ARKANSAW SISKIN. 
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» 0 exterior primary is equal to the third ; both are 
tL Mttle shorter than the second, which is longest ; 
Iv 0uter ' veljs of the second, third, arid fourth primaries, 
t . whitish near their bases, form a distinct spot on 
1)] ° The tail is rounded, the feathers being 
brown ; the two intermediate ones are imma- 
0 j te > somewhat paler than the others. The adjoining 
] a , es have a small white spot at tip, which, on the 
, ttl ° ra l feathers, increases in size, until, on the exterior 
ty/v *t occupies half the total length of the feather; 
lip its exterior web is white to the base. 
c I female is very similar to the male, but the 
So °i UrS are (luller > an<l the stripes on the head are not 
l^pcided ; the auriculars, moreover, are yellowish- 
t 0 J'''s species has the bill and feet precisely similar 
Oth ° Se ot Wilson’s black-throated bunting, and those 
."'''-P rinyillat, and supposed Emb&rizat, of which 1 have 
.'pouted the sub-genus Spiza, in my Observations 
an Wil S o n ' s Ornithology. It cannot be mistaken for 
other species, being very peculiar in its markings 
Planners. 
-0 FRINGILLA PSALTRIA , SAY. ARKANSAW SISKIN. 
BONAPARTE, PLATE VI. PIG. III. 
p ' A very pretty little bird,” writes Say, in his 
«X| Cl ? Us zoological notes to the journal of Long’s 
“ was frequently seen hopping about in the 
tp a tr «es or bushes, singing sweetly, somewhat in the 
ail f “or of the American goldlinch, or hempbird, Frin- 
Co] “ tristis. The tints, and the distribution of the 
dvJ"* 8 of its plumage, resemble, in a considerable 
of^tH 0 ’ fhose of the autumnal and less brilliant vesture 
disf- at ' v, ‘ll known species. It may, however, be 
b , l >i s hed, in addition to other differences, by the 
3 tip 0 f its tail feathers, and the white wing spot.” 
h as he Arkansaw siskin inhabits the country near the 
6 °f the Rocky Mountains, south of the river Platte, 
