. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 472 NOUTH AMERICAN Ctirysomilris tristis. yellow lit'low; two l)roiid Imiulti luiross! covi'its, aiRl broad cdgus to last half" of secondaries imlo rulbus. IIab. North America jrciu^rally. In winter tlio yellow is replaced by a yellowish-brown ; the black of the crown wanting, that of wings and tail browner. The tin'oat is generally yellowish; the under parts ashy-brown, passing behind into white. Tlicre. are no (ihserval)le dillerences between eastern and western speci- mens.
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 472 NOUTH AMERICAN Ctirysomilris tristis. yellow lit'low; two l)roiid Imiulti luiross! covi'its, aiRl broad cdgus to last half" of secondaries imlo rulbus. IIab. North America jrciu^rally. In winter tlio yellow is replaced by a yellowish-brown ; the black of the crown wanting, that of wings and tail browner. The tin'oat is generally yellowish; the under parts ashy-brown, passing behind into white. Tlicre. are no (ihserval)le dillerences between eastern and western speci- mens. llAUiTS. The common American CJoldtinch is i'ound throughont the greater portion of North America, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Sir .Fohn liichardson met with it in the fur re- gions, where it is one of the tardiest of the summer visitors, and whence it de- parts early in Se^jtcmber. The speci- men described by him was taken June 2'.). At the extreme South it is not uncommon, accoixling to Dresser, around San Antonio, and Dr. Woodhouse found it abundant botli in and in tiie liulian Territory. Dr. Cones did not find it in Arizona, nor does Sumichrast give it as a bird of Vera Cruz. Dr. Newberry found tliis Finch quite com- mon tin'oughout liis route to the Columl)ia, this sweet songster, he states, having been a constant source of pleasure iu the interior both of California and Oregon, far from the haunts of men, where everything else was new and strange. l!ut Dr. Suckley, tliough he looked carefully fm' tliis species alxiut Paget Sound, iu the most ai)i)ropi'iate situations, was unaltle to find any, and did not believe tliat any e.\isted there. Dr. Cooj)er states that it is, however, (piite al)undant on the Cohunbia and along the coast near its mouth. The last-named writer states tliat this si)ecies is a constant resident in all tlie western parts of California, but he met with none on the C'olorado. They become rare on the coast at the Columbia, but farther in. the
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