BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 115 



Pacific R. R. Surv. , x, pt. vi, 1859, 28 (Bill Williams' Fork, Arizona) . — Sclatek, 

 Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 124.— Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1S65, 93 (Califor- 

 nia) .—Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 168.— Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., iii, 1872, 

 167 (Ogden, Utah), 178 (Kansas?; Utah).— Coues, Check List, 1874, no. 131.— 

 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, pi. 22, figs. 9, 10. — • 

 Yarrow and Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1872 (1874) , 13 (s. 

 Utah) .—Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1873 (1874) , 109 (Inscrip- 

 tion Rock, New Mexico; Apache and Gila R., Arizona); ib., 1876, 238 (s. 

 California); Zool. Exp. W. 100th Merid., 1875, 244, pi. 4, fig. 2 (Washington 

 andSt. George, Utah; Pueblo, Colorado, etc.) .—Nelson, Proc. Bost. Soo. N. H., 

 xvii, 1875, 358 (Nevada, California, Aug., Sept.). — Ridgway, Bull. Essex 

 Inst., V, 1873, 181 (Colorado); vii, 1875, 33 (Wahsatch Mts., Utah); Orn. 40th 

 Parallel, 1877, 462 (Wahsatch and Uintah Mts., Utah, breeding) .— Belding, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,i, 1879, 413 (Stockton, Marysville, etc., California).— 

 Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 194 (Chiricahua Mts., Arizona; 

 crit.) . — Allen and Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, viii, 1883, 161 (Colorado 

 Springs, Colorado) . — Sharpb, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 204. 

 [Chrysomitris] psaltria Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 516. — Coues, Key N. Am. 



Birds, 1872, 132. 

 Chrysomitris (Pseudomitris) psaltriaC Assiii, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1865, 93 (Cali- 

 fornia). — Coues, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866,80 (Fort Whipple, Arizona, 

 breeding; crit.). 

 Chrysomitris pstiUria, var. psaltria Ridgway, Am. Journ. Sci., iv, Dec, 1872,454, 



foot-note. — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 474. 

 [Chrysomitris psaltrial a. psaltria Coues, Birds N. W., 1874, 116. 

 Chrysomitris psaltria psaltria Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 20, 1883, 313. 

 Astragalinus psaltria Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 96; Check List, 2d ed., 

 1882, no. 215.— Ridgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 182.— Drew, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, vi, 1881, 90 (Rio Animas, Colorado, Oct.). — Belding, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1883, 53l'(Cerros I., Lower California) ; vi, 1883, 347 

 (Victoria Mts., Lower California), 537 (La Paz, Lower California). — Beck- 

 ham, Auk, ii, 1885, 141 (Pueblo, Colorado). — American Ornithologists' 

 Union Committee, Auk, xvi, 1899, 116. 

 A. [stragalinus'] psaltria Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 355. 

 Spinus psaltria Stejneger, Auk, i, Oct., 1884, 362. — American Ornithologists' 

 Union, Check List, 1886, no. 530.— Evbrmann, Auk, iii, 1886, 182 (Ventura 

 Co., California).— TowNSEND, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 217 (Red Bluff 

 and Baird, n. California).— Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 183 (San 

 Angelo, Texas, fall).— Mearns, Auk, vi, 1890, 258 (Mogollon Mts. and Verde 

 Valley, Arizona). — Anthony, Zoe, iv, 1893, 240 (San Pedro Martir Mts., 

 Lower California, resident on lower slopes). — Nehrling, Our Native Birds, 

 etc., ii, 1896,60. 

 S. [_plmis~\ psaltpa Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 399. 



ASTRAGALINUS PSALTRIA ARIZON.ffi Coues. 

 ARIZONA GOLDFINCH. 



. Similar to A. p. jasaltria, but adult male with the olive-green of the 

 auricular region, back, scapulars, and rump more or less intermixed 

 with black, sometimes principally black; wing and tail averaging 

 slightly longer. 



Adnlt mafe.— Length (skin), 96.27-107.19 (102.62); wing, 64.01- 

 66.29 (65.02); tail, 38.61-41.45 (41.40); exposed culmen, 8.89-9.91 



