BIRDS OF NOBTH AND MIDDLE AMEBICA. 113 



browner than corresponding plumages of A. t. tristis, with the broader 

 white or otherwise light-colored wing- and tail-markings of A. t. 

 pallidus. 



Adult «ia^e.— Length (skins), 103.63-122.43 (113.54:); wing, 66.04- 

 73.41 (70.10); tail, 43.18-46.23 (44.45); exposed culmen, 9.91-10.67 

 (10.16); depth of bill at base, 7.62; tarsus, 12.95-14.48 (13.72); middle 

 toe, 10.16-11.43 (10.67).^ 



Adidt female.— luength (skins), 108.71-119.63 (113.03); wing, 66.80- 

 69.09 (68.33); tail, 43.18-45.47 (44.20); exposed culmen, 9.91-10.67 

 (10.16); depth of bill at base, 7.62; tarsus, 13.21-13.46; middle toe, 

 10.67.' 



Pacific coast district, north to Washington (Shoal water Bay), south 

 to Lower California (Cerros Island). 



Chryaomitris iristis (not Fringilla tristis Linnaeus) Newbekry, Rep. Pacific R. R.. 

 Surv., vi, pt. iv, 1857, 87 (California; Oregon). — Baibd, Rep. Pacific R. R. 

 Surv., ix, 1858, 421, part (ShoalwaterBay, Washington; San Francisco, Sacra- 

 mento, and Fort Tejon, California) ; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 313, part. — 

 CoopEK and Suckley, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., xii, pt. ii, 1860, 197 (coast of 

 Washington; lower Columbia R.). — Cooper, Orn., Cal., 1870, 167, part (Cali- 

 fornia; Oregon); Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1875, [6] (Saticoy and Haywards, 

 California ; descr. eggs ) . — Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 149, part; Birds N. W. , 

 1874, 116, part. — Baied, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 

 471, part. — Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1876, 238 (Los Angeles, 

 California; habits). — Ridgway, Orn. 40th Parallel, 1877, 461, part (Sacra- 

 mento, California). — Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 413 (Stockton; 

 Marysville, etc., California). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 195,, 

 part (California). 



[Chrysomitris] iristis Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 181, part. 



CardueKs ins(i.s Heermann, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x,pt. iv,1859,50 (California). 



Astragalinus tristis Ridgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 181, part. — Coues, 

 Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 213, part; Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 354, 

 part. — Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1883, 531 (Cerros I., Lower 

 California). 



Spinus tristis American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 529, 

 part. — Anthony, Auk, iii, 1886, 168 (Washington Co., w. Oregon); (?) 

 Zoe, iv, 1893, 240 (San Pedro Martir Mts., Lower California, winter).— 

 BvEEMANN, Auk, iii, 1886, 182 (Ventura Co., California, resident). — Towns- 

 end, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 217 (Red Bluff and Humboldt Bay, 

 California). — Lawrence (R. H.), Auk, ix, 1892, 356 (Gray's Harbor, Wash- 

 ington). 



SjMnus tristes Morcom, Bull. Ridgw. Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 48 (Sau Bernardino, 

 May). 



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



Spinus tristis salicamans Grinnell, Auk, xiv, Oct., 1897, 397 (Pasadena, California; 

 coll. J. Grinnell); Pub. ii, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 35 (Los Angeles Co., 

 California, resident) . — Brooks, Auk, xvii, 1900, 106 (Okanagan, Brit. Colum- 

 bia, winter) . 



Astragalinus tristis salicamans Ridgway, Auk, xvi, Jan., 1899, 79. — ^American 

 Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, xvi, 1899, 115 (no. 5296).— Mbe- 

 RiAM, N. Am. Fauna, no. 16, 1899, 124 (Sisson and Shasta Valley, California). 



' Nine specimens. - Three specimens. 



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