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FRINGILLA PINUS. 
you to walk wulhin a few yards of the spot wheP® * 
whole flock of them are sitting-. They flutter anionff 
the branches, frequently hanging by the cones, a*'® 
uttering a note almost exactly like that of the goldfiofbi 
(F. tristis.) I have not a doubt but this bird apppa*^ 
in a richer dress in summer in those places where h* 
breeds, as he has so very great a resemblance to tb® 
bird above mentioned, with whose changes we are n'® 
acquainted. 
The length of this species is four inches; breadtb’ 
eight inches; upper part of the head, the neck, au 
back, a dark flaxen colour, streaked with black; winr* 
black, marked with two rows of dull white, or cre*^ 
colour; whole wing quills, under the coverts, ri®® 
yellow, appearing even when the wings are shut ; ruiaP 
and tail-coverts, yellowish, streaked with dark bro"'" ’ 
tail feathers, rich j'ellow from the roots half vvaV 1® 
the tips, except the two middle ones, which are black'*® 
brown, slightly edged with yellow; sides under tb 
wings, of a cream colour, with long streaks of black' 
breast, a light flaxen colour, with small streaks 
pointed spots of black; legs, purplish brown; bilk , 
dull horn colour ; eyes, hazel. The female was scarce 
distinguishable by its plumage from the male. The N®' , 
York siskin of Pennant,* appears to be only the yell®" 
bird (fringilla tristis) in his winter dress. 
This bird has a still greater rcsemblence to the 
of Europe, ( F. spinus,) and may, perhaps, be the sp®®!^ I 
described by Turton,f as the black Mexican I 
which he .says is varie'l above with black and yello"'i* ’ 
and is white beneath, and which is also said to s'"® 1 
finely. This change from flaxen to v'ellow is observab 
in the goldfinch ; and no other two birds of our cou"!'^^ 
resemble each other more than these do in their wi®*®' 
dresses. 
* Arctic Zoology, p. .372, No. 243. 
t Tohton, vol. i, p. 660. 
