BIRDS—FRINGILLTDAE—CHRYSOMITRIS TRISTIS. 
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List of specimens. 
Catal. No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
Whence obtained. 
2035 
California ? ......... 
J„ J. Audubon ...... 
2036 
Q? 
CHRYSOMITRIS YARRELLI, Bo nap. 
Yarrell’s Goldfinch. 
Carduelis yarrelli, Aud. Syn. 1839, 117.— Ib. Birds Am III, 1841, 136 ; pi. 184. 
Fringilla mexicana, Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 283 ; pi. 433, fig. 4. (Not of Svvainson.) 
Chrysomitris mexicana, Bp. List, 1838. (Not of Conspectus.) 
Sp. Ch. —Bill very large. Head above to middle of eyes and to the rictus, black. Body generally bright yellow ; back and 
wing coverts olive green. Wings and tail black ; the bases of the tail feathers and of quills, except the inner tertials and outer 
web of first primary, yellow. Length, 4 inches ; wing, 2.40 ; tail, 1.65. 
Hab. —California,(?) probably from western Mexico. 
The bill of this species is enormously large and full for the genus. The second quill is 
longest; the first and third hut little shorter. The markings of the wings and tail are almost 
exactly as in C. magellanicus; the difference between the two is in the smaller size, brighter 
nape, and black crown only, instead of an entirely black head. 
The specimen described is Mr. Audubon’s original, and appears to have been kept for a time 
in a cage. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
Whence obtained. 
2037 
<? 
California_ 
J. J. Audubon__ 
CHRYSOMITRIS TRISTIS, Bon. 
Yellow Bird; Thistle Bird. 
Fringilla tristis, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 320. — Gw. I, 907.— Wils. Am. Orn. I, 1808, 20 ; pi. i, f. 2. — Aud. Orn. 
fiiog. I, 1831, 172 : Y, 510 ; pi. 33. 
Cardueles tristis, Bon. Obs. Wils, 1825, No. 96.— Aud. Syn. 1839, 116.— Ib. Birds Amer. II, 1841, 129 ; pi. 181. 
Chrysomitris tristis, Bon. List, 1838.— Ib. Conspectus, 1850, 517.— Newberry, Zool. Cal. & Or. Route ; Rep. P. R. 
R. Surv. VII, iv, 1857, 87. 
Jlstragalinus tristis, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. 1851, 159, (type.) 
Carduelis americana, (Edwards,) Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II, 1831, 268. 
Golden Finch, Pennant. — Jlmerican Goldfinch, Edwards. — Chardonneret jaune ; Chardonneret du Canada.—Tarin de 
la JVouvelle Yorck, Buffon. —Ib. PI. enl., pi. 202, f. 2 ; pi. 292, f. 1, 2. 
Sp. Ch. —Bright gamboge yellow ; crown, wings, and tail black. Lesser wing coverts, band across the end of greater ones, 
ends of secondaries and tertiaries, inner margins of tail feathers, upper and under tail coverts, and tibia, white. Length, 5.25 
inches ; wing, 3. 
Hab. —North America generally. 
