480 



NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Chrysomitris pinus, Woy.w. 



FINE GOLDFINCH. 



Fringilla pinii/t, Wii.son', Am. Oiii. II, 1810, 133, pi. xvii, f. 1. — Aun. Orn. Rioj». 11, 

 1834, 45") ; V, r>0!», pi. rl.\.\.\. ViimjiUa (ViinUtdis) pimi.i, Hon. Obs. Wil.s. 182'), 

 No. 103. Liiinrid piiiiis, AliD. Synopsis, 1839,115. — III. Birds Am. Ill, 1841, 125, 

 pi. t'lx.x.x. Clirijmiiiitris jriniis, Uon.M'. C'oiisp. 1850, 515. — Baikd, Hirils N. Am. 

 1858, 425. — CooPEU & Sccki.ky, 1!»7. — CooPKit, Orn. Ciil. I, 172. — S.\mi'ki,.s, 290. 

 .'.' Oifi/.iiiiiu'/ri.i mticmplcni, Di:ULs, Esij. Orn. tab. 23 (Mexico). — Ijr. ConsiM.'ctus, 

 1850, 515. 



Sp. Cii.vr. Tail deeply forkoil. Above browni.sh-olive. Beneath whitish, every feather 



streaked distinctly with dusky. Conceal'j ! 

 bases of tail-feathers anil quills, together with 

 tiieir inner edges, sidphur-yellow. Outer 

 edges ot ([uills and tail-feathers yellowisii- 

 green. Two brownisli-wiiito bands on the 

 wing. Length, 4.75 ; wing, 3.00 ; tail, 2.20. 

 Sexes alike. Younrj similar, but the white 

 below tinged with yellow, the npper parts 

 with reddish-brown, and there are two pale 

 oehrac.'eous band.s on the wing. 

 Chrysomitris pinus. IIaii. North America from Atlantic to 



Piicific; Vera Cruz, plateau and alpine region (Simiciiu.vst, I, .juO). 



Specimens from all parts of North America appear to be the same, but 

 there is a ijreat deal of variation among individuals. No. 10,225 ,y,Fort 

 Tejon, California, and 51,036, Colorado Territory, are almost entirely white 

 beneath, the streaks being hardly observable. 32,705, Mexico, and 9,524, 

 "NVasliington Territcny, are nnstreaked medially. No. 11,090, Fort Bridger, 

 has the streaks on the sides nnusually broad, and very black. 



In autumn and winter a reddisli-brown tinge overspreads the upper parts. 



Hahits. Though classed with the Goldfinches of this country, the Pine 

 Finch, in many respects more nearly resembles, in its habits and nidification, 

 the Carpo(h(ci. It is found throughout the United States, from the Atlantic 

 to the Pacific. In the winter it extends its irregular migrations into the Cen- 

 tral States, as f\ir as Northern California on the Pacific, and Southern Penn- 

 sylvania on the Atlantic. It breeds throughout tlie Pritiah Provinces, 

 Northern Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New Yorlc, Michigan, and 

 thence to Washington Territory, in all the evergreen forests. 



At Calais, Me., it is resident throughout the year, and breeds there, but is 

 much more common in the winter than in the summer. In Western Maine, 

 Professor Verrill observed it very common, both in the s])ring and in the 

 fall, but never found it breeding. He found it very abundant about the 

 Umbagog lakes in Jidy, where it was evidently breeding. It breeds also 

 abundantly among tlie White Mountain.s. 



Mr. liidgway first saw the I'ine Finch on the East Humboldt Mountains, 



