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Rocky Mountain ]olateau district of the United States, north to east- 

 ern British Columbia, western Manitoba, etc., south to northern and 

 eastern Mexico (Monterey, Nuevo Leon, February; Texola, Vera Cruz, 



March). 



Chrysomiiris tristis (not Fringilla iristis Linnaeus) Woodhousb, Eep. Sitgreaves' 

 Expl. Zuni and Col. R., 1854, 82 (Texas, and Indian Terr.). — Baihd, Rep. 

 Pacific K. E. Surv., ix, 1858, 421, part (Fort Lookout, etc., Nebraska; Fort 

 Laramie, Wyoming) ; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 313, part. — (?) Blakiston, 

 Ibis, 1863, 70 (Saskatchewan?) .—Deesser, Ibis, 1865, 486 (San Antonio, 

 Texas, breeding). — Butcher, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868, 149 (Laredo, 

 Texas, Dec.) .—Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 167, part.— Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., iii, 1872, 176, part (Ogden, Utah; e. Colorado). — Aiken, Proc. Best. 

 Soc. N. H., 1872, 199 (Denver and Pueblo, Colorado, Nov.).— Meeri.^m, Rep. 

 U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1872, 679 (Ogden, Utah; Fort Hall, Idaho).— CouES, 

 Check List, 1873, no. 149, part; Birds N. W., 1874, 116, part.— Baird, 

 Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 471, part. — Henshaw, 

 Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1873 (1874), 60 (Platte E., Colorado); 

 Annot. List Birds Utah, 1874,5; Zool. Exp. W. 100th Merid., 1875, 243 

 (localities in Ne\ada, Utah, and Colorado). — Ridgway, Orn. 40th Parallel, 

 1877, 461, part (localities in Nevada and Utah.— (?) McCauley, Bull. U. S. 

 Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., iii, 1877, 663 (Washita Creek, etc., n. Texas). — 

 (?) Bendire, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xix, 1877, 116 (Camp Harney, e. Ore- 

 gon, May). — Allen and Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, viii, 1883, 161 

 (Colorado Springs, Colorado). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 

 195, part. 



[Chrysomitris] iristis CouEs, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 131, part. 



CanilMfKs imits Maxi.mili AN, Journ. fur Orn. , 1858, 281 (up. Missouri E. ) . 



Astragalinus irislis HiDGVi \y , Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 177, part; Nom. N. 

 Am. Birds, 1881, no. 181, part.— Coues, Check List, 2ded., 1882, no. 213, part— 

 (?) Ogiley, Soient. Proc. Eoy. Dubl. Soc, iii, 1882 [28] (Navarro Co., Texas, 

 Oct. to Feb.). 



Spinus tristis (not of Boie) American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, 

 no. 529, part. — Seton, Auk, iii, 1886, 322, part (Assiniboine R., w". Mani- 

 toba, breeding) .—Scott, Auk, iv, 1887, 197 (Pinal Co., Arizoija, winter).— 

 Allen, Auk, iv, 1887, 198 (Arizona; crit.).— Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 

 1888, 181, part (Minnesota?; South Dakota?; Manitoba? ; San Angelo, Texas) ; 

 Birds Colorado, 1897, 98 (resident) . 



S. Ipinusl tristis Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 398, part. 



Spinus tristis pallidus Meaens, Auk, vii, July, 1890, 244 (Fort Verde, Yavapai Co., 

 Arizona; coll. E. A. Mearns) . — American Ornithologists' Union Commit- 

 tee, Auk, ix, 1892, 106; Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 529a.— Ridgway, 5Ian. 

 X. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 601. 



Astragalinus tristis pallidus Ridgway, Auk, xvi, Jan., 1899, 79. — American Orni- 

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



ASTRAGALINUS TRISTIS SALICAMANS (Grinnell). 

 CALIFOBNIA GOLDFINCH. 



Similar to A. t. tj'istis, but wings and tail shorter, and coloration 

 darker; adult male in summer plumage with back always (?) tinged 

 with pale olive-green, and winter adults and young decidedly darker or 



