214 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
[B 308, C 141, R 170, C 196.] 
Groc. Dist.— Colorado and western Texas, westward to Oregon 
and California, south into Lower California and western Mexico. 
519 6. Carpodacus mexicanus ruberrimus Ripew. 
St. Lucas House Finch. 
Carpodacus frontalis ruberrimus Ripcw. Man. N. Am. B. 1887, 
391, foot-note. 
Carpodacus mexicanus ruberrimus RipGw. Man.N. Am. B. 1887, 
594: 
[B—, C 141a, R 170a, C 197.] 
Groc. Dist.— Lower California, and probably adjacent parts of 
Sonora. 
520. Carpodacus amplus Ripew. 
Guadalupe House Finch. 
Carpodacus amplus Ripcw. Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. 
Mer, 1. No.\2, April 2, 2876,:157. 
[B—, C—, R171, C—.] 
Groc. Dist.— Guadalupe Island, Lower California. 
Genus LOXIA Linnaeus. 
Loxia Linn. S. N. ed. 10, 1. 1758, 171. Type, by elimination, 
Loxia curvirostra LINN. 
521. Loxia curvirostra minor (BREH™). 
American Crossbill. 
Crucirostra minor BREHM, Naumannia, 1853, 193. 
Loxia curvirostra minor RipGw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 
354- 
(B.318)C 143 5°R 172, (Cage, | 
Geoc. Dist.— Northern North America, resident sparingly south 
in the eastern United States to Maryland and Tennessee, and in the 
Alleghanies ; irregularly abundant in winter. Casual at Charleston, 
S. C., and New Orleans, La. 
