FRINGILLIN^. CARDUELIS. 
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Five seen in winter at Henderson in Kentucky, of which I procured 
two. 
Black-headed Siskin, Fringilla magellanica, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 46. 
183. 3. Carduelis psaltria, Say. Arkansaw Goldfinch. 
Plate CCCC. Fig. 1. Male. 
Bill moderately stout ; second quill longest, third scarcely shorter. 
Male with the upper part of the head black ; hind neck, back, and 
scapulars yellowish-green, spotted with greenish-brown ; rump green- 
ish-yellow; upper tail-coverts dusky, margined with yellow, as on 
the smaller wing-coverts ; the other coverts and quills black ; second- 
ary coverts broadly tipped with pale yellow, forming a conspicuous 
band; quills margined with yellowish-white, all except the outer 
three and the inner secondaries, white toward the base ; tail-feathers 
brownish-black, narrowly edged with whitish, and all, except the 
middle and lateral with a whitish space at the base, running out along 
the outer margin so as to form a conspicuous patch. Female similar, but 
without the black on the head, 
Jkfalej 4i, 8, 
Eastern bases of Rocky Mountains, and Western Plains. Acciden- 
tal in Lower Louisiana. Common. Migratory. 
Arkansaw Siskin, Fringilla psaltria. Sat, Long’s Exped. v. ii. p. 40. 
Fringilla psaltria. Bo nap. Syn. p. 111. 
Arkansas Siskin, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 510. 
Arkansaw Siskin, Fringilla psaltria, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 85. 
184. 4. Carduelis Yarrellii, Aud. YarrelPs Goldfinch. 
Plate CCCCXXXIII. Fig. 4. Male. Fig. 5. Female. 
Bill very thick ; second quill longest, third slightly longer than first. 
Male with the upper part of the head black, the back and scapulars 
yellowish-green, the hind neck and rump yellow ; the wings and tail 
brownish-black ; the former, when extended, crossed by two bands, 
one greenish-yellow, tipping the first row of small coverts, the other 
bright yellow and broad, on the base of the primary and secondary 
quills ; tail also yellow in its basal half ; lower parts bright yellow. 
Female with the upper parts yellowish-green, the lower dull greenish- 
yellow. This species, which has the bill thicker than any other here 
described, although it is otherwise inferior in size, not having been 
found by me any where noticed, I propose to honour with the name 
of my excellent friend Mr Yarrell. In my ornithological biography it 
is described as the Mexican Goldfinch, but that species has the back 
black, and the bases of the quills and tail-feathers white. 
Male, 4, wing, 
Upper California, 
Mexican Goldfinch, Fringilla Mexicana, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 282. 
