244 Mearns. Descriptions of New Birds from Arizona. [July 



panse, 257; wing, So; tail, 77; culmen, 12; tarsus, 20.5; middle toe and 

 claw, 20; middle claw, 6 mm. 



Adult Female (No. 11,187, U. S. Nat. Mus., Coll. C. Drexler, Fort 

 Brid^er, Utah, May 28, 1858) : — Similar to the male, but duller, with an 

 olive wash to the gray of head, and the plumage generally faded to a 

 browner color, which is probably the result of exposure, the bird being in 

 worn breeding dress. Size smaller. 



I take pleasure in naming this handsome Junco after Mr. 

 Robert Ridgway, of Washington, D. C. It was abundant at 

 Whipple Barracks and in the vicinity of the neighboring town of 

 Prescott, Arizona, during the latter part of April, 18S4, at which 

 season all of the four species of this genus found by Dr. Cones 

 during his long residence in this locality had departed, with the 

 exception of a few individuals of Junco oregoiius shufeldti that 

 still lingered in the mixed woods of oaks and pines, in company 

 with the present species. I preserved but a single specimen of 

 each, and cannot now refrain from smiling at the recollection of 

 my misdirected zeal in garnering series of specimens of Flickers, 

 Long-crested Jays, Black-headed Grosbeaks and other conspicu- 

 ous but well-known birds, while these two Juncos, both of which 

 were new to science, were almost ignored. I inferred that 

 Junco ridgwayi was then on its breeding ground, the migrants 

 having nearly all departed, a supposition that I was unable to 

 verify, however, never having visited the locality since then dur- 

 ing the breeding season. 



An example of this species was taken in New Mexico, as I am 

 informed by Mr. Ridgway, to whom I am indebted for the loan 

 of two breeding birds of this species — male and female, taken at 

 Fort Bridger, Utah, by C. Drexler on May 28, 1S5S — and for 

 many other specimens, needed for comparison, from the National 

 Museum collection. Its habitat will probably be found to include 

 the lower evergreen-forested areas of the Great Basin region 

 from Utah southward. 



Spinus tristis pallidus subsp. nov. 



Mr. J. A. Allen has called attention to this well-marked geo- 

 graphical race of the American Goldfinch, in his annotations to 

 Mr. W. E. D. Scott's paper on Arizona birds, published in the 

 Auk, Vol. IV, p. 198. His remarks are as follows : — 



