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greenish-yellow, tipping the first row of small coverts ; the other bright 
yellow and broad, on the base of the primary and secondary quills ; the 
tail also yellow in its basal half. The lower parts are bright yellow. 
Length to end of tail 4 T 2 2 inches ; bill along the ridge A : wing from 
flexure 2 T 6 a ; tail 1 T V ; tarsus T %- ; hind toe its claw fk ; middle toe 
claw tV 
Female. 
The female, which is smaller, has no black on the head, that part, with 
the hind neck, back, rump, scapulars and smaller wing-coverts being light 
yellowish-green, tinged with grey ; the wings and tail wood-brown ; the 
coverts tipped with dull yellowish-green ; the bases of the primary quills 
white ; the quills edged with greyish-white ; the base of the tail, the two 
middle feathers excepted, white on the inner webs to within half an inch 
of the end ; the lower parts are dull greenish-yellow. 
Length to end of tail 4 inches ; bill along the ridge T 4 2 ; wing from 
flexure 21 ; tail II ; tarsus r ® 2 . 
In the brief specific character of this species given by Mr. Swainson, the 
bird is said to be “ glossy black, beneath yellow ; base of the quills and 
lateral tail-feathers white.” The first and last of these characters, however, 
do not agree with the male presented by himself, which has only the upper 
part of the head, and part of the wings and tail black, the back being 
yellowish-green. This species is much smaller than the Arkansaw Siskin, 
and is very similar in its markings, but is of a much brighter yellow. 
STANLEY GOLDFINCH 
Carduelis Stanleyi, Aud. 
PLATE CLXXXY. — Female. 
Bill thick ; second and third quills equal, first little shorter. Male with 
the upper part of the head black, the back and scapulars yellowish-green, 
faintly streaked with dusky, the rump inclinging 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 yel- 
low, and broad at the base of the primary and secondary quills ; ts 1 also 
