BIRDS OP NOKTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



Ill 



part; Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. Terr., iv, 1878, 577 (Pembina, 

 North Dakota).— Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 

 471, part, pi. 22, figs. 7, 8.— :Mayxard, Birds Florida, 1878, 89.— Brewster, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1S7S, 117-(descr. young).— Kumlien, Bull. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus., no. 15, 1879, 76 (off Cape Mugford, Labrador, Aug. 22).— Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 195, part (e. United States localities). 



[Clirysomitris'] iristis Bonaparte, Consp. Av,, i, 1850, 517. — Coties, Key X. Am. 

 Birds, 1872, 132, part. 



Chrysometris tristis Maynard, Proc. Bost. Soc, xiv, 1871, 371 (Lake Umbagog, 

 Maine, and Quebec, Canada, breeding). 



A. [slragalinus'] tfistis. Cabasis, Mus. Hein., i, July, 1851, 159. — CouBS, Key N. 

 Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 354, part. 



Astragalinus irklis Allen, Proc. Essex Inst., iv, 1864, 69 (Springfield, Massa- 

 chusetts). — CouEs, Proc. Essex Inst., v, 1868, 280 (Essex Co., Massachusetts, 

 Dec); Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 96; Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 

 213.— RiDGWAY, Nbm. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 181.- Merriam, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 235 (Point de Monts, prov. Quebec, Canada, July). — 

 Batchelder, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 147 (upper St. Johns, New 

 Brunswick, winter). — Bicknell, Auk, i, 1884, 329 (song). — American Orni- 

 thologists' Union Committee, Auk, xvi, 1899, 115. 



Fringilla iaria MiJLLER, Syst. Nat. Suppl., 1776, 163 (New York; based on Twin, 

 de la nouvelle Yorck Buffon, PL Enl., pi. 292, figs. 1, 2). 



Carduelis americana Swainson and' Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Am., ii, 1831, 268 

 ("Fur Countries ").—Jardine, ed. Wilson's Am. Orn., 1832, 11, pi. 1, fig. 2. 



ASTRAGALINUS TRISTIS PALLIDUS (Mearns). 

 WESTERN OOLDFINOH. 



Similar to ^4. t. iristis, but decidedly larger; adult females, winter 

 males, and young much paler and grayer, with the white or otherwise 

 light-colored markings of wings and tail more extended. 



Adult male.— 'Length (skins), 109.22-129.29(119.89); wing, 71.3T- 

 78.23 (74.93); tail, 43.69-52.07 (50.29); exposed culmen, 10.16-10.92 

 (10.41); depth of bill at base, 7.11-7.37; tarsus, 13.72-14.73 (14.22); 

 middle toe, 9.91-11.18 (10.67).' 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 112.27-127.00 (120.40); wing, 68.83- 

 74.17 (72.39); tail, 43.18-51.56 (46.74); exposed culmen, 9.91-11.18 

 (10.41); tarsus, 13.21-14.78(13.97); middle toe, 10.16-11.43 (10.67).' 



' Seventeen specimens. 



^ Thirteen specimens. 



Specimens from the type locality (Fort Verde, Arizona) are paler and have the 

 wings and tail longer than those from other portions of the arid region, following being 

 average measurements of the two series : 



