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51 (——) Spinus yarrelli (Audubon) 
YARRELL GOLDFINCH 
Synonyms—Carduelis yarrelli; Chrysomitris yarrelli. 
Status—Deseribed from a specimen thought to have come from ‘‘ Upper 
California’’ (Audubon, Synopsis, 1839, p. 117). According to Baird (Pac. R. R. 
Rep., 1x, 1858, p. 421) the type appeared ‘‘to have been kept for a time in a 
eage’’. The species is native to Brazil. 
52 (——) Spinus barbatus (Molina) 
STANLEY GOLDFINCH 
Synonyms—Carduelis stanleyi; Chrysomitris stanleyt. 
Status—Two specimens supposed to have come from ‘‘Upper California”’ 
(Audubon, Synopsis, 1839, p. 118; Baird, Pac. R. R. Rep., rx, 1858, p. 420) ; the 
specimens showed evidence of having been kept in a cage (Baird, loc. cit.). A 
species of extreme southern South America. 
53 (——) Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus 
EUROPEAN CHAFFINCH 
Status—Two instances of occurrence: specimen shot by Joseph Clemens at 
Monterey, March 4, 1905 (J. Grinnell, Condor, vi, 1906, p. 58) ; and one seen in 
Berkeley, May 14, 1908 (T. S. Palmer, Condor, x, 1908, p. 238). Each had prob- 
ably been purposely liberated, or else had escaped from some aviary. The species 
is palearctic. 
54 (534) Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis (Linnaeus) 
Snow Buntine 
Synonyms—Passerina nivalis; Snowflake. 
Status—Known only from the statement by Belding (Condor, v, 1903, p. 
19) that a flock visited Marysville in the winter of 1872-73. No specimen was 
preserved. The species is of Arctic breeding range, coming south irregularly in 
winter to the northern tier of states. I know of no record nearer California 
than Camp Harney, Harney County, eastern Oregon. 
5B (593) ‘Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus) 
EASTERN CARDINAL 
Status—Introdueed ‘‘from Missouri’’, in 1880, near Galt, Sacramento Coun- 
ty, and ‘‘heard from’’ for some years after (Belding, Land Bds. Pace. Dist., 1890, 
p. 175). A specimen of “‘Cardinalis igneus’’, or ‘‘Cape Cardinal’’, shot at Hay- 
wards (Emerson, Orn. & Ool., vi, 1882, p. 119) proved to have been an escaped 
eage-bird, as Mr. Emerson subsequently informed me. Repeated rumors of 
Cardinals seen around Los Angeles and elsewhere doubtless pertain to birds either 
purposely liberated or escaped from confinement. The species has apparently 
never become well established within the state. 
