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greenish-yellow, tipping the first row of small coverts; the other bright 

 yellow and broad, on the base of the primary and secondary quills; the tail 

 also yellow in its basal half. The lower parts are bright yellow. 



Length to end of tail 4 T 2 2 inches; bill along the ridge yf; wing from 

 flexure Sy^; tail 1-ff; tarsus y^; hind toe yf, its claw y^; middle toe yf, 

 claw y%. 



Female. 



The female, which is smaller, has no black on the head, that part, with the 

 hind neck, back, rump, scapulars and smaller wing-coverts being light yel- 

 lowish-green, tinged with grey; the wings and tail wood-brown; the coverts 

 tipped with dull yellowish-green; the bases of the primary quills white; the 

 quills edged with greyish-white; the base of the tail, the two middle feathers 

 excepted, white on the inner webs to within half an inch of the end; the 

 lower parts are dull greenish-yellow. 



Length to end of tail 4 inches; bill along the ridge T %; wing from flexure 

 2\\ tail If; tarsus ^. 



In the brief specific character of this species given by Mr. Swainson, the 

 bird is said to be "glossy black, beneath yellow; base of the quills and lateral 

 tail-feathers white." The first and last of these characters, however, do not 

 agree with the male presented by himself, which has only the upper part of 

 the head, and part of the wings and tail black, the back being yellowish- 

 green. This species is much smaller than the Arkansaw Siskin, and is very 

 similar in its markings, but is of a much brighter yellow. 



STANLEY GOLDFINCH. 



Carduelis Stanleyi, Aud. 



PLATE CLXXXV— Female. 



Bill thick; second and third quills equal, first little shorter. Male with 

 the upper part of the head black, the back and scapulars yellowish-green, 

 faintly streaked with dusky, the rump inclining to greenish-yellow; the 

 wings and tail black; the former, when extended, crossed by two bands, one 

 greenish-yellow, tipping the first row of small coverts, the other bright yel- 

 low, and broad at the base of the primary and secondary quills; tail also 



