there had 

 been three around his house and barn in the .spring of 1910. 



12S. Carpodacus purpureus calif ornicus Uaird 



California Purple Finch 

 Carpodacus purpureas calif ornicus (1) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 128. 



C. B. Linton {1) shot one in the pines of Santa Cruz Island, December IG. 

 1007. and saw several others at the same time. 



12!). Carpodacus mexicanus dementis Mearns 



San Clemente House Finch 



Carpodacus frontalis (/) Cooper, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., iv, 1870, p. 78. (?) Henshaw, 

 Rep. Wheeler Surv., 1876, p. 238. (3) Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1890, p. 

 139. 



Carpodacus frontalis rhodocolpus ('/) Henshaw, Auk, iii, 1886, p. 4.53. (.7) Blake, Auk, 

 IV, 1887, p. 330. 



Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis (H) Streator, Orn. & Ool., xiii, 1888, p. 53. (7) Keeler, 

 Zoe, I, 1891, p. 339. (8) Grinnell, Pasadena Acad. Sci., i, 1897, pp. 6, 10, 16. (9) 

 Grinnell, Auk, xv, 1898, p. 234. (10) Mailliard, Bull. Cooper Orn. Club, i, 1899. pp. 

 41, 44. (//) Grinnell, Pad Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 107. 



Carpodacus dementis (12) Mearns, Auk, xv, 1898, p. 258. (13) Grinnell, Pac. Coast 

 Avif.; 3, 1902, p. 49. (I'l) Grinnell and Daggett, Auk, xx, 1903, pp. 33, 37. (/.T) Lin- 

 ton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 84. (It;) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 128. (ll) Osburn, Con- 

 dor, XI, 1909, p. 137. 



Carpodacus mexicanus dementis (IS) A. O. U. Committee, Auk, xvi, 1899, p. 114. (19) 

 McGregor, Condor, ii, 1900, p. 35. (20) Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxii, 1900, 

 p. 231. (21) Ridgway, Birds North & Mid. Am., i, 1901, p. 140. (22) Reed, N. Am. 

 Birds' Eggs, 1904, p. 246. (23) Mearns, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., lvi, 1907, p. 141. (2^) 

 Richardson, Condor, x, 1908, p. 67. (2J) Wright, Condor, xi, 1909, p. 100. (26) A. 

 0. U. Check-list, 3d ed., 1910, p. 244. (27) Osburn, Condor, xiii, 1911, p. 32. (28) 

 Howell and van Rossem, Condor, xiii, 1911, p. 210. (29) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 

 7, 1912, p. 73. (30) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 8, 1912, p. 20. (31) Wright and Sny- 

 der, Condor, xv, 1913, p. 91. (32) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 108. 



C'larpodacus]. mlexicanus]. dementis (33) Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 5th ed., 1903, p. 

 383. (3.'i) Bailey, Handb. Birds West. U. S., 2d ed., 1904, p. 313. 



Carpodacus frontalis clementae (35) Breninger, Auk, xxi, 1904, p. 221. 



Carpodacus m\_exicaniis]. dementis (36) Willett, Condor, xii, 1910, p. 172. 



Abundant resident of all the islands, but less so on San Nicolas and San 

 Miguel. Originally described by E. A. Mearns (12) from specimens taken on 

 San Clemente Island, August 25, 1894. Subspecific characters in comparison 

 with mainland birds are : larger legs, feet and bill, wings and tail slightly short- 

 er; striping below broader, and coloration brighter. Two phases of coloration 

 occur in this form, the usual red phase and another in which the red is replaced 

 by yellow. Every intergradation between these two is encountered. I have seen 

 specimens in which the yelloAv was of very limited extent, a male marked like a 

 female except for a faint red tinge on the chest, a female showing a trace of red, 

 and another with a tinge of yellow. 



