535 
CHRYSOMITRIS CITRINELLA 
(CITRIL FINCH.) 
Passer serinus italicus, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 182 (1760). 
Fringilla citrinella, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 320 (1766). 
Emberiza brumalis, Scop. Ann. I. Hist. Nat. p. 145 (1769). 
Venturon de Provence, D’Aubent. Pl. Enl. 658. fig. 2 (1770). 
Spinus citrinella (.), Koch, Baier. Zool. i. p. 234 (1816). 
Serinus citrinella (L.), Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 555. 
Spinus citrinellus (L.), C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 286 (1831). 
Carduelis citrinella (.), Gould, B. of Eur. pl. 198 (1837). 
Citrinella serinus, Bp. Comp. List, p. 34. no. 219 (1838, nec Linn. ). 
Fringilla (Chlorospiza) citrinella (L.), Keys. & Blas. Wirbelth. Eur. p. xli. (1840). 
Cannabina citrinella (L.), Degl. Orn. Eur. i. p. 234 (1849). 
Citrinella alpina (Scop.) [ubi?], Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 520 (1850). 
Chloroptila citrinella, Salvad. Att. R. Acc. Sc. di Tor. vii. p. 260 (1871). 
Venturon alpin, French; Venturone, Italian; Citronenzeisig, Citronenfink, German. 
) 3 gq 
Figure notabiles. 
D’Aubenton, Pl. Enl. 652. fig. 2; Werner, Atlas, Granivores, pl. 47; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. 
taf. 17. fig. 8; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 124. figs. 3,4; Gould, B. of Eur. pl. 198. 
3 ad. piil. est. pileo frontali, regione circum basin rostri ad oculum, gula, corpore subtus, uropygio et supra- 
caudalibus pulchré viridi-flavis: nucha, collo postico et colli lateribus schistaceo-cinereis: dorsi plumis 
pallidé fusco-cinereis conspicué viridi marginatis: remigibus et rectricibus nigro-fuscis, extus flavo- 
viridi marginatis: tectricibus alarum nigricantibus, valdé flavo-viridi terminatis : hypochondriis schis- 
taceo-cinereis : rostro purpureo-corneo: iride fuscé: pedibus brunnescenti-carneis. 
@ ad. mari similis sed sordidior, capite minus flavido notato, dorso erisescentiore, corpore subtus allidiore, 
? pP 2 co) ? 
pectore cinereo flavo-viridi immixto. 
3 ptil. hiem. facie frontali et corpore subtis magis flavis et pulchrioribus, dorso rufescenti-brunneo vix viridi 
lavato, plumis centraliter saturaté brunneis. 
Adult Male in summer (Baden, 15th June). Crown, space round the bill as far as the eye, throat in front, 
entire underparts, rump, and upper tail-coverts greenish yellow, or yellowish apple-green ; nape, hind 
neck, and sides of the neck slaty blue; back dull green, with brownish markings, the feathers beimg 
greyish in the centre and broadly margined with green; quills and tail blackish, with narrow yellowish 
external margins; wing-coverts broadly tipped with yellowish green, this colour forming a distinct 
band across the wing, the lesser coverts having the dark basal portion concealed; flanks greyish slate ; 
