. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. XIII. 119. American Goldfinch flies through the air in a wave-like track, singing per-chio-o-ree on the downward slopes of its passage. The female all the year, and the male in winter, have only yellow wash- ings on a brownish body ; the black cap is j^tU also lacking; the tail is deeply notched. ^^^ Except in early summer when nest- ing, these found in small flocks. (Thistle-bird; Yellow- bird.) Length, 5 ; wing, 2| (2| 2|) ; tail, 2 ; culm
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. XIII. 119. American Goldfinch flies through the air in a wave-like track, singing per-chio-o-ree on the downward slopes of its passage. The female all the year, and the male in winter, have only yellow wash- ings on a brownish body ; the black cap is j^tU also lacking; the tail is deeply notched. ^^^ Except in early summer when nest- ing, these found in small flocks. (Thistle-bird; Yellow- bird.) Length, 5 ; wing, 2| (2| 2|) ; tail, 2 ; culmen, f. Temperate Xorth Amer- ica ; breeding from Vir- ginia and Kentucky northward, and winter- ing throughout most if not the whole of the United States. The Arkansas Goldfinch (530. Spinus psaltria) differs in having the back dark olive-green to black in color, the lower parts only being lemon-yellow. The black wings have a large (or sometimes small) white patch on the base of the quills. The female is grayish-olive-green on the back, and greenish- yellow below ; the white patch on the wings is smaller. This is a west- ern bird found from the Plains to the Pacific. 9. Pine Siskin (533. Spinus plnus). — A small, very streaky, dark - colored winter sparrow with much yellow on the wings and tail, which is decidedly notched. It has much the habits of the gold- finch, but is found more frequent- ly upon the cone-bearing trees, whence its name. (Pine Finch.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, Austin Craig, 1838- [from old catalog]. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book company
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