. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. f. AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. YELLOW BIRD. THISTLE BIRD. THISTLE FINCH. WILD CANARY. Spinus tristis. Char. Male in summer: bright gamboge yellow ; crown, wings, and tail black; upper and under tail-coverts, wing and tail markings, white. In winter the male resembles the female, though with less olive tint. Female : above, olive brown ; below, paler or yellowish ; forehead with- out black ; wings and tail much the same as in the male. Lengt
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. f. AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. YELLOW BIRD. THISTLE BIRD. THISTLE FINCH. WILD CANARY. Spinus tristis. Char. Male in summer: bright gamboge yellow ; crown, wings, and tail black; upper and under tail-coverts, wing and tail markings, white. In winter the male resembles the female, though with less olive tint. Female : above, olive brown ; below, paler or yellowish ; forehead with- out black ; wings and tail much the same as in the male. Length about 4^ inches. Nest. In a pasture or orchard ; usually placed in a crotch of a decidu- ous tree lo to 20 feet from the ground; a compact and gracefully formed cup, made of grass and vegetable fibre, lined with grass and plant down, and often with hair. ^SS^- 3~6 ; white with tint of green or greenish blue, occasionally marked with faint spots of brown ; X This common, active, and gregarious Goldfinch is a very general inhabitant of the United States. It is also found in summer in the remote interior of Canada, in the fur countries and near Lake Winnipique, in the 49th degree of latitude, as well as in the remote territory of Oregon and the Rocky Mountains, on the banks of Lewis's River, where I found the nest as usual with white eggs. On the other hand, it is also met with in Mexico, and even in Guiana and Surinam in trop- ical America, where it frequents the savannas. Although many of these birds which spend the summer here leave at the approach of winter, yet hungry flocks are seen to arrive in. 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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