of the United States. Hi 



§ 2. Palate scooped and grooved. 



SUBGENUS II. CARDUELIS. 



Carduelis, Linaria Cuv. Section Longicones, Ternm. 

 Genus Carduelis, Briss. Genera Fringilla, Linaria, Vieill. 

 Bill subelongated, narrower than the head, straight, com- 

 pressed : both mandibles acute. 



181. Fringilla tristis, L- Wings black, varied with while • 

 tail feathers black, interiorly white at tip. 



Male, in summer dress, yellow ; crown black. 



Female, young, and autumnal male, brown-olive ; beneath 

 yellowish-white. 



Yellow-bird or Goldfinch, Fringilla tristis, Wils. Am. Orn. 

 i> p. 20- pi- l. fig' 2. adult male in summer dress ; and Nob. 

 Am. Orn. i. p. 57. pi. 6. fig. 4. female. 



Inhabits the United States, Mexico, and South America, 

 extending northward to the Arctic regions ; generally leaves 

 the northern and middle states during winter : common. 



182. Fringilla psaltria, Say. Olivaceous; beneath wholly 

 yellow ; crown, wings and tail, black ; wings varied with 

 white ; three outer tail feathers white on the middle of the 

 inner web. 



Arkansaw Siskin, Fringilla psaltria, Nob. Am. Orn. i. p. 

 54. pi- 6. fig. 3. male. 



Inhabits Missouri and Arkansaw. 



183. Fringilla pinus, Wils. Flaxen, streaked with black j 

 wings bifasciate with cream colour; shafts of the wing 

 feathers rich yellow ; lateral tail feathers yellow at base. 



Pine Finch, Fringilla pinus, Wils. Am. Orn. ii. p. 133. 

 pi. 57. fig. l. winter plumage. 



Inhabits the northern regions ; a visitant in the middle 

 and southern states, during winter : rare. 



