Vol. xxxvn 



1919 



Stone, Jacob Post Giraud, Jr. 467 



its rarity, the new names proposed in it were not generally recog- 

 nized, 1 while the fact that the birds were really obtained in Texas 

 was almost immediately questioned. While many of them have 

 since been actually found in the United States, either in Texas or 

 Arizona, it is certain that the collection as a whole never came 

 from Texas. All of the species occur in Mexico, but it is question- 

 able whether they all came from any one locality in that republic, 

 since some of them, as shown by the types, all but three of which 

 are preserved in the U. S. National Museum, represent races which 

 are found only in southern Mexico. In spite of the widely expressed 

 doubt as to the correctness of the locality, Giraud, according to 

 Dr. Coues, stoutly maintained to the day of his death that they 

 were taken in Texas. He never described them in the ' Annals of 

 the New York Lyceum,' as he states on the title page, nor did he 

 ever present any information as to who collected them or how 

 they came into his possession. The text to the plates consists of 

 descriptions only, with a line or two of dedication in the case of 

 species which were named after individuals. Before the descrip- 

 tions, however, there is an introductory page on which are given the 

 names of other species contained in his " Texan " collections. This 

 page is as follows: "In adding to my collection a number of speci- 

 mens of various genera and species received from Texas, I dis- 

 covered many of those species procured by Dr. Townsend and others 

 during their 'journey across the Rocky Mountains,' which induces 

 me to believe that many of these species that visit the Columbia 

 River pass the winter in Texas. Figured and described in Audu- 

 bon's American Ornithology." Then follows the list: 



"Harris's Woodpecker. Picus Harrisii Audubon. 



Red Shafted Woodpecker. Colaptes Mexicanus Swainson, 

 Picus Mexicanus Audubon. 



Black Headed Grosbeak. Coccoborus Melanocephalus Swain- 

 son, Fringilla Melanoccphalus Audubon. 



Evening Grosbeak. Coccothr&ustes Vcspertina Swainson and 

 Richardson, Fringilla Vcspertina, Cooper, Bonaparte, Audu- 

 bon. 



Crimson Fronted Finch. Pyrrhula Frontalis Bonaparte 

 and Nuttall, Fringilla Frontalis Audubon. 



1 P. L. Sclater published an account of it (P. Z. S. 1855, p. 65) with the identity of 

 such of the species as had been previously described. 



