BIEDS-FEINGILLIDAE— CHRYSOMITRIS PINUS, 
425 
CHRYSOMITRIS PINUS, Bonap. 
Pine Finch., 
Fringilla pinus, Wilson, Am. Orn. II, 1810, 133 ; pi. xvii, f. 1.— Aud. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 455 : V, 509 ; pi. 180. 
Fringilla (Carcluelis) pinus, Bon. Obs. Wils. 1825, No. 103. 
Linariapinus, Aud. Synopsis, 1839, 115.— Ib. Birds Amer. Ill, 1841, 125 ; pi. 180. 
Chrysomitris pinus, Bonap. Consp. 1850, 515. 
?? Chrysomitris macroptera, Dubus, Esq. Orn. tab. 23, (Mexico.)—B p. Conspectus, 1850, 515. 
Sp. c H .—Tail deeply forked. Above brownish olive. Beneath whitish, every feather streaked distinctly with dusky. Con¬ 
cealed bases of tail feathers and quills, together with their inner edges, sulphur yellow. Outer edges of quills and tail feathers 
yellowish green. Two brownish white bands on the wing. Length, 4.75 ; wing, 3.00 ; tail, 2.20. 
Hob. —North America from Atlantic to Pacific. 
The lower part of the belly is less spotted than elsewhere. 
In winter the yellow colors are much less distinct, scarcely appreciable on the body, in fact; 
the brown streak less sharply defined. In young specimens it is scarcely appreciable, even on 
the wings and tail. 
The extent of the yellow at the base of the quills and tail feathers varies with the individual. 
Sometimes it is visible more or less distinctly beyond the wing coverts and spurious quills. 
Sometimes the streaks beneath are less distinct, leaving the under parts almost white. Some¬ 
times the upper parts, the rump especially, are tinged with yellow. 
I do not find before me any North American specimens differing from types in the greater 
length of quills and tarsus, as is said to be the case in C. macroptera , Dubus, (Bonap. Consp. 
1850, 515.) The yellow of the wings and tail given as peculiar to macroptera is found in all 
full plumaged specimens of pinus. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When col¬ 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
2523 
s 
Oct. 16, 1845 
426 
O 
May 28, 1841 
4.83 
8.50 
838 
Oct. 26, 1842 
4.75 
9. 
2.83 
837 
o 
4.67 
8.50 
2.75 
425 
V 
May 28,1841 
4.83 
9.25 
836 
O 
Oct. 26, 1842 
4.83 
9. 
2 83 
2887 
O 
S. F. Baird. 
6783 
July, 1849.... 
5393 
Sept. 15, 1856 
5394 
6410 
Dr. T. C. Henry.... 
10225 
727 
6409 
$ 
6406 
Oct., 1854 _ 
6407 
6408 
5.25 
8.50 
Iris, bill, and ft. brown. 
