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U. S. P. R. R EXP, AND SURVEYS-ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
In the preceding diagnosis I have described a specimen from Mr. Audubon’s cabinet, and 
probably one of those mentioned by him as having been obtained at Henderson, Kentucky. 
There is no authentic instance on record of its having been obtained elsewhere in the United 
States. Its black head will readily distinguish it from the other species. The first and second 
quills are equal and longest; the third very little shorter. 
The C. notatus of Duhus differs in having a slender and more attenuated hill, the black of the 
throat coming further on the breast. The wing coverts entirely black, excepting a band of 
yellowish on the tips of the greater ones, and the secondaries without any yellowish edging. 
List of specimens. 
Catalogue number. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
Whence obtained. 
2883 
3 
United States_ 
J. J. Audubon _ 
CHRYSOMITRIS STANLEYI, Bo nap. 
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Stanley’s Goldfinch. 
Carduelis stanleyi, Aud. Synop. 1839, 118 .—Ib. Birds Am. Ill, 1841, 137 ; pi. 185. (Not given in Orn. Biog.) 
Chrysomitris stanleyi, Bp. Consp. 1850, 515. 
Jlypacanthus stanleyi, Cab. Mus. Hein. 1851, 161. 
Sp. Ch. —Above, with scapulars and ends of lesser wing coverts dark olive green, brightening on the rump ; the feathers of 
the back obscurely streaked with brown. Posterior upper tail coverts dusky. Crown and chin black. Forehead, sides of 
head, under parts generally and sides, greenish yellow, turning to white posteriorly. Wings and tail dark brown ; the tail 
feathers, excepting the central, yellow at the base, as are the quills, excepting the first two primaries and the inner tertiaries. 
The edges and tips of the greater coverts are also yellowish. 
Female without the black on head and throat. Length of male, 5.75 ; wing, 2.80 ; tail, 2.20. 
Hab. —California,(?) probably western Mexico. 
This species is so similar in all essential features to the C. magellanicus as almost to indicate 
that it is only an immature stage of plumage. The crown and chin only are black, instead of 
the entire head all round ; the black of the chin, however, is edged with yellowish, and there 
are indications of black on the sides of the head near the hill, showing an immature condition. 
The upper parts are similar in their shade of green ; the rump is not nearly so bright yellow, 
and the longer upper tail coverts are not yellow hut brown. The middle of belly and thence to 
the tail coverts are whitish, the latter streaked with brown instead of uniform unspotted yellow. 
The markings on the wing are very similar, except that the bases of the first two primaries are 
not marked with yellow as they are in the other, excepting on the outer web of the first. The 
middle tail feather appears to he brown to the very base instead of yellow. 
The feet are, however, much larger ; the toes longer. The hill is larger and more curved 
above. The proportions of the two quills are much the same. 
The pair I here describe are from Mr. Audubon’s collection. The draggled appearance of the 
wings and tail appear to indicate that they had at one time been kept alive in a cage. 
This species has somewhat the appearance of Ch. psaltria , hut is much larger ; has a black 
chin ; the quills and tail with yellow instead of white markings, &c. 
