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Range. — Eastern North America. Breeds in lower Canadian, Transition, 

 and Upper Austral zones from southern Manitoba, central Quebec, and New- 

 foundland south to eastern Colorado, southern Oklahoma, central Arkansas, 

 and northern Georgia; winters over most of its breeding area and southward 

 to the Gulf coast. 



b. Astragalinus tristis p^Ilidus (Mearns). Pale Goldfinch. [529a.] 



Spimis tristis pallidiis Mearns, Auk, VII, July, 1890, 244. (Fort Verde, 

 Yavapai Co., Arizona.) 



Range. — Rocky Mountain plateau. Breeds mainly in Transition Zone 

 from southeastern British Columbia and southwestern Manitoba south to 

 central Nevada and southern Colorado; in winter south to Vera Cruz. 



c. Astragalinus tristis salicimans (Grinnbll). Willow Goldfinch. [5296.] 



Spinus tristis salicamans Grinnell, Auk, XIV, Oct., 1897, 397. (Pasa- 

 dena, California.) 



Range. — Pacific coast region, from Washington to southern California ; 

 south in winter to central Lower California. 



Astragalinus psaltria (Say). 



Range. — Southwestern United States southward through Mexico 

 and Central America to northern South America. 



a. Astragalinus psaltria psaltria (Sat). Arkansas Goldfinch. [530.] 



Fringilla psaltria Say, in Long's Exped., II, 1823, 40 (note). (Near 

 Pueblo, Colorado.) 



Range. — Northern Colorado to central northern Texas and south through- 

 out Mexico, except the northwestern and extreme southern portions; casual 

 in Wyoming. 



b. Astragalinus psaltria hesperophilus Obereolser. Green-backed Gold- 



finch. [530a.3 



Astragalinus psaltria hesperophilus Oberholseb, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 

 XVI, Sept. 30, 1903, 116. (San Bernardino, California.) 



Range. — Southwestern United States. Breeds in Upper Sonoran and 

 Transition zones from southern Oregon and Utah to southern Lower California, 

 Sonora, and extreme southwestern New Mexico; winters from central Califor- 

 nia to Cape San Lucas. 



Astragalinus lawrencei (Cassin). Lawrence's Goldfinch. [531.] 



Carduelis lav/rencei Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1850, 105, pi. v. 

 (Sonoma and San Diego, California.) 



