220 New American species of Fringilla. 



these sections as subgenera, under the names of Coccothraustes, 

 Fringilla, and Carduelis, as suggested by Mr. Charles Bona- 

 parte, in his judicious Observations on the Nomenclature of 

 Wilson's Ornithology* The first of these comprises nearly 

 all the Loxia of authors which are not Crossbills, and to it 

 must be referred the species which is the subject of this notice. 



Fringilla vespertina, (nobis.) 



F. fronte flavo ; vertice alis cauduque nigris ; macula alarum 

 alba. 



Description. Length eight and a half inches : bill yel- 

 low ; strong, conical, swelling, pointed, depressed above at 

 the base where it forms an angle in the feathers of the front ; 

 the upper mandible turning a little downwards at the point, 

 and slightly notched, edges of both sharp and cutting : nares 

 roundish, partly concealed by the black vibrissa? : a narrow 

 black line surrounds the base of the upper mandible : front 

 and a band passing over and behind the eyes yellow ; crown 

 of the head black : cheeks brown : throat and neck olive-brown 

 passing downwards into yellow, which is the colour of the 

 back and all the under parts of the body, flanks and tail coverts: 

 lesser wing coverts, primaries and first secondaries black ; 

 greater wing coverts and inner secondaries white on their 

 lower half, forming a large white spot on the wing ; the first 

 three primaries of equal length and longer than the rest : tail 

 of twelve feathers, slightly forked, entirely black : feet light 

 brown. 



Cabinet of the Lyceum. 



Observation. In the natural series of American species, 

 this bird should be arranged as the first of the series; being 



* Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Vol. IV. p. 39. 



