27. cjirysomitius. 195 



o. With no black on tbe head and throat. 

 c . YV ith the head uniform, not streaked. 

 g". Rump greenish or yellow. 



*'". Upper tail-coverts ashy grey ; no yellow at 

 base of primaries; a white patch on the 



tail-feathers .... n ,__ 



/'"•Upper tail-coverts yellow'or greenisk *'** ? ' P> W " 



* . Base of tail-feathers yellow. 



ff 5 . Throat and underparts, sides of face 



and rump bright yellow ' mm m o lq9 



h>. Throat ashy; head greyish; inner V * ' P ' 



* \ T n ^ S iT° n fu S bl '°^ lj ed - ed with white *«/-i«te 2 , P. 216 

 i ■ IN o yellow at base of tail-feathers, which P 



have a patch of white on the inner 



web ■ „ 



•- With no yellow at' tliebasVof'th'e tad; ™" ?' 004 

 *"^ white on tail-feathers. LP 



no 



e 5 . Hind neck dull olive-yellow, like the To 226 



head and back ,1 ■, . l r 



*-. Hind neck and sides of neck' grey ".- ." " " SB? 



■mp vermilion like the breast ^back and atruuBa ^ 



throat ashy grey „ . IP" 



b the head. strWkpd ^i ' i™w ^1^' .' ' ««**»$, 



*. Hind neck and sides of neck grey ':" ' Zff? 

 A . Rump vermilion like the breast ; ^bik and 1 ? '<>30 



throat ashy grey „ . IP- -" u 



<l '- W b!aclSh. hei Stireaked ™* dusky brJwno, "^* ft M 



£ oV^L* ° u the sides of the body fcfc,*. 9 _ 91fi 



A '. Sides of body streaked. Kiervca % , p. jis. 



«"'. Base of tail yellow. 

 n\ Throat streaked with dusky brown, as 



well as the chest. r ono 



I ■ No yellow at base of secondaries spinoides 9 



»£ Secondaries with a broad yellow base E M S J'oor 

 «*. Throat uniform dull white like the centre f *' P ' ' 

 n ^ ot tbe breast and abdomen . ' P" IUS 2 . P- 228. 



n". No yellow base to the tail. ' ) spinas $,p. 214. 



p\ Back olive-green, streaked with blackish • 



■ T 1 1 n ?" C0Verts black ' edged with yellow.' 

 «. Abdomen yellow ; under tail-coverts 



plain yellow. r,o D oog 



h Breast not streaked with black .... melanops, p. 229. 



. Abdomen white ; under tail-coverts V 



„* -Ro J^f"* white ^th black centres . thibetana P, 



9 . Back uniform brown, as also the win"- Tn 926 



coverts .... ° , „ , n LF " ff?' 



/o^« c? $ , p. 231. 



1. Chrysomitris tristis. 

 Carduelis americanus, Cafe%, iV. #. Giro/, i. p 43 nl 43 mm\ 



American Goldfinch, Edwards, Gleanings, ii. p P f33; pL 274 (1760) • 

 Za*A. <?«». Syn. n. pt. 1, p. 288 (1783). U ; ' 



Be Chardonneret dAmerique, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 64 (1766) 



vfirnSS' w? ?* S L p " "Ws Gm - s - * I 



p. WU/ (1788) JT»&. yfwer. Ora. 1. p. 20, pi. i fie- 2 HSORI ■ R„ 

 Ajner. Orn. i. p. 57, pi. 6. fig. 4 (18ifo) ; iB.R % 



11. p. 371 (1849) ; id. Hand-l. B. 11. p. 82, no. 7192 (1870) 

 Le Chardonneret jaune, Month, Hist. Nat. Ois. iv. p. 212 (1778). 



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