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THE SUBSPECIES OF HESPERIPHO?V? I/ESPERTIr?v? 19 Nmnenclature that the subsequent action of the author hi?nself in designating a type cannot affect the original typeship, and that the "recognizable published figure" occurring in the same work as the original diagnosis must be accepted as pertaining to the real type. In this case the locality and nmseum number are plainly stated (Baird, Brewer and Ridgway, 1874, pl. xxn, fig. 4) as "Mex., 35150." What is still more noteworthy in this connection is that this is also the only actual specimen of montana referred to in the whole work. Although the nomenelatural points here involved may not be exactly covered in the more recent International Code, American ornithologists will doubtless agree in abiding by the A. O. U. Code in so far as the latter is not in conflict with the International Code. I regret to say that it is impossible with the material and information in hand to satisfactorily define the breeding ranges of the various races of Hesperi- pbona vespertina here pointed out. The majority of the specimens are winter birds, very probably a greater or less distance out of their summer habitat. The breeding ranges indicated under each heading must be considered largely hypo- thetical. Even the breeding area of the eastern H. vespertina vespcrtina has never been outlined; nests and eggs of that form remain unknown. To the best of my knowledge authentic eggs of any form of Evening Grosbeak have been found only in California, Arizona and New Mexico. Hesperiphona vespertina vespertina (Cooper) Eastern Evening Grosbeak
Type locality.--Sau]t Sainte Marie, Michigan ('Cooper, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist.
N.Y., ?, 1825, pp. 220-222). D?agnos?s.--Bi]] relatively shortes[- and thickest as compared with all the other subspecies; nearest like brooks?, but distinctly shorter, though basal thick- ness about the same. Co]or-tone of body of male relatively dark, though not ss dark as in brooksi. Frontal yellow bar of male averaging widest, as compared with a]] other subspecies; nearest b?ooksi and wa?eni. Color-tone of both upper and under surface of female averaging decidedly more grayish, less brownish, than in any of the other subspecies; top of head and back not so blackish as in brooksi, and ]ess brownish than in cal?fo?n?ca, wa?eni, and montana. Summe? range.--Probably restricted to central portions of Canada east of the main divide of the Rocky Mountains: Alberta (Preble, N. Amer. Fauna no. Fig. 5. No. 1: Hesperiphona vespertina vespert?na, male; Lake George, Indi- ana; December 5, 1886; coil. G. Frean Motcorn. No. 2: Hesperiphona ves- pertina brooksi, male; no. 24517, Mus. Vert. Zool.; Okanagan, B.C.; Novem- ber 13, 1913; Allan Brooks. No. 3: Hesperiphona vespertina montana, male; no. 917, coil. J. E. Law; Chiricahua Mountains, near Paradise, Ari- zona; April 25, 1913.
