2l8 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



528 . Acanthis linaria rostrata (COUES). 



Greater Redpoll. 



sEgiothus rostratus COUES, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 378. 

 Acanthis linaria rostrata STEJN. Auk, I. April, 1884, 153. 



[B , C , R \i$a,part, C 2o8,/0r/.] 



GEOG. DIST. Greenland and northeastern North America, south 

 irregularly in winter to New England, New York, and northern 

 Illinois. 



GENUS SPINUS KOCH. 



Spinus KOCH, Bayr. Zool. 1816, 233. Type, Fringilla spinus 

 LINN. 



529. Spinus tristis (LINN.). 



American Goldfinch. 



Fringilla tristis LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 181. 

 Spinus tristis STEJN. Auk, I. Oct. 1884, 362. 



[B 313, C 149, Ri8i, C2i 3 .] 



GEOG. DIST. Temperate North America generally, from southern 

 Labrador, Manitoba and British Columbia south, in winter, to the 

 northern boundary of Lower California ; breeding southward to the 

 middle districts of the United States (Virginia, Kentucky, Kansas, 

 and California), and wintering mainly within the United States. 



529 a. Spinus tristis pallidus MEARNS. 

 Western Goldfinch. 



Spinus tristis pallidus MEARNS, Auk, VII. July, 1890, 244. 



[B 313, /tf^, C impart, R i8i,/<w/, C 213, part] 

 GEOG. DIST. Arizona. 



530. Spinus psaltria (SAY). 



Arkansas Goldfinch. 



Fringilla psaltria SAY, LONG'S Exp. II. 1823, 40. 

 Spinus psaltria STEJN. Auk, I. Oct. 1884, 362. 



