BIRDS OF KOBTH AND MIDDLE AMEEICA. 41 



(winter visit, n. and central parts, s. to Indianapolis). — Sage, Auk, x, 1893, 

 207 (East Hampton, Connecticut, Mar. 2). — Americax Okxithologists' 

 Union, Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 514.— Tuttle, Auk, xii, 1895, 190 (Erie 

 Co., Ohio, Jan.). — Knight, Bull. Univ. Maine, no. 3, 1897, H9 (Androscog- 

 gin, Oxford, and Penobscot counties, Maine, casual in winter). 



C. loccothraustesj vespertina Eidgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 387, part. 



ficsperip/iono wsperiina Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xxxi, Sept., 1850, 424. — Baird, 

 Rep. Pacific E. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 409, part (in synonymy, etc.); Cat. N. 

 Am. Birds, 1859, no. 303, part.— Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1858, 

 191 (n. Illinois) .—Kirtland, Ohio Farmer, ix, March 24, 1860 (Ohio).— 

 Blakiston, Ibis, 1862,5 (Forks of Saskatchewan, Nov.); 1863,69 (Saskat- 

 chewan, Nov.-Apr. 22). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 1866, 289 

 (vie. New York City). — Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 136, part; Birds 

 N. W., 1874, 104, part; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879,65, part (synonymy 

 and biography). — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 

 1874, 449, part. — Snow, Birds Kansas, 3d ed., 1875, 6 (e. Kansas, Nov. ). — Tif- 

 fany', Am. Nat., xii, 1878, 471 (Minneapolis, Minnesota, winter; habits). — 

 Roberts, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 237 (IMinnesota, till May 19).— 

 Eidgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 165.— Hay, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 vi, 1881, 179 (Woodford Co., Illinois, fall).— Agersborg, Auk, ii, 1885, 279 

 (s. e. South Dakota). — Seton, Auk, ii, 1885, 334 (Toronto, Ontario, Dec). — 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 32, part (in synonymy, etc.). 



[Hesperiphona] vespertina Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 505, part. — Coues, 

 Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 127, part. 



H. [esperiphonal vespertina Nelson, Bull. Essex Inst., viii, 1876, 104 (n. e. Illinois, 

 winter). 



Hesperophona vespertina Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, Oct., 1882, 250 

 (Onondaga Co., New York, July 8); Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 189, 

 part. — WiLLAKD, Auk, iii, 1886, 487 (Brown Co., AVisconsin, Nov. 28). 



H.lesperophonal vespertina Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 18S4, 344, part. 



[^Hesperiphona vespertina'] var. vespertina Baird, Brewer, and Eidgway, Hist. 

 N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 449. 



[Hesperiphona vespertina.] Var. vespertina Baird, Brewer, and Eidgway, N. 

 Am. B., i, 1874, 450, in text. 



Hesperiphona vespertina, var. vespertina Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, i, 1874, pi. 22, fig. 1. 



Coccohorus vespertinus Hoy, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1853, 383 ("Wisconsin). 



Loxia honapartei Lesson, Ferussac's Bull. Scient. Nat., xxvi, Aug., 1831, 190. 



" Coccothraustes bonapartii Less[on], 'lUust. de Zool., 1834, pi. 34 (J, Melville 

 Isl.)." (CoUES.) 



Hesperiphona vespertina, var. montana {nomen nudum) Ridgway' Bull. Essex 

 Inst., V, 1873, 189 (Waukegan, Ills.; crit. ). — Baihd, Brewer, and Ridgway, 

 Hist. N. Am. Birds, iii, 1874, 508 (AVaukegan, Illinois; not of vol. i, p. 449). 



HESPERIPHONA VESPERTINA MONTANA Ridgway. 

 WESTEElf EVENING GROSBEAK. 



Similar to II. v. vespertina, but witli somewhat longer and relatively 

 narrower bill; adult male not appreciabl}^, or at least not constantly, 

 different in coloration from ttat of II. v. vespertina, but with A'ellow 

 band across forehead averaging narrower^ and perhaps with flanks 



' Varying from 5.08 to 9.40; averaging 7.62. 



