86 ARKANSAW SISKIN. 



tlier long, moderately arched, much compressed, laterally grooved, very 

 acute. 



Plumage very soft and blended ; short stifl&sh feathers at the base 

 of the biU. Wings rather long, little concave ; the second, third, and 

 fourth primaries cut out toward the end ; the second longest, the first half 

 a twelfth shorter, the third scarcely a quarter of a twelfth shorter than 

 the second, and exceeding the fourth by a twelfth and a half, the next 

 four and a quarter twelfths shorter ; some of the inner primaries and 

 most of the secondaries distinctly emarginate. Tail rather short, deeply 

 emarginate, the feathers obliquely pointed and divaricate. 



Bill flesh-coloured, the upper mandible dusky toward the end. Feet 

 and claws reddish-brown. The upper part of the head is deep black ; 

 the hind neck, back, and scapulars yellowish-green, each feather green- 

 ish-brown in the centre ; the rump greenish-yellow, the upper tail-co- 

 verts dusky, margined with greenish-yeUow, as are the smaller wing- 

 coverts. The other coverts and quills are black ; the secondary-coverts 

 broadly tipped with pale yellow, which forms a conspicuous band across 

 the wing ; the quills are margined with yellowish-white, the inner more 

 broadly : all the quills, the outer three, and the inner secondaries ex- 

 cepted, are white toward the base. The tail is brownish-black, the 

 feathers narrowly edged with brownish- white, and all, excepting the 

 two middle and the lateral, with a white space at the base, which runs 

 out along the outer margin forming a conspicuous patch. All the lower 

 parts are bright-yellow, but the cheeks and the sides of the neck are 

 tinged with green, and the feathers of the chin are blackish in the 

 centre. 



Length to end of tail 4^ inches ; extent of wings 8 ; bill along the 

 ridge ||, along the edge of lower mandible || ; wing from flexure 2-^^ ; 

 tail 2 ; tarsus ^^ ; hind toe i%, its claw || ; middle toe |^, its claw ^^. 



The Female is similar to the male, but wants the black patch on 

 the head, that part being green like the back. 



