Painted

1912

Published

1932

Volume

9

Plate

529a-529b

Pale Goldfinch

Astragalinus tristis pallidus

Habits and breeding similar to Goldfinch.

BREEDING

RANGE

Rocky Mountain plateau from southeastern British Columbia and southwestern Manitoba to Nevada and Colorado.

Willow Goldfinch

Astragalinus tristis salicamans

A variant subspecies relegated to the area below.

BREEDING

RANGE

Pacific coast from Washington to southern California.

Mountain Alder

Alnus tenuifolia

A small tree rarely over 25 feet high, found from British Columbia east to Saskatchewan, south to Arizona and New Mexico.

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