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AMERICAN GOLD-FINCH. 

 (Fringilla tristis.) 



Fr. jiava? front e nigra, alls Juscis. 



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

 Fringilla tristis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1.320. 12. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 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./. 2. 

 American Gold-finch. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 2<i2.—*Edwards. 

 274. — Lath. Gen. Syn.3. 288. 67. — Lath. Syn. Sup. 166. 



Length about four and a half inchest 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, 



