214. 
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217. 
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flesh-colored. In September, the black cap disappears; the general plumage changes to a 
pale flaxen-brown above and whitey-brown below, with traces of the yellow, especially 
about the head; wings and tail much as in summer; sexes then much alike: this con- 
tinues until the following April or May. Length 4.80-5.20; extent 8.75-9.25; wing 2.75; 
tail 2.00; @ olivaceous above, including the crown: below soiled yellowish, wings and tail 
dusky, whitish-edged ; rather smaller than the ¢. , 
Young like the winter ?; when very young, suf- 
fused with fulvous, and the wings edged with tawny. 
N. Am., especially the Eastern U. S.; an abundant 
and familiar 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 
as far 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 4-6, faintly bluish-white, nor- Fic, 220 — Lawrence’s Goldfinch, reduced. 
mally unmarked, 0.65 & 0.50. (Altered from Audubon.) - 
A. lawren’cii. (To G. N. Lawrence, of New York. Fig. 220.) LAWRENCE’s GOLDFINCH. 
6, in summer: Gray, more or less tinged with yellowish, whitening on the belly and crissuin ; 
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 with 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 9? resembles the @, but there is no black on 
the head, and the yellow places are not so bright; yellow of the back often wanting. ¢ 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. 
A.psal'tria, (Gr. WdArpia, psaléria, a lutist. Fig. 221.) ArKansaw GoLpFIncH. 4, 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. 
@ 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 
. Fic, 221. —Arkansaw Goldfinch, reduced. (After Pacific, U.S., southerly; N. at least to the 
Audubon.) 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 
A. p. arizonz. (Lat., of Arizona.) ARIzoNA GOLDFINCH. The upper parts mixed olive 
and black in about equal amounts ; thus leading directly into _ 
A. p. mexica/nus. (Lat. Mexican. Fig. 222.) Mexican Gouprincg. The upper parts con- 
