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and abdomen more strongly tinged with olivaceous ; adult female more 

 buffy than that of II. v. ivyjerf/iin, especially on under parts. 



^Uult //;«/.'.— Length (skins), 170.18-185.42 (177.04); wing, 105.92- 

 116.59 (109.73); tail, <',3. 50-73.15 (Od.Ol); culmen, 19.56-22.61 (20.57); 

 depth of bill at liasc, 15.19-17.27 (16.00); width of mandible at base, 

 12.15-15.21 (13.97); tarsus, 20.32-22.86 (21.34); middle toe, 17.53-19.81 

 (18.03).^ 



.l^////;'/;'//»(/c'. —Length (skins), 165.10-185.42(174.75); wing, 104.14- 

 111.76 (107.70); tail, 60.96-70.61 (65.02); culmen, 19.05-21.08(20.07); 

 depth of bill at base, 14.99-16.51 (15.75); width of mandible at base, 

 12.95-14.73 (13.72); tarsus, 20.07-22.35 (21.34); middle toe, 16.51-18.29 

 (18.03).- 



Western United States and Northern Mexico; east to and including 

 Kocky Mountains; north to British Columbia. 



Frhigilla ccsperlina (not of "\V. Cooper, 1825) Townsexd, Journ. Ac. Xat. Sci. Phila., 

 viii, 1839, 154 ( Columbia E. ) . 



Coccothrauates veupcrlina 'R'ETS'R'i , Proc. Ac. Xat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 312 (Xew Mex- 

 ico). — Anthony, Auk, iii, 1886, 168 (Washington Co., Oregon). — American 

 Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 514, part. — Scott, Auk, iv, 

 1887, 196 (Sta. Catalina Mts., s. Arizona, Nov.).— Townsexd, Proc. U.S. 

 Nat. 5Ius., X, 1887, 215 (Ft. Crook and Yreka, n. California). — Swinburne, 

 Auk, V, 1888, 113 (AVhite Jits., Arizona, breeding; descr. next and eggs). — 

 Merrill, Auk, v, 1888, 357, (Ft. Klamath, e. Oregon; habits; color of bill, 

 etc.). — Shufeldt, Auk, vi, 1889, 73 (Ft. Wingate, New Mexico; habits, etc.); 

 vii, 1890, 93 (habits in captivity). — JIearns, Auk, vii, 1890, 49 (n. e. Arizona). 



Coccothraustes vespertinits Gameel, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., i, 1847, 49 (near 

 Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct.). — Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 123 (n. Mexico) .— 

 Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 426, part (in synonymy, 

 etc.). 



[Coccothraustes'] iesjiertimis Sclatek and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 34, part. 



i'.[occothraMstes'] KcsperlUim Ridgw.vy, Jlan. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 387, part, 

 601. 



C.[qccotliraustes'\ respcH'uia Eidgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 387, part. 



Hesperiphona rcspertlna Baird, Kep. Pacific E. E. Surv., ix, 1858, 409, chiefly (Co- 

 lumbia E.; Ft. Vancouver, Washington; Ft. Thorn, New Mexico) ; Cat. N.Am. 

 Birds, 1859, no. 803, part.— Henry, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1859, 107 (New 

 jMexico) . — Cooper and Suckley, Eep. Pacific E. E. Surv., xii, pt. ii, 1859, 196 

 (Ft. Vancouver, Washington). — Ooues, Check List, 1873, no. 136, part; Birds 

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

 biography). — Cooper, Am. Nat., iii, 1869,75 (Montana); Orn. Cal., 1870, 174. — 

 Aiken, Proc. Bost. Soc. N.H., xv, 1872,199 (Wyoming) . — Henshaw, Rep.Om. 

 Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1873 (1874), 109 (s. of Apache, Arizona, Sept. 11) ; ZooL 

 Exp. W., 100th :\[erid., 1875, 239 (do.); List Birds Arizona, 1875, 158.— (?) 

 Snow, Birds Kansas, 3d ed. , 1875, 6 (Ellis, w. Kansas, Nov.) . — Stephens, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 93 (New :Mexico).— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 iv, 1879, 237 (s. New ilexico, Jan., May). — Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. 3Iua., i, 

 1879,412 (Soda Springs, California, Sept.). — Eidgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 

 1881, no. 165, part.— Drew, Auk, ii, 1885,15 (Colorado, 5,000-8,000 ft.).— 

 Scott, Auk., ii, 1885, 349 (s. Arizona). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 

 1888, 32, part (Brit. Columbia; Oregon). 



'Sixteen specimens. ^Thirteen specimens. 



