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5190. Carpodacus frontalis rhodocolpus (CAB.). 



Crimson House Finch. 



Carpodacus rhodocolpus CAB. Mus. Hein. I. 1851, 166. 

 Carpodacits frontalis var. rhodocolpus RIDGW. Am. Jour. Sci. & Arts, 

 V. Jan. 1873, 39. 



[B , C 141 a, R 170 rt, C 197.] 

 HAB. Pacific coast region, from Oregon to Cape St. Lucas. 



520. Carpodacus ampins RIDGW. 



Guadalupe House Finch. 



Carpodacus amplus RIDGW. Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. II. 

 No. 2, April i, 1876, 187. 



[B C , Riyi, C .] 

 HAB. Guadalupe Island, Lower California. 



GENUS LOXIA LINNAEUS. 



Loxia LINX. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 171. Type, by elimination, Loxia 

 curvirostra LINN. 



521. Loxia curvirostra minor (BREHM). 



American Crossbill. 



Cnicirostra minor BREHM, Naumannia, 1853, 193. 



Loxia curvirostra minor RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat Mus. VIII. 1885, 354. 



[B 3 i8, C 143, R 172, C 199.] 



HAB. Northern North America, resident sparingly south in the 



Eastern United States to Maryland and Tennessee, and in the Al- 



leghanies ; irregularly abundant in winter ; resident south in the 

 Rocky Mountains to Colorado. 



521 a. Loxia curvirostra stricklandi RIDGW. 



Mexican Crossbill. 



Loxia curvirostra stricklandi RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 

 1885, 354. 



[B 318 #, C 143 tf, R 1720, C 200.] 

 HAB. Colorado, Southern Arizona, and highlands of Mexico. 



