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Distribution. In summer, mountains of southeastern Alaska and prob- 

 ably the interior mountain regions of British Columbia, south at least to 

 snow-capped mountains of Washington ; in winter, northwest coast from 

 Kadiak southward; extending east to the eastern base of the Rocky 

 Mountains. 



" A pair of this rare species was found feeding full grown young 

 on the moraines just below the glacier of Wright's Peak (Okanogan 

 County, Washington), at an altitude of 8000 feet. North and west 

 of this station there is an immense area of glacier-flanked peaks, 

 where the birds are sure to find a congenial summer home." (Daw- 

 son.) 



In Paradise Park, on Mt. Rainier, Dr. Fisher found the Hepburn 

 leucosticte common in the moraines and along the edges of bare 

 ground, feeding on grasshoppers and other insects benumbed by the 



525. Leucosticte atrata Eidgw. BLACK LEUCOSTICTE. 



Adult male in summer. Crown black, set in gray, which does not ex- 

 tend over sides of head ; body blackish or deep clove brown ; feathers of 

 belly and sides tipped with peach-blossom pink ; feathers of hind neck, 

 back, and scapulars with more or less distinct brownish or buffy edgings ; 

 rump and patch on wings peach-blossom pink. Adult male in winter : 

 similar, but bill yellowish, tipped with dusky, the brownish edgings to 

 scapulars and interscapulars broader, feathers of under parts more or 

 less edged with grayish, and pink markings of a softer, more rosy hue. 

 Immature male : like adult male, but pink markings paler, mainly re- 

 placed on wings by buffy white. Adult female : much duller than the 

 male, under parts grayish brown, upper parts brownish, and pink paler 

 and restricted or replaced by whitish. Immature female : like adult fe- 

 male, but duller and browner, feathers conspicuously edged with brownish 

 and buffy. Male : length (skins) 5.90-6.26, wing 4.21-4.27, tail 2.62-2.75, 

 bill .41-.48. Female: length (skins) 5.60-6.18, wing 3.89-4.19, tail 2.38- 

 2.58, bill .45-.47. 



Remarks. The head has the same color pattern as in tephrocotis, but 

 the body is blackish or very dark brown, 



Distribution. Breeds in the Salmon River Mountains, Idaho, and 

 probably northern ranges ; winters in mountains of Colorado and Utah. 



526. Leucosticte australis Eidgw. BROWN-CAPPED LEUCO- 



STICTE. 



Adult male in summer. Bill black, crown blackish anteriorly, shading 

 toward brown of back ; body light brown, becoming pink on belly, rump, 

 and wing coverts, and sometimes tinged with red on throat and breast. 

 Adult male in winter : similar, but bill yellowish, tipped with dusky ; crown 

 brownish gray on back and sides, and feathers with grayish edgings that 

 give scaled effect to head. Immature male : similar to adult, but greater 

 wing coverts with buffy edgings in winter, dull whitish in summer- 

 Adult female : similar to male, with same seasonal changes, but much 

 duller, and pink markings indistinct. Young : grayish buffy brown, paler 

 on posterior under parts ; patches on wings and tail coverts buffy. Male : 

 length (skins) 5.71-6.48, wing 3.99-4.40, tail 2.39-2.86, bill .40-.50. Fe. 

 male : length (skins) 5.63-6.15, wing 3.00-4.25, tail 2.40-2.70, bill .45-47. 



