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518. Carpodacus cassini Baird. 



Cassin's Purple Finch. 



Summer resident; but not common. Coues (Key to N. 

 A. Birds, p. 347) has the following note on the distribution 

 of this species : "Rocky mountains of the United States and 

 westward, especially in the southern Rocky mountain region, 

 as Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico ; North to British 

 Columbia; east to Wind River mountains." Grinnell notes 

 that they were quite abundant in the Medicine Bow moun- 

 tains, where he took a number of specimens. Grinnell also 

 reports having taken one at the Mud volcano in Yellowstone 

 park in 1875 '< Merriam reports them in the Yellowstone park 

 in 1872; Aiken reports this species from Sherman; Jesurun 

 has taken a few of them at Douglas. 



519. Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis (Say.). 



House Finch. 



Summer resident ; and common in southeast Wyoming. 

 With the exception of Aiken none of the early collectors found 

 this species in the state, and the A. O. U. check list does not 

 include Wyoming in its geographical distribution. Bond has 

 taken numerous specimens at Cheyenne. At Laramie and 

 Cheyenne they breed in considerable numbers annually. There 

 are five specimens in the University collection that were tak- 

 en near Laramie. Bond reports that they remained in Chey- 

 enne all winter, 1901-2. They arrive on the Laramie plains 

 usually between the loth and 15th of April. 



521 (b?) Loxia curvirostra bendirei Rjdgw. 

 Bendire's Crossbill. 

 Resident ; common in the pine forests. In accordance with 

 Mr. Ridgway's latest classification, (Birds of North and Mid- 

 dle America, Bui. Smithsonian Inst. No. 50, p. 50) Bendire's 

 Crossbill includes the Crossbills of Wyoming that have pre- 

 viously been called L. c. minor and L. c. sfricklandi. Drex- 

 el took this species at Fort Bridger, 1858; Hayden at Laramie 



