, FRINGILLID.E — THE FINCHES. 47^ 



Tail with ir/iile on inner webs; tertiah with large white spots. 



$. Auriciilaivs, iiiipi-, Ijiifk, luul ruini) olivc-groon. Hah. Rocky 



MoiiiiUiiis of UiiiUnl States \a.r. ]i sal tr ia . 



^. Auriciilms lilack; iiajii', back, and ruini> grueii cloiulod with 



hV.wk. Hah. Arizona var. arizonw. 



$. Anriculais, nape, liack, and rump entirely black. Ilah. Mid- 

 dle Anjenca . var. m ex ic a n a . 



Tail without any white on inner webs ; t-rtiah luithout white spots. 



$. Aurieulars, nape, back, and rump wholly black. Hah. Pan- 

 ama and New Granada \-m: colnmhiana. 



h. Terminal half of outer wcb.s of wiiif^-coverts and secondaries yellow. 



3. C. lawrenoii. Prevailing color ashy, lighter beneath. $. A largo 

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

 A ing, yellow ; forehead, crown, Icjres, all round base of bill, chin, wings 

 (beneath the yellow), and tail black. 9 . Lacking the black, and with 

 the yellow only indicated. Huh. Calilbrniu and Southwestern Arizona. 



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

 alike. {Astragali nu.^.) 



4. C. pinuB. Aliove brownish-gray, Ijimeath white, with conspicuous 

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

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



Three species of Chryaomitris, given by ^Ir. Aiulubon, are to be erased 

 from tlie list: C. ufanki/i, C. yarrelU, and C. mctgdldiiim. If, as he states, 

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

 tlie C. notata of Dubns, a Mexican species, not since met with in our limits. 

 The otlier two were given him as coming from Calil'ornia, — a statement we 

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



Chrysomitris tristis, Bon. 



YELLOW-BIBD; THISTLE-BIBD. 



PringHln tristis, Linn, Syst. Nat. I, 17»>(i, 320. — Wii.s. Am. (1rii. \, 1808, 20, pi. i, f. 2. 

 — Alfn. Orn. l?ing. 1, 1831, 172; V, .510, pi. x\.\iii. Cunliides fri.'ili.i, Hon. Obs. 

 Wils. 182.5, No. 96. — Aui). Rmls Am. II, 18tl, 120, i<\. dxxxi. ~ Max. V-.th. .bmrn, 

 vi, 1858, 281. Chrnsiiiailri.i Iri.-ilis, BoN. Li.st, 1838. — Nl'.wiir.iiuv, Zoiil. C,d. & Or. 

 Route ; Rep. P. R. R. Sinv. A'll, iv, 1857, 87. — H.\ii!l>, Birds N. Am. It.S, 421.— 

 Cooper & SrrKi.KV, 197. — t'ciopni!, Orn. Cal. 1, 167. ,!str<i;ialiiii(s tristis, C'aiianis, 

 Mus. lli'in. 1851, 159 (type). rtinliicHs (imericmin, (Edwaimis,') Sw. & Rich. V. B. A. 

 II, 1831, 268. Githlin Fim-h, Pr.NNANT. Amirican Onhljiiich, KnwAKUS. ('Ininliiu- 

 ncrrt jiniiic ; Chirdounrnidii ('iinadu : Turin dc In Xniinllr Vorck, BuFFO.v. — III. PI. 

 enl., pL ccii, f. 2, pi. ccxcii, f. 1. — Samuels, Bird.s N. Eiig. 288. 



Sp. Ciiau. ^fale. Bright gamboge-yellow ; crown, wings, and tail black. Lessor 

 wing-covert.«, band .across the end of greater ones, ends of secondaries and tertiaries, inner 

 margins of tail-fiNVlhers, upper and inider tail-coverts, and tibia white. Length, .'').2o 

 inches; wing, .'i.OO. Fcniuli: Yellowish-gray abov(> ; greenish-yellow below. No black 

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



