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List of specimens. 



CHEYSOMITEIS YAEEELLI, B o n a p . 



Yarrell's Goldfinch. 



Cariudis yamlli, Aun. Syn. 1839, 117.— Ib. Birds Am III, 1841, 136 ; pi. 184. 

 Fringilla mexicana, Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 283 ; pi. 433, fig. 4. (Not of Swainson.) 

 Chrysomitris mexicana, Bp. List, 1838. (Not of Conspectus.) 



Sp. Ch. — Bill very large. Head above to middle of eyes and to the rictus, black. Body generally bright yellow ; back and 

 wing coverts olive green. Wings and tail black ; the bases of the tail feathers and of quills, except the inner tertials and outer 

 web of fii-st primary, yellow. Length, 4 inches ; wing, 2.40 ; tail, 1.65. 



Hub. — California, (.') probably from western Mexico. 



The bill of this species is enormously large and full for the genus. The second quill is 

 longest ; the first and third hut little shorter. The markings of the wings and tail are almost 

 exactly as in O . magellanicus ; the difference between the two is in the smaller size, brighter 

 nape, and black crown only, instead of an entirely black head. 



The specimen described is Mr. Audubon's original, and appears to have been kept for a time 

 in a cage. 



List of specimens. 



CHEYSOMITEIS TEISTIS, Bon. 



Yellow Bird; Thistle Bird. 



Fnngilla tristis, LmN. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 390.— Gm. I, 907.— Wils. Am. Orn. I, 1808, 20 ; pi. i, f. 2.— Aud. Orn. 



Biog. I, 1831, 172 : V, 510 ; pi. 33. 

 Cardueles tristis, Bon. Obs. Wils, l'-25, No. 9fi.— Ann. Syn. 1839, 116.— Ib. Birds Amer. 11, 1841, 129 ; pi. 181. 

 Chrysomitris tristis. Eon. List, 1838. — Ib. Conspectus, 1850, 517. — Newberrt, ZooL Gal. & Or. Route ; Rep. P. R. 



R. Surv. VII, IV, 1857, 87. 

 Jlstragalinus tristis, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. 1851, 159, (type.) 

 CardueUs americana, (Edwards,) Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II, 1831, 268. 

 Golden Finch, Pennant. — Jlmerican Goldfinch, Edwards. — Chardonneret jaune ; Chardonneret du Canada. — Tarin de 



la JVouvelle Yorck, Buffon.— Ib. PI. enl., pi. 202, f. 2 ; pi. 292, f. 1, 2. 



Sp. Oh. Bright gamboge yellow ; crown, wings, and tail black. Lesser wing coverts, band across the end of greater ones, 



ends of secondaries and tertiaries, inner margins of tail feathers, upper and under tail coverts, and tibia, white. Length, 5.25 

 inches ; wing, 3. 



Hab. — North America generally. 



