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214. Carpodacus cassini Baird. 



CASSIN PURPLE FINCH. 



Synonyms Carpodacus pnrpiircus ; Carpodacus pileatus. 



Status Reported as a resident in the pine belt of the Mogollon Mountains 

 (Mearns, 18903. p. 258). During the migrations and in winter it is quite gen- 

 erally distributed : Fort Whipple (Coues, i866a, p. 80); Pueblo Creek and 

 Aztec Mountains, January (Kennedy, 1859, p. 27) ; Bill Williams Mountain, 

 March (Wetmore, 1908, p. 381). In southern Arizona as a winter visitant only, 

 seldom descending into the low valleys, but common in the higher mountains : 

 Santa Catalina Mountains and Tucson (Scott, 1887, p. 197) ; Dragoon Moun- 

 tains (Osgood, 1903, p. 131-) ; Huachuca Mountains (Swarth, 1908, p. 113). 



215. Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis (Say). 



HOUSE FINCH. 



Synonyms Fringilla frontalis; Carpodacus fauiiliaris ; Carpodacus calif or- 

 nicits; Carpodacus cassini, part: Carpodacus jnc.vicanus obscunts; Carpodacus 

 frontalis. 



Status Fairly common resident throughout the state, though locally mi- 

 gratory. Breeds below Transition ; restricted to the warmer valleys in winter. 

 Occurs nowhere in Arizona in such large numbers as are seen on the Pacific 

 coast of California. 



216. Loxia curvirostra stricklandi Ridgway. 



MEXICAN CROSSBILL. 



Synonyms Curvirostra amcricana; Lo.via curvirostra var. aincricana; Loxia 

 curvirostra me.ricana. 



Status Breeds from the Transition zone upwards in the mountains of the 

 high plateau region: Williams, breeding (Wetmore, 1908, p. 382): Mogollon 

 Mountains (Mearns, 18903, p. 258) ; possibly in some of the more southern 

 ranges also. Noted at various scattered points (usually at high altitudes) during 

 the migrations, and in the winter : San Francisco Mountain, Grand Canon, Mount 

 Graham, Huachuca, Santa Catalina and Chiricahua mountains. 



217. Passer domesticus (Linnaeus). 



ENGLISH SPARROW. 



Status Common at the present time in most of the larger towns and along 

 the railroads. The species reached Tucson in 1903, and Tombstone in 1904 

 (Howard, 1906, p. 67). Also recorded from Benson. Flagstaff, Williams. Phoe- 

 nix and Mellen. 



218. Astragalinus tristis pallidus (Mearns). 



PALE GOLDFINCH. 



Synonyms Chr\sotnitris tristis; Spinus tristis; Spin us tristis pallidus. 



Status From the paucity of records this is evidently a rare species in 

 Arizona. Henshaw ( 18753, p. 158) cities Bendire as having observed it at Tuc- 

 son ; Scott ( 1887, p. 197) secured six specimens in the Santa Catalina Moun- 

 tains in December, 1885, and February, 1886; and Mearns (18903. p. 244) 

 found it, appsrently abundant, at Fort Verde in winter and spring. 



