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216. 



317. 



F:g. 220. — Lawrence's Goldfinch, 

 (Altered from Audubon.) 



Lawrence's Goldfinch. 



-coliircd. In Scpteinher, tlic black cap disappears; tho general plumage changes to a 

 pale tlaxeu-l)V<>\vn abc.ive and vvhitey-Tirown below, with traces of the yellow, especially 

 abiint the head; wings and tail much as in summer; sexes then much alike: this con- 

 tinues untilthc following April or May. Length 4.S0-.5.20; extent 8.75-9.25; wing 3.75; 

 tail 2.00; ? olivaceous above, including the crown: behixv .foiled yellowish, wings and tail 

 diirf<y, Mdiitish-edged ; rather smaller than the (J. 

 Young like tho winter 9; when very young, suf- 

 fused with fulvous, and the wings edged with tawny. 

 N. Am., especially the Eastern U. S. ; an abundant 

 and famihar species, conspicuous by its bright 

 colors, and "plaintive lisping notes; in the fall, 

 collects in large flocks, and so remains until the 

 breeding season ; irregularly migratory, but winters 

 a.s for north as New England ; feeds especially on 

 the seeds of the thistle and buttonwood ; flies in 

 an undulating course. Nest small, compact, built 

 of downy and other soft pliant substances, placed 

 in a crotch ; eggs 4-G, faintly bluish-white, nor- 

 mally unmarked, 0.65 X 0.50. 

 •ZH. A. lawren'cil. (To G. N. Lawrence, of New York. Fig. 220.) 



(J, in summer : Gray, more or less tinged with yellowish, whitening on the belly and crissum ; 

 rump, a large breast-patch, and much of the back rich yellow; crown, face, and chin black; 

 wings black, variegated with yellow, most of the coverts being of this color, and the same 

 broadly edging the quills; inner secondaries edged Math hoary gray ; tail black, most of the 

 feathers with large square white spots on the inner webs and whitish edging of the outer ; bill 

 and feet flesh-color more or less obscured. The ? resembles the ^, but there is no black on 

 the head, and the yellow places are not so bright ; yellow of the back often wanting. (J 9 > in 

 winter : The yellowish of the upper parts changed to olive-gray, but the yellow of other parts 

 often as bright as in summer, and the black of the ^'s head the same. Size of tristis, or 

 rather less; an elegant species. California, Arizona, and New Mexico. General habits the 

 same as those of C. tristis; nest and eggs indistinguishable. 

 215. A. psal'tria. (Gi. yj/dXTpM, psaUria, a laiist. Fig. 221.) Arkansaw Goldfinch. J', adult: 



Upper parts uniform olive-green, without any 

 black ; below yellow ; crown black, this not 

 extending below eyes; wings black, most of 

 the quills and the greater coverts white-tipped, 

 and the primaries white at base ; tail black, 

 the outermost three pairs of feathers with a 

 long rectangular white spot on the inner web. 

 9 and young similar, but not so bright, and 

 no black on the head ; sometimes, also, no 

 decided white spots on the tail. Length 4.25- 

 4.50 ; wing 2.30 ; tail 2.00. Plains to the 

 Pacific, U. S., southerly; N. at least to the 

 head-waters of the Platte. A pretty species, 

 of the same habits as the common Goldfinch ; nest and eggs the same. Southward this form 

 passes directly into 



Arkansaw Goldfinch, reduced. 



A. p. arizo'nae. (Lat., of Arizona.) Arizona Goldfinch 



and l)lack in about equal amounts ; thus leading directly into 



A. p. mexlca'nus. (Lat. Mexican. Fig. 222.) Mexican Goldfinch 



The upper parts mixed olive 

 The upper parts con- 



