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AMERICAN GOLD-FINCH. 



(Fringilla tristis.) 



Fr. Jlava, fronte nigra, alisjuscis. 



Yellow Finch, with a black forehead, and brown wings. 



Fringilla tristis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1.320. \2.—Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



I.907. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1.452.64. 

 Carduelis Americana. Bris. 3. 64. 3. 

 Le Chardonneret jaune. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 212. — Buff. 



PL Enl. 202. f. 2. 

 American Gold-finch. Venn, Arct. Zool. 2. 212. — Edwards. 



274. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 288. 57. — Lath. Syn. Sup. 166. 



Length about four and a half inches: beak 

 white: irides hazel: forehead black : wing-coverts 

 and quills the same ; the former with a white 

 band, and the latter with the edges and tips of the 

 lesser ones white : rest of the body yellow : thighs 

 and tail-coverts yellowish white : tail black: legs 

 white: female without the black on the head: the 

 upper parts of the body are olive green : throat, 

 breast, and rump, pale yellow : belly and vent 

 white : in other respects similar to the male, but 

 paler : found about New York, in the summer : 

 feeds on thistles : are called York Yellows : like- 

 wise found at Surinam and Jamaica. 



