FRIXGILLID.E — THE FIXCHES. 471 



Tail luith white on inner webs; tertials with large white s})ots. 



f. Auriculars, nape, back, ami rump olive-green. Hah. Rocky 

 Mountains of Unite J States \a.\:psaltria. 



(J. Auriculars black; nape, back, and rump green clouded with 



black. Hab. Arizona var. arizona-. 



$. Auriculars, nape, back, and rump entirely black. Hab. Mid- 

 dle America ......... var. mexicana. 



Tail without any white on inner webs ; tertials without white spots. 



^. Auriculars, nape, back, and rump wholly black. Hab. Pan- 

 ama and New Granada ..... var. coin in b i a n a . 

 b. Terminal halt' of outer webs of wing-coverts and secondaries yellow. 



3. C. laiwrencii. Prevailing color aslij', lighter beneath. ^. A large 

 patch on the breast, the rump, and most of the outer surface of the 

 wing, yellow ; forehead, crown, lores, all round base of bill, chm, wings 

 (beneath the yellow), and tail black. $ . Lacking the black, and with 

 the yellow only indicated. Hab. California and Southwestern Arizon.n. 



B. Whole body and head thickly streaked ; bases of tail-feathers yellow. Sexes 

 alike. (Astragalinus.) 



4. C. pinus. Above brownish-gr.ay, beneath white, with conspicuous 

 dusky streaks everywhere ; two light bands on the wing ; bases of 

 secondaries and primaries yellow. Hah. Whole of North Anierica. 



Three species of Chrysomitris, given by Mr. Audubon, are to be erased 

 from the list : C. stanleyi, C. yarreUi, and C. magcUanica. If, as he states, 

 he killed specimens of the latter in Kentucky, they must have belonged to 

 the C. notata of Dubus, a Mexican species, not since met with in our limits. 

 Tlie other two were given him as coming from California, — a statement we 

 now know to be incorrect, both belonging to South America. 



Chrysomitris tristis, Bon. 



YELLOW-BIRD ; THISTLE-BIRD. 



Fringilla tristis, Ltmn. Syst. Nat. I, ITtiii, 3-20. —Wils. Am. Orn. I, 1808, 20, pi. i, f. 2. 

 — AuD. Orn. Biog. I, 18.31, 172; V, 510, pi. xxxiii. Cardmles tristis, Bon. Obs. 

 Wils. 1S25, No. 96. — AuD. Birds Am. II, 1841, 129, pi. clxxxi. — Max. Cab. Jouni. 

 vi, 1858, 281. Chrnsmailris tru<tis. Box. List, 1838. — Newberky, ZoSl. Cal. & Or. 

 Eonte ; Rep. P. R. R. Surv. VII, iv, 1857, 87. — Baird, Birds N. Am. 1858, 421.— 

 Cooper & SrcKLEY, 197. — Cooper, Orn. Cal. 1, 167. Jstragalinus triitis, Cabanis, 

 Mus. Hein. 1851, 159 (type). Carduclis amtricana, (Edward.s,) Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. 

 II, 1831, 268. Golden Finch, Pennant. American Goldfinch, Edwards. Clmrdon- 

 neretjminc ; Chardanncret du Canada; Turin de la Nouvcllc Yorck, Buffox. — Ib. PI. 

 enl., pi. ccii, f. 2, pi. ccxcii, f. 1. —Samuels, Birds N. Eng. 288. 



Sp. CnAR. Male. Bright gamboge-yellow ; crown, wings, and tail black. Lesser 

 wing-coverts, band across the end of greater ones, ends of secondaries and tertiaries, inner 

 margins of tail-feathers, upper and under tail-coverts, and titjia white. Length, 5.2.5 

 inches; wing, .3.00. Female. Tellowish-gray above; greenish-yellow below. No black 

 on forehead. Wing and tail much as in the male. Young. Reddish-olive above; fulvous- 



