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Male. — Crown of the head ashy gray 

 tinged with olive. Back olive brown 

 washed with green. Throat and rump 

 yellowish green. Breast, sides, and 

 flanks, chocolate brown washed ashy. 

 Abdomen brighter yellow, whitish to- 

 ward the vent. Under tail coverts 

 yellow. Wings and tail yellowish at 

 the base and black toward the ends. 



Female. — Duller in color. Plumage 

 dark brown, under parts tinged with 

 yellow. 



Distribution. — Eastern Siberia, 

 China, and Japan. A resident in the 

 Yangtse Valley. 



Nest and Eggs. — The nests are well 

 made of grass, feathers, and any 

 similar material. They are usually 

 placed in the thick foliage of small 

 pine trees. The eggs are of two types; 

 one a pale green, speckled with black 

 and red; the other white, speckled 

 with pale reddish or yellowish brown. 



Notes. — This bird has a very sweet 

 simple song, and is sometimes kept as 

 a cage bird by the Chinese. 



THE SISKIN. 



SPINUS SPINUS (linn.) 

 Description. — Length four and one 

 half inches. 



Bill light gray above, dull white 

 below, dusky at the tip; it is long 

 and pointed, slightly curved downward. 

 Tarsus pale brown. Iris dusky brown. 

 Male. — Crown, and center of throat 

 black. Broad yellow streak behind the 

 eyes. Upper parts yellowish green, 

 rump brighter yellow. Under parts 

 greenish yellow, the abdomen whitish, 

 streaked with brown, as are also the 

 flanks. Greater wing coverts black, 

 broadly tipped with yellow. 



