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FRINGILLIDiE, FINCHES, ETC. GEN. 62. 



black cap disappears, and the general plumage changes to a pale flaxen 

 brown alcove, and whitey-brown below, with traces of the j'ellow, 

 especially about the head : this continues until the following April or 

 May. 9 olivaceous, including the crown ; below soiled yellowish, wings 

 and tail dusky, whitish-edged : j'oung like the ? . About 4f long ; wing 2| ; 

 tail 2, a little forked ; ? rather smaller than the ^ . North America, 

 especially the Eastern United States ; an abundant and familiar species, 

 conspicuous by its liright colors, and plaintive lisping notes ; in the fall, 

 collects in large flocks, and so reniains until the breeding season; irregularly 

 migratorj'' ; feeds especially on the seeds of the thistle and buttonwood ; flies 

 in an undulating course. Nest small, compact, built of downy and very soft 

 pliant substances, with stucco-work of lichens, placed in a crotch; eggs 4-5, 

 white, speckled. WiLS., i, 20, pi. 1, f. 2; Ndtt., i, 507; Aud., iii, 129, 



pi. 181; Bu., 421 tkistis. 



'0 Lci'wrence's Goldfinch. $ gi'iji whiteniug on the belly and crissuni : 



rump, a large breast patch, and (jfteu 

 much of the back, rich yellow; crown, 

 face and chin black; wings black, 

 variegated with yellow, most of the 

 coverts Ijeing of this color, and the same 

 broadly edging the quills ; tail l)lack, 

 most of the feathers with large square 

 white spots ou the inner web ; bill and 

 feet dark. The 9 resembles the male, 

 but thei'e is no black on the head, and the 

 jellow places are not so bright. Size of 

 (listifi, or rather less ; an elegant species. 

 California, Arizona, and probably New Mexico. Bd., 424; Elliot, pi. 8; 



Coop., 171 lawrencei. 



^ Arkansas Goldfinch. $ olive-green, below yellow; crown black, this 

 not extending below eyes; wings 

 black, most of the qnills 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. 4^-4J ; wing 

 2J; tail 2. Plains to the Pacific, 

 U. S., rather southerly. Aud., iii, 134, pi. 183 ; Nutt., i, 510 ; Bd., 422 ; 



Coop., 168 psalteia. 



Var. ARizoNiE CouES, Proc. Phila. Acad., 1806, p. 40 ; Coop., 170. Tlie upper 

 parts mixed olive and black in about equal amoimts, thus leading directly into 



Fig 



Lawrence'ri Guldfinch. 



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Fig. 79. Arkansas Goldfinch. 

 (Ai'izona variety.) 



