2l6 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[6322, C 144, R 175, c 2 3-] 



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. 



524 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 Riysa, C 2 o 4 .] 



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 n, 1875, 69. 



[B , C , R 176, 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 n, 1875, 79- 



[B C , R 177, C 203.] 



GEOG. DIST. Mountains of Colorado, breeding above timber-line, 

 descending into the valleys in winter ; New Mexico. 



