414 SPARROWS AND FINCHES. 



472. PINE SISKIN. 



5.25, bill longer, white streaked with 

 black; small patch on wing and base of tail, 

 yellow, fig. 326. Breeds in 'the mountains 

 of N. C., Penn. and N. E., and north through 

 coniferous forests into Canada; south in 

 winter, irregularly into U. S., sometimes as 

 far as the Gulf of Mexico. Notes, harsher 

 than those of Goldfinch, but similar. Fre- 

 quents open sections and birch woods. 



473. AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. 



Larger, 5.60; lemon yellow; top of head, 

 wings and tail, black; two white wing-bands, 

 fig. 327. Female and winter male, green- 

 brown above, white below, wing feathers 

 tipped with white. Breeds in U. S. east of 

 Rockies, north into southern Canada; south- 

 ward along mountains to Ga.; winters from 

 Mass, to Fla. Frequents open country; gre- 

 garious in winter. Song, a continuous 

 warble, very sweet, sometimes given as the 

 bird flies in circles, call a plaintive, per 



