2l6 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[B322, C 144, R 175, C 203.] 



Geog. Dist. — Interior of British America, south in winter through- 

 out the entire Rocky Mountain region of the United States, but most 

 abundant on the eastern slope. Known to breed only in the Sierra 

 Nevada in California. 



624: a. Leucosticte tephrocotis littoralis (Baird). 



Hepburn's Leucosticte. 



Leucosticte littoralis Baird, Trans. Chicago Ac. Sci. I. i. 1869, 



318, pi. 28, fig. I. 

 Leucosticte tephrocotis var. littoralis Coues, Key, 1872, 130. 



[B— , C— Ri75^, C204.] 



Geog. Dist. — In summer, probably the interior mountainous 

 regions of British Columbia; in winter, northwest coast, from 

 Kadiak southward, and eastward in the Rocky Mountain region to 

 Colorado. 



525. Leucosticte atrata Ridgw. 



Black Leucosticte. 



Leucosticte atrata Ridgw. American Sportsman, July 18, 1874, 

 241 ; Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. 2d ser. No. 2, 

 May II, 1875, 69- 



[B— , C— , R 176, C 201.] 



Geog. Dist. — Breeds in the Salmon River Mountains, Idaho, and 

 probably other northern ranges; in winter, mountains of Colorado 

 and Utah. 



526. Leucosticte australis Ridgw. 



Brown-capped Leucosticte. 



Leucosticte tephrocotis var. australis " Allen MS." Ridgw. Bull. 



Essex Inst. V. Dec. 1873, 197. 

 Leucosticte australis Ridgw. Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. 

 Terr. 2d ser. No. 2, May 11, 1875, 79- 



[B— , C— , R 177, C203.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Mountains of Colorado, breeding above timber-line, 

 descending into the valleys in winter ; New Mexico. 



