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[Hedyrneles] melanocephahis Sclateb and Saivin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 27. 



[Hedymeles jnelanocephalus] var. melanocephalus Baird, Brewer, and Ridqway 

 Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 70. ' 



[Goniaphea'] melanocephala Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 103, no. 7547. — Coues, Key 

 N. Am. Birds, 1872, 149. 



Goniaphea inelanocephala Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., iii, 1872, 137 (Fort 

 Hays, w. Kansas, breeding).— Coub,s, Check List, 1873, no. 194; Birds N 

 W. 1874, 167; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 7, 1877, 11 (Pichilinque Bay, Lower 

 California).— Snow, Birds Kansas,. 3d ed., 1875, 7 (w. Kansas).— McCabiey, 

 Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., iii, 1877, 665 (Red R. Valley, n! 

 Texas) .—GiBBS, Bull. IT. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., v, 1879, 487 (Michi- 

 gan, accidental) .-Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 41 (Nicasio, 

 California; descr. young). 



Z.lamelodiit] melarwcephala Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, Apr., 1880, 98, in 

 text; Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 389. 



Zamelodia melanocephala Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 182' 

 Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 245.— CouES, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 

 290.— Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 199 (Santa Rita Mts., Ari- 

 zona; crit.).— Beldinq, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1883, 581, 541 (Gerros I. 

 and La Paz, Lower California). —Beckham, Auk, ii, 1885, 142 (Pueblo, 

 Colorado; song). — Agersborg, Auk, ii, 1885, 281 (s. e. South Dakota).— 

 Goss, Auk, ii, 1885, 112 (Topeka, e. Kansas, 1 spec. July 11).— Chapman, 

 Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., x, 1898, 41 (Las Vegas, Vera Cruz, 8,000 ft., Apr.). 



Habia melanocephala Sr^m-EGEii, Auk, i, Oct., 1884, 367. — American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 596.— Feerari-Pbrez, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., ix, 1886, 141 (Atlixco, Chietla, etc., Puebla, Sept., Dec.).— Cooke, 

 Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 217 (Manhattan, Emporia, and Topeka, e. 

 Kansas; s. e. Nebraska; s. e. South Dakota; Mason, Colorado City, San Saba, 

 and Concho Co., Texas). — Goss, Birds Kansas, 1891, 486 (summer resid. in 

 w. and mid. Kansas, rare or accid. in e. Kansas) . — Fannin, Check List Birds 

 Brit. Columbia, 1891, 38 (both sides of Cascade Mts.). — Nehrling, Our 

 Native Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 207, pi. 20, fig. 5.— Merriam (F.) , Auk, xiii, 1896, 

 120 (San Diego Co., California; song). 



Fringilla epopoea Lichtbnstein, Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog., 1830, 2 (Mexico; = adult 

 male; see Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn., 1863, 58). 



Fringilla xanthomaachalis W AQiiER, l!^is^^,1831, 525 (Mexico). 



(?) Guiraca tricolor Lesson, Rev. Zool., ii, 1839, 102 (Mexico; coll. Abeill^; = 

 adult male?). 



Pitylus guttalug Lesson, Rev. Zool., ii, 1839, 102 (Mexico; coll. Abeill^; = adult 

 male!). 



[Hedymeles melanocephalus] var. capilalin Baird, in Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway's 

 Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 70 (type from Columbia River, Oregon; U. S. 

 Nat. Mus.). 



Zamelodia melanocephala capitalis Grinnell, Condor, iv. Mar., 1901, 41, in text 

 (crit. nomencl. ). 



Zamelodia melanocephala mierorhyncha Grinnell, Condor, ii, Nov., 1900, 128 

 (Buckhorn Canon, Sierra San Gabriel, Los Angelos Co., California; coll. J- 

 Grinnell). 



(?) Zamelodia ludoviciana (not Loxia ludoviciana Linnseus?) McLain, Auk, xv, 

 1898, 191 (Myers, Humboldt Co., California, July 1, 1898). ' 



• Identified from two heads, male and female; identification therefore very ques- 

 tionable, especially since the heads of the two species are often practically alike in 

 coloration. 



