CHEYSOMITEIS PSALTRIA, ARKANSAS GOLDFINCH. 117 



Chrysomitris psaltria, Bp., List, 1838, 33 ; Consp. i, 1850, 516. — Gamb., Jonrn. Phila. 

 Acad, i, 1847, 52.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 422,— Cass., Pr. Phila. Acad. 1865, 93.— 

 Codes, iUd. 1866, 60.— Coop., B. Cal. 1870, 168.— Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 

 178 (Kansas (?; and Utah).— CoUES, Key, Oct. 1^72, 132.— Eidgw., Am. Joura. 

 iv, Dec. 1872, 454.— B. B. & R., N. A. B.'i, 1874, 474, pi. 22, f. 9, 10. 



b. arizonw. 



Chrysomiiris mexkana var. arizonai, CODES, Pr. Ph. Ac. 1866, 82. — CoOP., B. Cal. i, 1870, 170. 



Chrysomitris psaltria var. arizonce, CouES, Key, Oct. 1872, 132, fig. 72. — RiDGW., Am. 



Journ. iv, Dec. 1872, 454.— B. B. & E., N. A. B. i, 1874, 476, pi. 22, f. 11. 



c. mexicana. 



Carduelis mexicana, Sw., Phil. Mag. i, 1827, 435. — "Wagler, Isis, 1831, 52.^. 



Chrysomitris mexicana, Bp., List, 1838, 33 ; Consp. i, 1850, 516.— Scl., P. Z. S. 1855, 65 ; 

 1856, 303 (Cordova) ; 1838, 303 (Oaxaca) ; 1859, 365, 380 ; Cat. 1802, 124.— ScL. 

 & Salv., Ibis, 1859, 19 (Guatemala) ; 1860, 34.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 423.— Lawp.., 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1861, 331 (Panama).— Cass., Pr. Phila. Acad. 1865, 93.— Codes, 

 ibid. 1866, 82.— Sdmich., Mem. Bost. Soc. i, 1869, 550 (Vera Cruz).— Salt., P. Z. 

 S. 1870, 190 (Veragua). 



Astragalinus mexicanus, Cab., Mus. Hein. i, 1851, 159 ; J. f. O. 1861, 7 (Costa Rica). 



Chi-i/somitris psaltria var. mexicana, Codes, Key, Oct. 1872, 133, fig. 80. — Ridgw., Am. 

 Journ. iv, Dec. 1^72, 4.55.— B. B. & R., N. A. B. i, 1874, 478, pi. 22, f. 12, 13. 



(?) Fnngilla catotol, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 914 (probably, but indeterminable). 



FnngiUa mcXanoxantha, Licht. — Wagler, Isis, 1835, 525 { — Coiozton, Herd.ix). 



Fringilla texensis, GlE., B. Tex. 1841, pi. 5, f. 1 (type examined). 



d. Columbiana. 



Chrysomitris columUana, Lafres., Eev. Zool. 1843, 292. — .?CL., P. Z. S. 1855, 759. — Bd., 



B. N. A. 1858, 423.— Cass., Pr. Phila. Acad. 1865. 93.— Sdmich., Jlem. Bost. Soc. 



i, 1869, 550. 

 Astragalinus colunibianus, Cab., Mus. Hein. i, 1851, 159. 

 (?) Chrysomitris nana, Bp., Consp. i, 1850, 516 ( 2 , indeterminable, but probably this 



variety, to judge from locality — "Columbia"). 

 Chrysomitris xanthogastra, Ddbds, Bull. Acad. Belg. xxii, 185,5, 150. 

 Chrysomitris mexicana var. columbiana, Codes, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1866, 82. 

 Chrysomitris psaltria var. columhiana, CouES, Kev, Oct. 1872, 133 (in text). — ElDGW., 



Am. Journ. iv, Dec. 1872, 455.— B. B. &. E., N. A. B. i, 1874, 471. 



Hal). — The typical form from the Southern Eocky Jlountain region, and somewhat 

 eastward. West to the Pacific. North at least to the sources of the Platte. In New 

 Mexico and Arizona, shades insensibly into var. ari::onw; this merges into var. mexi- 

 cana, of all Mexico ; and this into the Central American var. columbiana. 



Not noticed by the Expeditions. 



The Arkansas Goldfincli is only known to occur along the south- 

 ern border of the Missouri region, about the sources of the Platte 

 (near 40°). Mr. Allen, indeed, queries it from Middle Kansas, where it 

 will probably be found, but his observations lacked certainty. He 

 found it at Ogden, Utah. It is not mentioned by Prof. Snow, nor by 

 Messrs. Holden and Aiken. I found it common in Northern Arizona 

 from the latter part of April until toward October, in shrubby ravines 

 and weedy places, feeding on buds and seeds, in flocks, much in the 

 manner of the common Thistle-bird. The male, as in this last, takes on 

 a plumage like that of the female, in August. These birds were mostly 

 very like true psaltria, showing the approach to var. mexicana much less 

 than those I noticed along the Eio Grande and near Fort Wingate, New 

 Mexico, where specimens were secured, in high breeding dress, with 

 only a trace of olive on the black of the upper parts. 



The nidification of this species is similar to that of C. tristis, and the 

 eggs are not distinguishable from those of the latter. An account of the 

 habits of the Arizona variety, from my observations in the West, will 

 be found in Prof. Baird's work, above cited. 



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