422 U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
In winter the yellow is replaced by yellowish brown; the black of the crown wanting ; that 
of wings and tail browner. The throat is generally yellowish ; the under parts ashy brown, 
passing behind into white, 
In No. 8339 tlie white on the inner edge of the tail feathers, instead of passing obliquely in a 
straight outline to the inner edge of the feather, constitutes a quadrate blotch in the terminal 
fourth. There is less white on the wing coverts. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. Sex. Locality. When col- |Whence obtained. | Orig. |Collected by—| Length. | Stretch Wing. Remarks. 
No lected, No. | of wings. 
April 12, 1844 9,00 
| July 18, 1844 8.75 
| May 14, 1844|.. 8.83 
July 16, 1844).. 8.67 
May 2, 1845|.. 8.50 
| Nov. 22, 1842 8.50 
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April 12, 1844 8.42 
7041) G | St. Louis...... Meciowes | May 15, 1857] Lt. Bryan........| 36 | W. S. Wood.|........]...0000s 
6390 |...... Ft. Leavenworth, K.T.) Oct. 23, 1824 | Lt. Couch.....00.] 8 | sececvcccecccs|secesvee|sovesess 
GE!) pasondl eeseoe COscosectsesen sen Jan. 20, 1855 |...00. [iSagosencand hodaacondecoss| Kedopced lacciaticon 
(5530) eSnoda Independence, Mo.,../ June 6, 1857 | W.M. Magraw... | Dr. Cooper...| §£ 8.75 
5876 |oeeeee Fort Riley, K. T.....3:|ecec-cecvseees Dr. Hammond.,...|...... | 
4824 | é Running Water, Neb..| May 14, 1856 | Lt. Warren ..... |.+.0e+ | Dr. Hayden.. Eyes black ?... 
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5391 | | Fort Lookout, Neb...) June 20, 1856 |...0.. dO... cesses [oveees wnaee(AOscenee s4e0, |/ 18.20) \l!E50ii| Sere seleiecacs sissceaisn coves eeee ee 
4659 | GQ | Fort Pierre, Neb..... | June 12, 1856 |. see. dO .cevcscece|socses|oceees GO.ceccelevevccee|ecccssee|-cee coe) cevecce eeececccciccccccccccene . 
5392 | sevens Blackfoot country, Neb).... wcceeedOceeccccsvelnereve|socee dO......) 4:75 | 8.75 | 2.50 | crsscccscccscccee: escvvecrcce . 
8209 | reieeee Fort Laramie......... W. M. Magraw...| 191 | Dr. Cooper... Tris, bill, and feet dark brown. 
4470 | eevee Shoalwater Bay, K. T. o+| Dred. Gs COOPEL,.|\secceslevecue aleisiesieie Bill black, feet flesh color. 
6392}. ...0. San Francisco........ S| RD HOULS  ceisaselusceea| costesiiesss(sne. 
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6394 roi Sacramento, Cal...... «| Lt. Willia: 
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CHRYSOMITRIS PSALTRIA, Bonap. 
Arkansas Finch. 
Fringilla psaltria, Say, Long’s Exped. R. Mts. I, 1823, 40.—Avp. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 85 ; pl. 394. 
Fringilla (Carduelis) psaltria, Bon. Am. Orn. I, 1825, 54; pl. 6, f. 3. 
Carduelis psaltria, Aup. Syn. 1839, 117.—Is. Birds Am. III, 1841, 134; pl. 183. 
Chrysomitris psaltria, Be. List, 1838.—Is. Consp. 1850, 516.—Gamse , Jour. A. N.S. 2d series I, 1847, 52. (Female.) 
Sp. Cu.—Upper parts and sides of head and neck olive green. Hood, upper tail coverts, wings, and tail black. Beneath 
bright yellow. A band across the tips of the greater coverts, the ends of nearly all the quills, the outer edges of the tertiaries, 
the extreme bases of all the primaries, except the outer two, and a long rectangular patch on the inner webs of the outer three 
tail feathers near the middle, white. Female with the upper parts generally, and sides, olive green ; the wings and tail brown, 
their white marks as in the male. Length, 4.25; wing, 2.40; tail, 1.85. 
Hab.—Southern Rocky mountains to the coast of California. ; 
This goldfinch is more like C. tristis than any other of our species. The upper parts are, 
however, olive green, instead of yellow. The whole under parts are yellow, even including 
the under tail coverts. There is no white on the lesser wing coverts. The bill is slenderer 
and more curved. The third quill is longest; the first, second, and fourth successively a little 
shorter. The tail is less deeply forked than in C. ¢ristis. 
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