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has even been observed in Beljrium (Cronimelin, Archives Nci^rlunduiscs). Tlic 

 bird, therefore, like tiie PhylloimeuMe hoirn/in {P. hriniiroHl, nuinl) niid MoUicilla 

 Jidvii, is to be considered ns Siberian, strnggHng to coutineutnl Alaska in the sum- 

 mer season. 



ChrysomitriS psalttia (I, 474). See Am. Jotira. of Science and Arts, Vol. 

 IV, December, 187-, for a special paper upon the races of this species and their 

 relation to climatic regions. 



Chiysomitris psaltria, var. arizonae (I. 47C.). On the 7th of May, 1872, 



Dr. (.'ooper saw a single specimen (male), which he had no doubt was of this bird, 

 at Kncinetos llanch, thirty miles north of San l)iego. It was feeding with other 

 species among dry sunflowers. He also saw another near San IJuenaventura in 

 Jamiary, 187.'J. 



Lozia "leucoptera, var." bifasciata (I, 483). At the time when the 

 synopsis of the species of this genus was prei)ared, we had not seen any specimens 

 of the Etiropean White-winged t'rossbill. A recent examination of specimens from 

 Sweden has convinced us, however, that the species is entirelj- distinct from leiirop- 

 tfi-a, and more nearly related to rurvlivstrn, with the .several fcins of which it 

 agrees quite closely in the details of f(irm and proportions, as well as in tints, with 

 the exception of the markings of the wing. 



LeucOStiCte tephrocotis (1, r)04). The specimens collected by Mr. Allen 

 in Colorado, mentioned in the foot-note on page 5(t.5, and there said to l)e the sum- 

 mer dress of L. tcp/iromtig, we now l)elieve to lie a distinct form, which may be 

 named var. australi.t, Allkn, characterized as follows : — 



Lcucoslictc te2>hnicoti.i, vnr. auslrali.i, Am.ks, MSS. Lriicosticle ti'phrocnih, Ai.i.KS", Am. Nat. 

 VI, No. 5, May, 1S72. — In. Hull. Mu.s. Coinp. 7mA. Vol. Ill, No. 0, pp. 121, 102. 



CiiAR. Similar to var. tophrorotis, Imt without any gray on tlio head, tlie red of the ab- 

 domen and wing-covorts briglit carmine, instead uf dilute ro.'ie-color, and the bill deep black, 

 instead of yellow tipped with du.sky. Prevailing color raw -umber (more earthy than in 

 var. tephroroti.i), becoming darker on the head and approaching to black on the forehead. 

 Nasal tnfts white. Wings and tail dusky, the secondaries and primaries .'<kirted with 

 paler; lessor and middle wing-coverts and tail-coverts, above and below, broadly tipped 

 with rosy carmine, prodncing nearly uniform patches ; abdominal region with the feathers 

 broadly tipped with ileep carmine or intense crimson, this covering nearly unil'orndy the 

 whole surface. Pill and feet deep black. 



MiiJe (N.\ l.">,724, Mus. C. Z., Mt. Lincoln. Colorado, July 2o, 1871 ; J. A. Allen). Wing, 

 4.20; tail, 3.10; cnlmen. .4.5; tarsus, .70; middle toe, .60. 



Female (Mt. Lincoln, July 25 ; J. A. Allen). Wing, 4.00 ; tail, 3.00. Colors paler and 

 duller, the red .ilniost obsolete. 



I/ab. Breeding on Mt. Lincoln, Colorado, above the timber-line, at an altitude of about 

 12,000 feet. (July, 1872, J. A. Allen.) 



Since the descriptions of the several stages of L. tephrocotis were cast, we have 

 received from Mr. H. W. Elliott — Assistant Agent of the United States Treasury 

 Department, stationed at St. Paul's Island, Alaska, an accom])lished and energetic 

 collector — numerous specimens of Z. grueinvcha in the breeding plumage. The 

 fact that these s])ecimen8 have the gray of the head as well defined as do examples in 



