BIRDS—FRINGILLIDAE—CHRYSOMITRIS PINUS. 
CHRYSOMITRIS PINUS, Bonap. 
Pine Finch. * 
Fringilla pinus, Witson, Am. Orn. IT, 1810, 133; pl. xvii, f. 1.—Avp. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 455: 
Fringilla (Carduelis) pinus, Bon. Obs. Wils. 1825, No. 103. 
Linaria pinus, Avp. Synopsis, 1839, 115.—Is. Birds Amer. III, 184], 125; pl. 180. 
Chrysomitris pinus, Bonar. Consp. 1850, 515. 
V, 509; pl. 180. 
2? Chrysomitris macroptera, Dusus, Esq. Orn. tab. 23, (Mexico.)—Bp. Conspectus, 1850, 515. 
Sp. Cu.—Tail deeply forked. Above brownish olive. 
cealed bases of tail feathers and quills, together with their inner edges, sulphur yellow. 
Beneath whitish, every feather streaked distinctly with dusky. Con- 
Outer edges of quills and tail feathers 
Two brownish white bands on the wing. Length, 4.75; wing, 3.00; tail, 2.20. 
Hab.—North America from Atlantic to Pacific. 
yellowish green. 
The lower part of the belly is less spotted than elsewhere. 
In winter the yellow colors are much less distinct, scarcely appreciable on the body, in fact ; 
the brown streak less sharply defined. 
the wings and tail. 
The extent of the yellow at the base of the quills and tail feathers varies with the individual. 
Sometimes it is visible more or less distinctly beyond the wing coverts and spurious quills. 
Sometimes the streaks beneath are less distinct, leaving the under parts almost white. 
times the upper parts, the rump especially, are tinged with yellow. 
I do not find before me any North American specimens differing from types in the greater 
In young specimens it is scarcely appreciable, even on 
Some- 
length of quills and tarsus, as is said to be the case in C. macroptera, Dubus, (Bonap. Consp. 
1850, 515.) The yellow of the wings and tail given as peculiar to macroptera is found in all 
full plumaged specimens of pinus. 
List of specimens. 
Length.| Stretch | Wing. 
of wings. 
| 
When col- | Whence obtained. | Orig. | Collected by— 
lected. No. 
Locality. Remarks. 
Oct. 16, 1845 
May 28, 1841 ].... 
Oct. 26, 1842 
v0usGOs. secces|eves 
-| May 28, 1841 ].... 
Oct. 26, 1842 
Unknown 
>| Rockport, Ohio. .... e008 
.| Lit. Missouri river, Neb. 
Fort Tejon, Cal......... 
Sacramento, Cal....... 
Shoalwater Bay, W. T. 
July, 1849.... 
Sept. 15, 1856 
Oct., 1854... 
Dr, Kirtland.. 
Lt. Warren... oo 
eed. ce vccescccee 
DrvlaCsHenryicenc ees 
.| J. X. de Vesey..... 
Lt. Williamson. .... 
Dr. J. G. Cooper.... 
