Hepburn’s Rose-Finch 337 
together in an empty lot in Cafion City, on April 20th, 
1874. He secured very large numbers of specimens, 
and there are still in the Aiken collection forty-seven 
examples of this species, fifteen of L. t. littoralis, and 
some forty-two of L. australis. I have seen large flocks 
of this and other species of the genus on grassy slopes 
of the Mesa, near Colorado Springs, in the middle of 
December, after a bad storm in the mountains; the 
flocks are very large and the birds keep very close 
together, almost like a swarm of locusts. 
Its nest and eggs have recently been discovered on 
Pyramid Peak, Eldorado co., California, by Milton 8. 
Ray and others (‘‘ Condor,” XII., 1910, p. 147). 
Hepburn’s Rose-Finch. JLeucosticte tephrocotis littoralis. 
A.O.U. Checklist no 524a—Colorado Records—Baird 70, p. 163 
(L. campestris) ; Ridgway 75, p. 74; Drew 85, p. 16; Morrison 89, p. 149 ; 
Cooke 97, pp. 98, 212 ; Henderson 09, p. 235. 
Description.—Closely resembling L. tephrocotis, but the grey of{the 
sides of the head extending downwards over the ear-coverts and cheeks 
and in some cases clear across the throat. Length 6-25; wing 4-10; 
tail 2-60; culmen -40; tarsus -07. 
The female is slightly smaller (wing 3-9), and as a rule paler, the 
pink wash, on the flanks especially, of a paler tinge. 
Distribution.—The mountains of western North America, believed 
to breed in the mountains of southern Alaska and perhaps southwards 
to Washington and Oregon; in winter along the Pacific coast and 
eastwards to Nevada, Utah and Colorado. 
This subspecies is only a winter bird in Colorado and is normally only 
found in the mountains, unless driven down to lower levels by heavy 
storms ; it is not so often met with as the Grey-crowned, and may be 
considered quite a scarce bird. Morrison states that it is more common 
on the western slope of the range, though I do not know on what 
authority. There are examples in the Aiken collection taken close to 
Colorado Springs in March, 1874, and in January, 1879, and a number 
taken at Caiion City, 20th April, 1874, on the occasion alluded to, under 
L. tephrocotis. It has also been observed by Carter at Breckenridge 
and by Dennis Gale at Gold Hill, Boulder co., where is winters. Warren 
informs me he has taken it at Lake Moraine, on the slopes of Pikes 
Peak, 10,250 feet, in December, associated in flocks with the other 
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