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Habitat: Deciduous woods, gardens, orchards, or waste 
places where thistles are numerous. 
Genus CHRYSOMITRIS. 
SISKIN. W 
Chrysomitris spinus (Zzzm). 
Adult Male (Summer): Crown black ; back dull green, 
streaked with dark brown; rump yellow; wings blackish, 
barred with yellow and with pale yellowish margins; tail 
blackish, all except central feathers yellow at base ; beneath 
yellow, shading into white on abdomen; flanks streaked with » 
blackish ; bill brown, paler at base; legs and feet brown ; 
irides dark brown. Length 4°5 inches; culmen o0*4; wing 
2°8; tail 1°9; tarsus 0'5. 
Adult Female: Head and back greyish-brown, marked 
with darker brown; beneath whitish, tinged on breast with 
yellow and streaked with dark brown; slightly smaller than 
male. 
Young in first plumage: Above buffish, streaked with 
dark brown; under parts white, tinged with buff. 
Distribution: Frequents the temperate portion of the 
Palearctic region ; winter visitant to most parts of England. 
Habitat : Fir woods, plantations and fields: gregarious. 
CITRIL FINCH. 
Chrysomitris citrinella (Lzzz). 
Adult Male (Summer): Forehead yellowish; ead and 
back gveen, latter marked with brown ; rump, region round eye 
and central under parts greenish yellow, uuaspotted ; wings and 
tail blackish-brown, with yellowish margins, the former banded 
with yellowish-green ; nape, sides of neck and /lanks grey ; 
bill bluish-horn ; legs. and feet brown; irides dark brown. 
Length 4°75 inches; culmen 03; wing 3; tail 2°2; tarsus 0°6. 
Adult Female: Similar but shows less yellow on forehead 
and the back is brownish-grey, with a tinge of green ; beneath 
yellower, breast grey mixed with green. 
Adult (Winter): General plumage decidedly yellower, with 
