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which is still in the United States National Museum, is a specimen 

 collected by J. K. Townsend on the Columbia River, July 28, 

 1835, and received by Professor Baird from Audubon; and it is 

 without much doubt the very specimen from which Audubon drew 

 the male figure of Fringilla maculata for his folio plate. 



Birds from the State of Guanajuato in Mexico are rather large, 

 but are referable to the present form, and possibly represent 

 nearly or quite its northern limit in this region. Specimens from 

 the Cocopah Mountains in northeastern Lower California are 

 practically typical, though they have a slightly longer wing than 

 California birds. Examples from southeastern Oregon, north- 

 eastern Oregon, and western Idaho are rather large but clearly 

 nearer the present race. 



The 104 specimens examined come from the following localities : 



California.— Baird, Shasta Co. (May 11, 21, and 23, 1883; 

 June 9, 20, and 23, 1883); Ft. Tejon; San Francisco; Stanford 

 University (June 6, 1900); San Dimas Canyon, Los Angeles Co. 

 (June 27, 1915); Dominguez Rancho, Los Angeles Co. (April 22, 

 1915); Petaluma, Sonoma Co. (May 16, 1856); Hayward (July 

 26, 28, and 29, 1903; Aug. 8, 1901); Three Rivers (July 12, 1904); 

 Honey Lake (June 16, 1877); Santa Barbara (June 27 and 29, 

 1875); Marin County (June 26, 1878) ; Calaveras (1852); Clover- 

 dale (April 22, 1889); Santa Cruz (Aug. 17, 1891); Fyffe, El 

 Dorado Co. (June 13, 1898); Ukiah (April 26, 1889); Laguna 

 Station, San Diego Co. (May 5, 1894); Jacumba, San Diego Co. 

 (May 23 and 27, 1894); Palo Alto (May 30, 1898); Hayden's 

 Ranch, San Diego Co. (May 31, 1894); Red Bluff (May 2, 1884); 

 Riverside (April 20, 1889); San Diego (April 11, 1SS2); Laguna, 

 San Diego Co. (June 13, 1894); Cameron Ranch, San Diego Co.; 

 Heninger Flats, San Gabriel Mts. (July 8, 1905); Millard Canyon, 

 San Bernardino Mts. (May 8, 1909); Shepherd Canyon, Argus 

 Range (April 26, 1891); Maturango Spring, Argus Range (May 14 

 and 15, 1891); Chico (Aug. 5, 1904); Paraiso Springs (July 7, 

 1902); Camp Badger (May 17, 1894). 



Idaho. — South Fork of Salmon River, 12 miles east of Warren 

 (Aug. 2, 1913); Weiser (June 13, 1913); Idaho City (June 17, 

 1910). 



Oregon. — Rockville, Malheur Co. (July 15, 1915); Eugene 



