. 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, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds. FBINGILLIDJE: FINCHES, BUNTINGS, SPABEOWS, ETC. 355. F:g. 220 â Lawi-ence's Goldfinch, reduced. (Altered from Audubon.) flesh-colored. In September, the black cap disa
. 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, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds. FBINGILLIDJE: FINCHES, BUNTINGS, SPABEOWS, ETC. 355. F:g. 220 â Lawi-ence's Goldfinch, reduced. (Altered from Audubon.) flesh-colored. In September, the black cap disappears; the general plumage changes to a pale flaxen-brovrn above and whitey-brown below, with traces of the yellow, especially about the head; wings and tail much as in summer; sexes then much ahke: this con- tinues until the following April or May. Length ; extent ; wing ; tail ; ? olivaceous above, including the crown: below soiled yellowish, wings .ind tail dusky, whitish-edged ; rather smaller than the $. Young like the winter 9; when very young, suf- fused with fulvous, and the wings edged with tawny. N. Am., especially the Eastern U. S.; an abundant and familiar species, conspicuous by its bright colors, and plaintive lisping notes; in the fall, collects in .large flocks, and so remains until the breeding season ;â irregularly migratory, but winters as far north as New England; feeds especially on the seeds of the thistle and buttonwood; flies in an undulating course. Kest small, compact, built of downy and other 50ft pliant substances, placed in a crotch; eggs 4-6, faintly bluish-white, nor- mally unmarked, X 314. A. lawren'eii. (To G. N. Lawrence, of New York. Fig. 220.) Lawrence's GrOLDFraCH. $, in summer : Gray, more or less tinged with yellowish, whitening on the belly and crissum ; rump, a large breast-patch, and much of the back rich yellow; crown, face, and chin black; wings black, variegated -with yellow, most of the covert
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