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FRINGILLIN.®. FRINGILLA. 
185. 5. Carduelis Stanley!, Aud. Stanley Goldfinch. 
Not figured. 
Bill thick ; second and third quills equal, first little shorter. Male 
with the upper part of the head black, the back and scapulars yellow- 
ish-g-reen, faintly streaked with dusky, the rump inclining to greenish- 
yellow ; the wings and tail 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 at the base of the primary 
and secondar}^ quills ; tail also yellow in its basal third, except on the 
middle feather ; lower parts greenish-yellow, feeding into white on the 
abdomen ,* feathers on the throat black at the base ; lower tail-coverts 
yellow, tipped with white, and having a central dusky streak. Female 
dull yellowish-green above, faintly streaked with dusky, paler beneath. 
In this species, which I have named in honour of the illustrious Earl 
of Derby, the bill is so thick and short as to approach in form to that 
of the European Greenfinch. 
Male, 4:^0, wing, 2 y§. 
Upper California. 
GENUS IX. FRINGILLA, Linn. FINCH. 
Bill short, stout, conical, somewhat compressed, pointed ; 
upper mandible of the same breadth as the lower, with its 
dorsal line straight, the ridge indistinct, the sides rounded, 
the edges ascending at the base, the notches obsolete, the 
tip scarcely deflected ; lower mandible with the angle very 
short and rounded, the dorsal line straight, the sides convex, 
the edges inflected, the tip acute. Nostrils basal, roundish, 
concealed by the feathers. Head rather large, ovate ; neck 
short ; body compact. Legs of moderate length ; tarsus rather 
short, compressed, with seven scutella ; toes moderate ; hind 
toe stout, lateral equal. Claws rather long, arched, com- 
pressed, acute. Plumage rather compact, but blended. 
Wings of moderate length, with the second, third, and fourth 
quills longest. Tail of moderate length, slightly emarginate. 
Roof of upper mandible moderately concave, with three lon- 
gitudinal ridges ; tongue compressed, channelled above, 
horny, rather obtuse and concave at the end ; oesophagus 
