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Carpodacus familiaris McCall, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., vi, 1852, 61 (Santa 

 Fe, New Mexico; coll. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. ).—Baied, in Stansbury'a 

 Eep. Gt. Salt Lake, 1852, 331 (New Mexico) .—Heeemann, Journ. Ac. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 2d ser., ii, 1852, 267 (California); "Rep. Pacific R. E. Surv., x, 

 pt. i, 1859, 50 (California; New Mexico). — Woodhousb, in Sitgreaves' Expl. 

 Zufii and Col. R., 1853, 88 (Santa Fe; California). — Cassin, lUustr. Birds 

 Cal., Tex., etc., 1854, 73, pi. 13. 



Carpodacus rhodocolpus (not of Cabanis) Solater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 

 304 (crit.) ; 1857, 127 (San Jos6, California) .— Ridgway, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mua., 

 i, 1879, 391 (Calaveras County, California). 



Carpodacus frontalis var. rhodocolpus Ridgway, Am. Journ. Sci., v, Jan., 1873, 39, 

 part (California). — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 

 1874, 468, part, pi. 21, fig. 9 (California).— Cooper, Am. Nat., 1876, 91, in 

 text. 



^Carpodacus frontalis} b. rhodocolpus Coues, Birds N. W., 1874, 108, part (in syn- 

 onymy). 



Carpodacus frontalis, y. rhodocolpus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, Mar. 21, 

 1879, 413 (centr. California). 



Carpodacus frontalis rhodocolpus Ridgway, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 

 176, 216, part; Norn. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 170a, part.— CouES, Check List, 

 2d ed., 1882, no. 197, part.— Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,v, 1883, 531 (Cerros 

 I., Lower California). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, 

 no. 519a, part. — Evermann, Auk, iii, 1886, 181 (Ventura Co., California). — 

 Emerson, Bull. Cal. Ac. Sci., no. 7, 1887, 422, 428 (Volcano Mountains and 

 Poway, San Diego Co., California). 



C-larpodacus] f.[rontalis'] rhodocolpus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 

 348, part. 



Carpodacus californicus (not of Baird) Coues, Ibis, 1865, 164, in text (Foit Whip- 

 ple, Arizona). 



Carpodacus purpureus var. californicvs Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii, 1877, 

 37 (descr. nest and «ggs) . 



Carpodacus niexicanui (not Fringilla mexicana Miiller) Salvin and Godman, 

 Biol. Centr. -Am., Aves, i, 1886, 422, part (Frontera, New Mexico; Monterey, 

 Nuevo Leon). 



CARPODACUS MEXICANUS CLEMENTIS Mearns. 

 SAN c'lEUENTE HOUSE FINCH. 



Similar to C m. frontalis, but wing and tail averaging shorter, the 

 bill decidedly and feet slightly larger; coloration somewhat darker. 



Adult rna^e.— Length (skins), 132.08-148.34 (140.72); wing, 74.17- 

 80.52 (77.22); tail, 53.59-61.47 (58.17); exposed culmen, 10.16-12.70 

 (11.18); depth of bill at base, 9.65-10.92 (10.16); tarsus, 17.02-19.30 

 (18.03); middle toe, 13.21-14.48 (13.97).' 



Adult fm,ale.—LQngi\i (skins), 135.13-143.76 (139.95); wing, 74.17- 

 76.20 (75.44); tail, 53.34-58.42 (55.63); exposed culmen, 10.41-11.68 



'Twenty-one specimens. 



