Froebel, John Q 1989 Catalogue Marathon Post, 6 1/2 miles S and 4 miles W of Marathon, Brewster Co., Texas. Elevation 3870 ft. August 18 32 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 10.2 gm RT 5X5.mm FAT 2 Crop 1/2 full thistle. Soft part colors: iris dark sepia brown; Bill-maxilla dark gray, olive green proximally, blackish at tips. Mandible yellow-gray pink, dusky at tips, with yellowish tomia and gonys. Legs web- dark grayish brown. Toes dark grayish brown. Claws medium brown- ilac gray. Cuneal lining bright yellow. Throat bloody. This bird was 100 % black-backed -Jesaburus praepostera. Kickapoo Caverns State Park Site, 22 1/2 miles N. Brackettville, Kinney Co., Texas. Elev. 1700 ft. August 23 33 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 7.4 gm L.Q. 2X3.5 mm FAT 0 Crop empty, Soft part colors: iris dark sepia brown; Bill covered with blackish resin. Legs web- dark grayish brown, toes same. Claws web- brownish gray. Cuneal lining yellowish. Throat pinkish-pose. 34 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 6.5 gm RT 3X3.5 FAT 0 Crop empty Soft parts: iris dark sepia brown; Bill: maxilla dark gray pink, with black tip; mandible yellow-gray proximally with dusky tips. Legs dark brown. Claws web- dark grayish/white lining pale yellowish. Throat pale pinkish. This bird and preceding bird expired in cage after being held a short time. They were to be nucleus of a captive flock. Blackrock Bosque, 1 mile E. of Blackrock, Zuni Indian Reservation, McKinley County New Mexico. Elevation 6435 ft. August 25 35 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.2 gm RT 5.5X5.5 FAT 1 Crop empty iris dull dark sepia brown. Bill: maxilla dark gray, greener proximally, tip black; mandible yellow-gray pink, tip dusky. Gonys yellowish. Legs web- thick grayish brown. Toes dark brown. Claws web- dark gray. Cuneal lining yellowish. Throat pale pink.