ARKANSAW SISKIN. 
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considerably in appearance. They reside in cold and tempe- 
rate climates, with the exception of a few species that inhabit 
Africa and South America. 
The crimson-necked bullfinch is found in the district of 
country extending along the base of the Rocky Mountains, 
near the Arkansaw River, and has not been observed else- 
where. In the month of July, when our specimens were ob- 
tained, these birds occur in small scattered flocks, keeping 
mostly on the tops of the cotton-wood trees, on whose buds 
they partially feed. Their voice considerably resembles that 
of their relative, the Fringilla purpurea, 
ARKANSAW SISKIN FRINGILLA PSALTARIA. 
Plate VI. Fig. 3. 
Fringilla psaltaria, Say, in Long's Exped. ii. p. 40 — Phil. Museum, No. 6278. 
See note, vol. i. pp. 12 and 15. 
CARDUELIS PSALTARIA.— Bonaparte. 
Fringilla (subgen. Carduelis) psaltaria, Bonap. Synop. p. 111. 
‘‘ A VERY pretty little bird,” writes Say, in his precious 
zoological notes to the Journal of Long’s Expedition, ‘‘was fre- 
quently seen hopping about in the low trees or bushes, singing 
sweetly, somewhat in the manner of the American goldfinch 
or hempbird, Fringilla tristis. The tints, and the distribution 
of the colours of its plumage, resemble, in a considerable de- 
gree, those of the autumnal and less brilliant vesture of that 
well-known species. It may, however, be distinguished, in 
addition to other differences, by the black tip of its tail feathers, 
and the white wing spot.” 
The Arkansaw siskin inhabits the country near the base of 
the Rocky Mountains, south of the River Platte, and probably 
is also to be found in Mexico. The only specimen brought by 
the party was shot on the 16th of July, near Boiling Spring 
Creek : on the annexed plate, it is figured in company with 
the American goldfinch in autumnal plumage, for the sake of 
comparison. 
