FEMALE AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. 211 
FEMALE AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. (fringilla 
tristis. ) 
PLATE VI.—Fic. 4. 
Wilson’s American Ornithology, i. p. 20, pl. 1, fig. 2, for the male and history. — 
Fringilla tristis, Zinn. Syst. i. p. 320, sp. 12, male.—G'mel. Syst. i. p. 907, sp. 
12.—Lath. Ind. p. 452, sp. 64.—Vieill. Nouv. Dict. d’ Hist. Nat. xii. p. 167. 
—Fringilla spinus, var. y, Gmel. Syst. i. p. 914, sp. 25, male in winter 
plumage.—Carduelis Americana, Briss. Av. iii. p. 64, sp. 3.—Carduelis 
Americanus, the American Goldfinch, Catesby, Carolina, i. p. 43, pl. 43, male 
in spring dress.—Bart. Trav. p. 291.—Chardonneret jaune, Buff. Ois. iv. p. 
212.—Chardonneret du Canada, Buff. Pl. enl. 202, fig. 2, male in spring 
dress.—Tarin de la Nouvelle York, Buff. Otis. iv. p. 231.—Pl. enl. 292, 
fig. 1, male changing; fig. 2, male in winter dress.—Golden Finch, Penn. 
Arct. Zool. sp. 242.—American Goldfinch, Hdwards, Glean. ii. p. 183, pl. 
274, male and female.— Lath. Syn. ii. part 1, p. 288, sp. 57; Id. 1st Suppl. 
p. 196.—Siskin, var. B; Lath. Syn. ii. part 1, p. 291, sp. 58, male changing.— 
Philadelphia Museum, No. 6344, male ; No. 6345, female ; No. 6346, albino. 
CARDUELIS AMERICAN A.—EDWARDS. 
Male and note, see vol. i. pp. 11, 15. 
We have been induced, by the analogy existing between the 
preceding new species and this common bird, to figure them 
as companions on the same plate, that they may be immedi- 
ately and readily compared. ‘To give the present figure more 
interest, we have chosen the female, though we might, with 
equal propriety, have selected the male in winter plumage, as 
the latter differs but slightly from its mate during that season, 
The very great dissimilarity between the sexes in their spring 
dress will justify the reappearance of a bird already given by 
Wilson, more especially as it has, in this state, been mistaken 
for a distinct species, and most unaccountably arranged in the 
systems as a variety of the European siskin. 
The history of this bird, which so completely resembles the 
goldfinch of Europe in song and habits, being nearly com- 
pleted by the golden pen of Wilson, we shall not attempt to 
add any observations of our own, but shall refer the reader to 
his volume, quoted above, for its biography. As we cannot 
but observe that his description is short and somewhat imper- 
