. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. 132 FRINGILLIDiE, FINCHES, ETC. GEN. 62. black cap disappears, and the general plumage changes to a pale flaxen brown alcove, and whitey-brown below, with traces of the j'ellow, especially about the head: this continues until the following April or May. 9 olivaceous, including the crown ; below soiled yellowish, wings and tail dusky, whitish-ed
. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. 132 FRINGILLIDiE, FINCHES, ETC. GEN. 62. black cap disappears, and the general plumage changes to a pale flaxen brown alcove, and whitey-brown below, with traces of the j'ellow, especially about the head: this continues until the following April or May. 9 olivaceous, including the crown ; below soiled yellowish, wings and tail dusky, whitish-edged : j'oung like the ? . About 4f long ; wing 2|; tail 2, a little forked; ? rather smaller than the ^. North America, especially the Eastern United States ; an abundant and familiar species, conspicuous by its liright colors, and plaintive lisping notes ; in the fall, collects in large flocks, and so reniains until the breeding season; irregularly migratorj''; feeds especially on the seeds of the thistle and buttonwood ; flies in an undulating course. Nest small, compact, built of downy and very soft pliant substances, with stucco-work of lichens, placed in a crotch; eggs 4-5, white, speckled. WiLS., i, 20, pi. 1, f. 2; Ndtt., i, 507; Aud., iii, 129, pi. 181; Bu., 421 tkistis. '0 Lci'wrence's Goldfinch. $ gi'iji whiteniug on the belly and crissuni: rump, a large breast patch, and (jfteu much of the back, rich yellow; crown, face and chin black; wings black, variegated with yellow, most of the coverts Ijeing of this color, and the same broadly edging the quills; tail l)lack, most of the feathers with large square white spots ou the inner web ; bill and feet dark. The 9 resembles the male, but thei'e is no black on the head, and the jellow places are not so bright. Size of (listifi, or rather less ; an elegant species. California, Arizona, and probably New Mexico. Bd., 424; Elliot, pi. 8; Coop., 171 lawrencei. ^ Arkansas Goldfinch. $ olive-green, below yellow; crown black, this
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