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BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



(1^.19); depth of bill at base, 7.62-8.64 (7.87); tarsus, 20. 07-22. 35 

 (21.34); middle toe, 14.22-17.37 (15.49).^ 



IFriiujiUa} fasciata (not of Muller, 1776=^) Gmelix, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1788,922 

 (New York; based on Faxciated Finch Latham, Gen. Synop. Birds, ii, pt. i, 

 273; Pennant, Arct. Zool., ii, 375).— Lath.\m, Index Orn., i, 1790, 445. 



Friagillu fasciata Ncttall, ilan. Om. U. S. and Canada, 2d ed., i, 1840, 562. 



Melonpiza fasciata SfoTT (D. W.), Am. Nat., x, Jan., 1876, 18.— Ridgway, Proc. 

 TJ. S. Nat. Mus.,iii, 1880, 2, 180; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 231.— Goues, 

 Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 244.— Nehbling, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 

 1882, 13 (Harris Co., a. e. Texas, winter); Our Native Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 

 153, pi. 5, fig. 7.— Chamberlain, Bull. Nat. Hist. Soc. N. B., i, 1882, 40 

 (New Brunswick, summer resid.).— Mereiam, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 

 1882, 235 (Point de ilonts and Godbout, prov. Quebec, Canada, summer) ; 

 Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 25, 1884, 283 (Hungary Bay, Bermudas, 1 dead 

 spec. Apr. 18, 1881).— Beckham, Journ. Cine. Soc. N. H., vi, 1883, 142 

 (Nelson Co., Kentucky, resident); Proc. U. S. Nat. ilus., x, 1888, 678 (San 

 Antonio, Texas, winter).— Bicknbll, Auk, ii, 1885, 147 (song).— Ageesbobg, 

 Auk, ii, 1885, 280 (s. e. Dakota, breeding). — A.merican Ornithologists' 

 Union, Check List, 1886, no. 581.— Fox, Auk, iii, 1886, 318 (Roan Co., Ten- 

 nessee, Mar. to Apr. 17).— Seton, Auk, iii, 1886, 324 (w. Manitoba, sum- 

 mer).— Todd (L. M.), Auk, iv, 1887, 260 (Calais, Maine, 1 spec. Jan. 23, 

 1886).— Chamberlain, Auk, iv, 1887, 260 (Prince Edward I. and New 

 Brunswick, winter). — Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 207 (breeding at 

 Ellis, w. Kansas, Newton, Iowa, and northwardly) ; Birds Colorado, 1897, 

 106 (Fort Lyon, e. Colorado, 1 spec). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 

 1888, 701, part (includes M. m. montana). — Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 xiii, 1891, 604 (Manitoba, summer; desor. eggs) . — Goss, Birds Kansas, 1891, 

 471 (winter resid., rare in w. portion). — Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1892, 109 (Corpus Christi, Texas, May) .— Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 338 (San 



^ Thirty-six specimens. 



Specimens from the immediate coast of the Atlantic coast district (Long Island to 

 southern Virginia) and those from the region of the Great Plains (Manitoba, Alberta, 

 etc., to Texas) average slightly grayer than those from the intermediate region, but 

 the difference is so slight and inconstant that subspecific separation seems to me 

 unjustifiable. The average measurements of equal series of specimens from the three 

 districts are as follows: 



Locality. 



Tarsus. ; 



MAL£S. 



Thirteen adult males from Atlantic coast 



Fourteen adult males from Pennsylvania to Vir- 

 ginia (inland localities) 



Fourteen adult males from Great Plains district . . . 



FEMALES. 



Twelve adult males from Atlantic coast 



Twelve adult females from inland localities (east of 

 Alleghenies) 



Twelve adult females from Great Plains district . . . 



21.59 

 21. 34 



21.34 

 21.08 



15.49 



15.49 

 15.49 



. 15. 75 



15.24 

 15.24 



j ''Fringilla fasciata Muller, Syst. Nat. Suppl.,1776, 165^FringiUa spimis JAansena. 



