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lake south of Zufii, N. Mex. ; the cedar clad hills of this locahty being 

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CARPODACUS FRONTALIS (Say). 

 House Fiucli. 



Fringilla frontalis, Say, Long's Esped. to Rocky Mts., ii, 1824, 40. 



Carpodacus frontalis, Newb., P. R. R. Rep., vi, 1857, 88.— 'bd., Ives' Col. Exped., 

 1857-58, pt. iv, Q.—M., Birds N. A., 1858, 415.— Jrf., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci' 

 Phila., 1859, 304 (Cape Saint Lucas).— Jd, U. S. & Mex. Bouud. Siirv., ii, pt. 

 ii, 1859, Birds, 14.— Kennerly, P. R. R. Rep., Whipple's Route, 1859, 28.— 

 Xantus, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 191 (Fort Tejon, Cal.).— Henry, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila., 1859, 107 (New Mexico).— CouES, Proc. Acad 

 Nat. Sci. Pbih.., 186G, 80 (Fort Whipple, Ariz.).-7r7., ib., 1868, 83.-Cooper 

 Birds Cal., i. 1870, 150.— Coues, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 129.— Aiken, Proc 

 Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1872, 199.— Yarrow & Henshaw, Rep. Oni. Specs., 

 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 13.— Henshaw, An. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 

 xi, 1874, 5.— Id., An. List Birds Utah, 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 43.— 

 Id., Rep. Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 78, 109.— Coues, Birds 

 Northwest, 1874, 107. 



Carpodacus frontalis var. frontalis, Eidg., Am. Jour., v, 1873, 40.— Bd., Brew. & 

 RiDG., N. A. Birds, i, 1874, 466, pi. xxi, f. 3-4. ' 



Carpodacus familiaris, Woodh., Sitgreave's Exp. Zufii & Col. Riv., 1854, 88.— Heerm.. 

 P. R. R. Rep., x, pt. ii, 1859, 50. 



Common throughout Utah and Nevada, generally near the settlements. 

 Large flocks seen at Beaver, in the middle of September, searching beneath 

 weeds for seeds. 



Though by no means wanting in the wild districts, where it is perfectly 

 independent, relying wholly on its own resources for subsistence and habi- 



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