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130 FRINGILLID®, FINCHES, ETC.—GEN. 60, 61. 
tainous parts of New Mexico, and southward. Bp., 427 (in text), 924. My New 
Mexican specimens show a bill almost matching that of C. pytiopsittacus of Europe. 
60. Genus LEUCOSTICTE Swainson. 
*,* Sides of the under mandible with a small sharp oblique ridge; nasal tufts 
conspicuous, 
_ Gray-crowned Finch. Chocolate or liver-brown, the feathers posteriorly 
skirted with rosy or lavender, wings and tail dusky, rosy-edged, chin dusky 
with little or no ashy, crown alone clear ash, forehead alone black, bill and 
nasal feathers whitish, feet black; 9? not particularly different; about 7; 
wing 44; tail 22; a little forked. In midsummer, the black frontlet extends ~ 
over the crown, the rosy heightens to crimson, and the bill blackens; the 
whole plumage is likewise darker. Rocky Mountain region, south to Colo- 
rado. AUD., iii, 176, pl. 198; Bp., 430; Coor., 164. . TEPHROCOTIS. 
Var. campestris Bp., in Coor., 163. Colorado. In the specimen described, the 
ash of the head extends a little below the eyes but not on the auriculars, and forms 
a narrow border on the chin; thus approximating to the 
next. 
Var. GRISEINUCHA. Gray-eared Finch. The ash of the 
lead extending over the whole cheeks and ears and 
part of the chin; the black frontlet extending over most 
of the crown. Larger than average tephrocotis. Aleutian 
Islands. Bp., 430 (footnote); Trans. Chicago Acad. 
Hea fi, Gray caved FMoh G): 1 869" ple 285 £2 4 COOP. 161, 
\_ Var. nirroraLis Bp., Trans. Chicago Acad. 1869, p. 317, pl. 28,f. 1; Coop., 163. 
In the specimens described, from Sitka and British Columbia, the whole head 
including the chin, except the black frontlet, is ashy. The gradations noted in the 
foregoing paragraphs show that there is but a single species, although griseinucha 
and littoralis look quite different from tephrocotis and campestris. 
Siberian Finch. Dusky purplish; neck above pale yellowish; forehead 
and nasal feathers blackish; outer webs of quills and wing coverts, tail 
coverts, rump and crissum silvery gray, rosy-margined. Kurile and Aleu- 
tian Islands; Siberia. Bp., 430 (footnote); Coop., 165. . . ARcToa. 
61. Genus AEGIOTHUS Cabanis. 
* ,* Small species (53-52; wing 23-3; tail 23-21), with the bill extremely acute, 
overlaid at the base with nasal plumules, the wings long, pointed, the tail short, 
forked, the feet moderate. . Conspicuously streaked, the crown with a crimson patch 
in both sexes, the face and chin dusky, wings and tail dusky with whitish edgings ; 
the males with the whole breast rosy and the rump tinged with the same. Boreal 
birds, occurring in the United States in winter, in large flocks. 
Red-poll Linnet. (PLATE m1, figs. 1, la, 2, 2a, 4, 4a, 5, 5a.) Upper parts 
streaked with dusky and flaxen in about equal amounts, rump white or rosy, 
always streaked with dusky; below, streaked on the sides, the belly dull 
white; bill mostly yellow; feet blackish; middle toe and claw as long 
as the tarsus. WILS., iv, pl. 42; Nurr.,i, 512; Aup., iii, 122; Bp., 428; 
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