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Nl'AV SPKCIES, ETC, OF AMERICAN IJIRDS.— II. 

 FRINGILLIDy^i (continued) .' 



BY ROBERT RIDOWAY. 



Curator of the Division of Birds., U. S. Natiofial Afiiseum. 

 (Bj permission of the Secretary of the Smitlisonian Institution.) 



Pinicola enucleator alascensis. Alaskan Pine Grosbeak. 



Similar to P. e. canadensis but decidedly larger, with smaller or shorter 

 bill and paler coloration ; both sexes with the gray parts distinctly 

 lighter, more ashy. Male: Wing, 4.41-5.01 (4.61); tail, 3.34-4.04 (3.65) ; 

 exposed culmen, 0.55-0.60 (0.57) ; depth of bill at base, 0.46-0.51 (0.48); 

 width of mandible at base, 0.39-0.41 (0.40) ; tarsus, 0.87-0.92 (0.90) ; 

 middle toe, 0.57-0.63 (0.60). Female: Wing, 4.49-4.74 (4.57) ; tail, 3.46- 

 3.84 (3.68) ; exposed culmen, 0.57-0.61 (0.59) ; depth of bill at base, 0.46- 

 0.50(0.48); width of mandible at base, 0.40-0.42 (0.41); tarsus, 0.87-0.92 

 (0.89) ; middle toe, 0.58-0.60 (0.59). 



Type, No. 86510, U. S. Nat. Mus., $ ad., Nushagak, Alaska, June 9, 

 1881 ; C. L. McKay. 



Ra7ige: Northwestern North America, including wooded portions of 

 Alaska except Kadiak and the southern coast district; south in winter 

 to Montana (Bitterroot Valley), eastern British Columbia, etc. 



Pinicola enucleator montana. Rocky Mountain Pine Grosbeak. 



Similar to P. e. californica but decidedly larger and slightly darker, 

 the adult male with the red of a darker, more carmine, hue; wing, 4.50- 

 4.86 (4.71) ; tail, 3.48-4.00 (3.72) ; exposed culmen, 0.59-0.68 (0.63); depth 

 of bill at base, 0.45-0.49 (0.47); width of mandible at base, 0.3S-0.40 

 (0.39); tarsus, 0.87-0.95 (0.92); middle toe, 0.64-0.69 (0.66).^ 



Type: No. 159689, U.S.Nat. Mus., ? ad., Bear Creek, Gallatin Co., 

 Montana, Jul}' 28, 1890 ; F. H. Knowlton. 



Range : Rocky Mountains, breeding from Montana and Idaho to New 

 Mexico. 



' Part I was published in the July Auk, pp. 223-230 under the title ' Descrip- 

 tions of supposed New Genera, Species, and Subspecies of American Birds. 

 I. Fringillidae.' 



^ Eight specimens ; four J', two $, and two of undetermined sex. 



