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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



yellow below ; two broad bands across coverte, and broad edges to last half of secondaries 

 pale rufous. 



Hab. North America generally. 



Ill winter tlie yellow is replaced by a yellowish-brown ; the black of the 

 crown wanting, that of wings and tail browner. The throat is generally 

 yellowish ; the under parts ashy-browu, passing behind into white. 



There are no oljservable ditferences between eastern and western speci- 

 mens. 



H.VBITS. The coiumou American Goklhnuh is found throughout the 



gi'eater portion of North America, from 

 the Atlantic to the Pacific. Sir John 

 Iticliardsou met with it in the fur re- 

 sions, where it is one of the tardiest of 

 the summer visitors, and whence it de- 

 parts early in September. The speci- 

 men described by him -w^as taken June 

 29. At the extreme South it is not 

 uncommon, according to Dresser, around 

 San Antonio, and Dr. Woodliouse fotuid 

 it abundant IhjUi in Texas and in tlie 

 Indian Territory. Dr. Coues did not 

 find it in Arizona, nor does Sumichrast 

 Dr. Newberry found this Finch (juite coin- 

 the Columbia, this sweet songster, he states. 



Chrysomitris trutis. 



give it as a bird of \'era Cruz. 

 moil throughout his route to 

 liaving been a constant source of pleasure in the interior both of California 

 and Oregon, far from the haunts of men, where everything else was new and 

 strange. But Dr. Suckley, though he looked carefully for this species about 

 Puget Sound, in the most appropriate situations, was unable to find any, and 

 did not believe that any existed there. Dr. Cooper states that it is, however, 

 quite abundant on the Columbia and along the coast near its moutli. 



The last-named writer states that this species is a constant resident in all 

 the western parts of California, but he met with none on the Colorado. They 

 become rare on the coast at the Columbia, but farther in the interior are 

 found as far north as latitude 49°. They breed as far south as San Diego, 

 but seem to avoid the hot interior valleys, as well as the mountains. Their 

 favorite resorts are where thistles and other composite plants abound, and 

 also groves of willow and cottonwood, upon the seeds of which tliey feed 

 largely. In winter the seeds of the buttonwood supply their chief sub- 

 sistence. 



The common Goldfinch was seen in abundance by Mr. Piidgway only in 

 the vicinity of Sacramento City, associated with the Carpodanis frontalis, 

 and often nesting in the same tree. In the interior this species was rarely 

 seen, and only one specimen was secured in the Truckee Valley in May, and 

 not noticed afterwards. It was, however, found breeding in the Uintah 



