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65), Santa Cruz and Olema (W. E. Bryant, Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci., u, 1887, p. 
297), Monterey (J. Grinnell, MS), Santa Cruz Island (Howell and Van Ros- 
sem, Condor, xm, 1911, p. 210). Summer (breeding?) birds from the moun- 
tains of southern California are larger than those from the central portions 
of the state and have been referred to L. c. stricklandi. But examples more 
typical of the latter, from Arizona, are still larger, especially with respect to 
the bill; so that it seems best to include all California birds (not referable to 
L. c. minor) under the name bendiret. 
827 (524, part) Leucosticte tephrocotis dawsoni Grinnell 
SrprrA Nevapa Rosy FINCH 
Synonyms—Leucosticte tephrocotis; Gray-crowned Rosy Finch; Gray- 
crowned Finch; Gray-crowned Leucosticte. 
Status—Fairly common resident locally in the Arctic-Alpine and Hud- 
sonian zones along the crest of the Sierras from Mount Shasta (C. H. Merriam, 
N. Amer. Fauna no. 16, 1899, p. 124) to Mount Whitney (Daggett, Bull. Cooper 
Orn. Club, 1, 1899, p. 119) and Olancha Peak (A. K. Fisher, N. Amer. Fauna 
no. 7, 1893, p. 83); also on the White Mountains, Inyo County (A. K. Fisher, 
loc. cit., p. 82). Other record stations along the Sierras are: Pyramid Peak 
(C. Barlow, Condor, 1, 1900, p. 109), Farewell Gap and Mono Pass (Van Den- 
burgh, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1898, p. 213), Mineral King (Dean, Con- 
dor, vu, 1905, p. 112) ; head of south fork of Kings River, Kearsarge Pass, Uni- 
versity Peak, Mount Brewer, Harrison’s Pass, Mount Lyell, and Mount Gould, 
and nesting on Pyramid Peak (Ray, Condor, xu, 1910, pp. 147-161) ; Mammoth 
Pass, Independence Creek, Big Cottonwood Meadows, Round Valley (A. K. 
Fisher, loc. cit., p. 83); Crabtree Meadows, Whitney Meadows, Army Pass, 
Cottonwood Pass (Mus. Vert. Zool.). The altitudes of all of these stations are 
above 9000 feet. The species has been taken in winter at Lake Tahoe (Hoff- 
man, Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr., vi, no. 2, 1881, p. 223), and in 
spring on the Inyo Mountains, Inyo County (Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
328 (528) Acanthis linaria linaria (Linnaeus) 
ComMMON REDPOLL 
Status—Known only as occurring commonly in 1899 from November 30 to 
December 23 in the vicinity of Eagle Lake, Lassen County (Willard, Condor, 
Iv, 1902, p. 45). Two specimens collected there November 30 and December 
13, 1899, are now in Mus. Vert. Zool. (nos. 5542, 5543), 
329 (529b) Astragalinus tristis salicamans (Grinnell) 
WILLOW GOLDFINCH 
Synonyms—Chrysomitris tristis; Carduelis tristis; Spinus tristis; Astra- 
galinus tristis; Spinus tristis salicamans; American Goldfinch; Yellow-bird ; 
Thistle-bird; California Goldfinch. 
Status—Common resident locally in the valleys (chiefly Upper Sonoran) 
west of the desert divides, from the west base of the Sierras to the seacoast, and 
