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streaked. L. 53. W.3. T. 24. Northern regions, S. in winter 
in flocks to Ind. and Penn. (Hu.) Besides the common form a 
larger var. rostrata Coues (W. 31, etc.), with shorter, less acute 
bill, sometimes ranges S. to Ill. and N.Y. (Lat., flaxen.) 
aa. Crown without red; no dusky spot on chin; some yellow. 
900. A. brewsteri Ridgway. No dusky on chin; rump yellow 
in Q; the g unknown. L.5}. W.3. T. 24. Mass., one speci- 
men known. (To Wm. Brewster.) 
477. SPINUS! Boie. (Latin name: “thistle-bird,” the thistle 
being a spinous plant.) 
a. Sexes unlike; plumage scarcely or not streaked; adult ¢ with black on 
crown, wings and tail; bill not very acute, without distinct ruff at base. 
(Astragalinus Cabanis.) 
901. S. tristis (L.) YeELLow Birp. TuistLte Birp. AMER- 
ICAN GouprFincH. ¢ rich yellow; rump whitish; wing bars 
white; a white spot on each tail feather; 9 more olivaceous; fall 
plumage pale yellow brown; young variously buffy, with yellow or 
not. L. 5. W. 3. T. 2. N.Am., everywhere; notable for its 
lisping notes and undulating flight. (lat., sad.) 
aa. Sexes alike; plumage thickly streaked everywhere; no black on head; 
bill very sharp, with a distinct ruff at base. (Spinus.) 
902. S.pinus (Wilson). Pine Siskin. Plumage streaky brown, 
suffused with yellow in the breeding season; bases of quills and 
tail feathers sulphur yellow. L. 43. W. 28. T. 2. N. Am, 
chiefly N., but liable to appear anywhere. (Lat., pine.) 
478. PLECTROPHENAX Stejneger. (aAnxrpov, spur; va, 
deceiver, the word made in imitation of the old name Plectro- 
phanes, which is preoccupied. ) 
903. P. nivalis (L.). Snow Buntrne. In breeding season, 
pure white, with black on back, wings and tail; bill and feet black; 
only the winter plumage usually seen in U. 8.; bill pale, and white 
of body clouded with clear, warm brown. L. 7. W. 44. T. 3. 
Northern regions, 8. in winter to Ohio R.; a most beautiful bird. 
(Eu.) (Lat., snowy.) 
479. CALCARIUS Bechstein. (Lat., calcar, spur.) 
904. C. lapponicus (L.). LAPLAND Lonasrur. @ with head 
and throat mostly black; a chestnut collar; back black and 
streaky ; whitish below; outer tail feathers with white ; inner web 
of outer feather dusky; legs and feet black; 9 and winter birds 
1 Allied to Spinus is the Goldfinch of Europe (Carduelis carduelis L.), now nat- 
uralized in New York, Cambridge, etc. In both sexes, the head is black and white, 
crimson anteriorly, the wings and tail black and yellow; the rump white ; brownish 
below. Allied also is the Canary, Serinus canarius, a favorite cage-bird. 
