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RaNnGE.— Eastern North America. Breeds in lower Canadian, Transition, 
and Upper Austral zones from southern Manitoba, central Quebec, and New- 
foundland south toeastern Colorado, southern Oklahoma, central Arkansas, 
and northern Georgia; winters over most of its breeding area and southward 
to the Gulf coast. 
b. Astragalinus tristis pallidus (Mearns). Pale Goldfinch. [529a.] 
Spinus tristis pallidus Mearns, Auk, VII, July, 1890, 244. (Fort Verde, 
Yavapai Co., Arizona.) 
Rance.— Rocky Mountain plateau. Breeds mainly in Transition Zone 
from southeastern British Columbia and southwestern Manitoba south to 
central Nevada and southern Colorado; in winter south to Vera Cruz. 
c. Astragalinus tristis salicamans (GRINNELL). Willow Goldfinch. [529b.] 
Spinus tristis salicamans GRINNELL, Auk, XIV, Oct., 1897, 397. (Pasa- 
dena, California.) 
Ranae.— Pacific coast region, from Washington to southern California ; 
south in winter to central Lower California. 
Astragalinus psaltria (Say). 
RaNGE.— Southwestern United States southward through Mexico 
and Central America to northern South America. 
a. Astragalinus psaltria psaltria (Say). Arkansas Goldfinch. [530.] 
Fringilla psaltria Say, in Long’s Exped., II, 1823, 40 (note). (Near 
Pueblo, Colorado.) 
Ranee.— Northern Colorado to central northern Texas and south through- 
out Mexico, except the northwestern and extreme southern portions; casual 
in Wyoming. 
b. Astragalinus psaltria hesperéphilus OnrrHoitserR. Green-backed Gold- 
finch. [530a.] 
Astragalinus psaltria hesperophilus OBERHOLSER, Proc. Biol. Soe. Wash., 
XVI, Sept. 30, 1903, 116. (San Bernardino, California.) 
RaNnGE.— Southwestern United States. Breeds in Upper Sonoran and 
Transition zones from southern Oregon and Utah to southern Lower California, 
Sonora, and extreme southwestern New Mexico; winters from central Califor- 
nia to Cape San Lucas. 
Astragalinus lawrencei (Cassin). Lawrence’s Goldfinch. [531.] 
Carduelis lawrencet Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., 1850, 105, pl. v. 
(Sonoma and San Diego, California.) 
