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Titil v'ith ifJiife (tn frnier trebs ; tertinJn with large white sjwts. 



^. Auriciilars. iijiim*. hack, jiiid nuui) olivc-j:ret.'n. Hub. Rocky 

 Momituiiis of rnitcdStaies \a.\: psal tr in . 



(J. Auriculars hlack; iiaju', back, and rump green clouded with 



black. Ilab. Arizona var. arizouir. 



^. Auriculars, na{)c, hack, and rump entirely black. Ilab. Mid- 

 dle America var. mexicana. 



Tail without any white on inner webs ; tertials without white spots. 



^. Auriculars, nape, back, and nmip wholly black. Hab. Pan- 

 ama and New Granada var. coin m biann. 



b. Terminal half of outer webs of wing-coverts and s«.>condaries yellow. 



3. C. lawrenciL Prevailing color ashy, lighter beneath. ^. A largo 

 patch on the breast, the rump, and most of the outer surface of the 

 wing, yellow; forehead, crown, lores, all round base of bill, chin, wings 

 (beneath the yellow), and tail black. 9. La<king the black, and with 

 the yellow only indicated. Ilab. California and ►Southwestern Arizonn. 



B. Whole body and head thickly streaked ; bases of tail-feathers yellow. Sexes 

 alike. (Astragalinus.) 



4. C. pinus. Above brownish-gray, beneath white, with conspicuous 

 dusky streaks everywhere; two light Viands on the wing; bases of 

 secondaries and primaries yellow. Ilab. Whole of North America. 



Three species of Chrymmitrh, given by Mr. Audubon, are to be erased 

 from the list: C. ntnulcjii, C. yarrelli, and C. mogrlhinim. If, as he states, 

 he killed specimens of the latter in Kentucky, they must have behinged to 

 the C. notata of Dubus, a Mexican species, not since met with in our limits. 

 The other two were given him as coming from California, — a statement we 

 now know to be incorrect, both belonging to South America. 



Chrysomitris tristis, Bon. 



TELLOW-BIRD; THISTLE-BIBD. 



FringiUa tristis, Ltnx. Syst. Nat. I, 176(5, 320. — Wils. Am. Ovw. I, 1808, 20, pi. i, f. 2. 

 — At'D. Ora. Biog. I, 1831, 172; V, 510, pi. xxxiii. Cardueles tri.stis, Hon. Obs. 

 Wils. 1825, No. 96. — Am. Birds Am. II, 1841, 129, pi. clxxxi. — Max. Cab. .Tourn. 

 \\, 1858, 281. Chnisoniifrix tristix, Bon. List, 1838. — Newukiuiv, Zoi.l. Cul. & Or. 

 Route ; Rep. P. R. K. Surv. VII, iv, 1857, 87. — B.vikd, Birds N. Am. 1858, 421.— 

 Cooper & Sitki.ev, 197. — Coopefi, Orn. Cal. I, 167. AsfrcKjalinns tristis, Cap.anis, 

 Mas. Hein. 1851, 1.59 (tj-pc). r,>r<fioIis umeriotm, (Ei)WAi;i»s.") Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. 

 11,1831,268. Goh/ra Finrh, Vr.ssxST. Jvuriani (7uhfjhich, llrnvxiivs. (%fr(hoi- 

 ncret jminr ; Chdrdionwnf dn Ciiiuiiln : Turin dr hi XminUr Yorcky BuFFOX. — lu. PI. 

 enl., pi. ccii, f. 2, pi. ccxcii, f. 1. — Sa.muel.s Birds N. Eng. 288. 



Sp. Char. Male. "Bright gambogo-ycllow ; crown, wings, and tail black. Lesser 

 wing-coverts, band across the end of greater ones, ends of secondaries and tertiaries, inner 

 margins of tail-feathers, njiper and nnder tail-coverts, and tibia white. Length, 5.25 

 inches; wing, 3.00. Female. Yellowish-gray above: greenish-yellow lielow. Xo black 

 on forehead. Wing and tail mnch as in the male. Young. Reddish-olive above; fulvons- 



