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214. Carpodacus cassini Baird. 



Cassin Purple Finch. 



Synonyms — Carpodacus purpuvcus; Carpodacus pileatus. 



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

 (Mearns, 1890a. p. 258). During the migrations and in winter it is quite gen- 

 erally distributed : Fort Whipple (Coues, 1866a, p. 80); Pueblo Creek and 

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

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

 seldom descending into tlie 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 familiaris; Carpodacus calif or- 

 nicus: Carpodacus cassini, part; Carpodacus mexicanus obsciirus; 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. 



Mkxic.xn Crossbill. 



Synonyms — Cunirostra aincricana ; Loxia curvirostra var. anicricana; Loxia 

 curinrostra mexicana. 



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

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

 Mountains (Mearns, 1890a, 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 Cafion, Mount 

 Graham, Huachuca, Santa Catalina and Chiricahua mountains. 



217. Passer domesticus (Linnaeus). 



English Sparrow. 

 Status — Common at the present time in n;iost 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 — Chrysontitris tristis; Spinus tristis; Spiniis tristis pallidus. 



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

 Arizona. Henshaw (1875a, 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 (1890a, p. 244) 

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



