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List of specimens. 



CHRYSOMITRIS YARRELLI, Bonap. 



Yarrell's Goldfincli. 



Cardudis yarrelli, Aud: Syn. 1839, 117.— Is. Birds Am III, 1841, 136 ; pi. 184. 

 Fringilla mexicanu, Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 283 ; pi. 433, fig. 4. (Not of Svvainson.) 

 Chrysomitris mexicana, Bp. List, 1838. (Not of Conspectus.) 



Sp. Ch. — Bill very large. Head above to middle of eyes and to the rictus, black. Body generally bright yellow ; back and 

 wing coverts olive green. Wings and tail black ; the bases of the tail feathers and of quills, except the inner tertials and outer 

 web of first primary, yellow. Length, 4 inches ; wing, 2.40 ; tail, 1.65. 



Hab. — California, (.') probably from western Mexico. 



The bill of this species is enormously large and full for the genus. The second quill is 

 longest ; the first and third but little shorter. The markings of the wings and tail are almost 

 exactly as in C . magellanimis ; the difference between the two is in the smaller size, brighter 

 nape, and black crown only, instead of an entirely black head. 



The specimen described is Mr. Audubon's original, and appears to have been kept for a time 

 in a cage. 



List of specimens. 



CHRYSOMITRIS TRISTIS, Bon. 



Yellow Bird; Thistle Bird. 



FrmgUla tnslis, Li.vn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 320.— Gm. I, 907.— Wils. Am. Orn. I, 1808, 20 ; pi. i, f. 2.— Aud. Orn. 



Biog. 1, 1831, 172 : V, 510 ; pi. 33. 

 Cardueles tristis, Bon. Obs. Wils, 1^25, No. 96.— Aud. Syn. 1839, 116.— Ib. Birds Amer. II, 1841, 129 ; pi. 181. 

 Chrysomitris tristis, Bon. List, 1838. — Ib. Conspectus, 1850, 517. — Newberry, Kool. Cal. & Or. Route ; Rep. P. R. 



R. Surv. VII, IV, 1857, 87. 

 Jlstragalinus tristis, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. 1851, 159, (type.) 

 Carduelis americana, (Edwards,) Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II, 1831, 268. 



Golden Finch, Pennant. — Jlinerican Goldfinch, Edwards. — Chardonneret jaiine ; Chardonneret du Canada. — Tarin de 

 la J^ouvelle Yorck, Buffon. — Ib. PI. enl., pi. 202, f. 2 ; pi. 292, f. 1, . 



Sp. Ch. — Bright gamboge yellow ; crown, wings, and tail black. Lesser wing coverts, band across the end of greater ones, 

 ends of secondaries and terliaries, inner margins of tail feathers, upper and under tail coverts, and tibia, white. Length, 5.25 

 inches ; wing, 3. 



Hab. — North America generally. 



