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5284. Acanthis linaria rostrata (Cougs). 
Greater Redpoll. 
Atgiothus rostratus Cours, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 378. 
Acanthis linaria rostrata StryN. Auk, I. April, 1884, 153. 
[B—, C—, R 1792, part, C 208, part. ] 
Geroc. Dist.— Greenland and northeastern North America, south 
irregularly in winter to New England, New York, and northern 
Illinois. 
Genus SPINUS Kocu. 
Spinus Kocu, Bayr. Zool. 1816, 233. Type, Fringilla spinus 
LINN. 
529. Spinus tristis (Liny.). 
American Goldfinch. 
Fringilla tristis Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 181. 
Spinus tristis STEJN. Auk, I. Oct. 1884, 362. 
[Bi gr3\C gag, R 18a, C2s3y) 
Geroc. Dist.— Temperate North America generally, from southern 
Labrador, Manitoba and British Columbia south, in winter, to the 
northern boundary of Lower California ; breeding southward to the 
middle districts of the United States (Virginia, Kentucky, Kansas, 
and California), and wintering mainly within the United States. 
529 a. Spinus tristis pallidus Mearns. 
Western Goldfinch. 
Spinus tristis pallidus MEARNS, Auk, VII. July, 1890, 244. 
[B 313, part, C 149, part, R 181, part, C 213, part.| 
Geroc. Dist.— Arizona. 
530. Spinus psaltria (Say). 
Arkansas Goldfinch. 
Fringilla psaltria Say, Lone’s Exp. II. 1823, 40. 
Spinus psaltria STEJN. Auk, I. Oct. 1884, 362. 
