50 WOODLAND BIRDS. 



No. 50. AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. 



Genus: Spinus. Species: S. tristis. 



Distribution: A common resident. 



General Plumage: 



Male and female in winter, olive brown, wings and tail almost 

 black, male in summer bright, yellow crown wings, and tail 

 black. Female, dusky olive above, yellowish below, wings 

 and tail dark. Bill and feet dark. Length about 5.00. 



Song and Other Notes: A sweet song, a flight song like '^ consider- 

 able " and a call note. 



Haunts: A bird of the woodland and fields. 



No. 51. PINE SISKIN. 



Species: S. pinus. 

 Distribution: 



A resident of northern and an irregular winter visitor to 



southern New England. 

 Date of Arrival: Early autumn. 

 Date of Departure: Late spring, April to July. 

 General Plumage: 



Olive streaked with darker, wings and tail fuscous tinged with 



yellow. Bill and feet dark. Length about 5.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 



Very much like the preceding species, but less musical. 

 Haunts: Evergreen and birch growths. 



