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U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1872, 679.— Bd., Brew., & Eidg., N. A. Birds, i, 

 1874, 480.— Henshaw, An. Lye. Kit. Hist. N. Y., xi, 1874, 5.— Id., Au. List 

 Birds Utab, 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 43.— M, Eep. Orn. Specs., 1873, 

 Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 79. — CouES, Birds Northwest, 1874, 115. 

 Linaria pinus, Heebm., P. E. E. Eep., x, pt. ii, 1859, 49. 



May 29, near Fort Garland, Colo., a flock of perhaps fifteen individuals 

 were seen. They were greedily feeding upon the buds of the deciduous 

 trees, which, during the spring, appear to constitute the larger portion of 

 their diet. These were in the breeding dress, and the species undoubtedly 

 spends the summer in the mountains. 



To the breeding range of this species are to be added the high mount- 

 ainous portions of Arizona, probably as far south as Mexico, and with little 

 doubt those portions of Western New Mexico correspondingly elevated. In- 

 dividuals in the worn breeding dress, and also the young not long from the 

 nest, were taken at Movmt Graham July 30, where the species was well 

 represented in numbers. They appear to be resident, inhabiting the pine 

 region during the summer, where they were found until the middle of Sep- 

 tember. They were usually seen at this season. A few at a time mingled 

 with flocks of insectivorous birds, and with them spent much time on the 

 ground searching for the minute grass and other seeds. Later, they appeared 

 lower down, and in small flocks, and often with the other Goldfinches, whose 

 habits correspond closely, fi'equented the dead weeds, and especially the 

 sunflowers. 



