. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . ting its wings, and then, alighting suddenly, runsoff with great nimbleness. The Seaside Finch is now considered a rare bird in Massachu-setts, though an abundant summer resident of the salt marshes ofsouthern Connecticut. It breeds southward to North Carolina,and winters in the Southern States. Note. — Scotts Seaside Sparrow (A. maritimus penin-sula) was first described from specimens taken by Mr. W. E. at Tarpon Springs, Florida, in 1888. It is intermediate incoloration between A. nigrescens and A. tnarithnus. This r
. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . ting its wings, and then, alighting suddenly, runsoff with great nimbleness. The Seaside Finch is now considered a rare bird in Massachu-setts, though an abundant summer resident of the salt marshes ofsouthern Connecticut. It breeds southward to North Carolina,and winters in the Southern States. Note. — Scotts Seaside Sparrow (A. maritimus penin-sula) was first described from specimens taken by Mr. W. E. at Tarpon Springs, Florida, in 1888. It is intermediate incoloration between A. nigrescens and A. tnarithnus. This race is found in South Carolina and Florida, and along theGulf coast to Texas. The Dusky Seaside Sparrow {Ajnmodramus nigrescens)differs from maritimus in being black above, streaked with oliveand gray; beneath white, streaked with black. It was describedoriginally by Mr. C. J. Maynard, who captured the type specimenin 1872, in southern Florida. He reported the bird as quite abun-dant in some localities, but no other collector has been successfulin finding it. k. AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. YELLOW BIRD. THISTLE BIRD. THISTLE FINCH. WILDCANARY. Spinus TRISTIS. Char. Male in summer: bright gamboge yellow ; crown, wings, andtail black; upper and undev tail-coverts, wing and tail markings, winter the male resembles the female, though with less olive : above, olive brown ; below, paler or yellowish; forehead with-out black ; wings and tail much the same as in the male. Length about4^ 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 formedcup, made of grass and vegetable fibre, lined with grass and plant down,and often with hair. Eggs. 3-6 ; white with tint of green or greenish blue, occasionallymarked with faint spots of brown ; X This common, active, and gregarious Goldfinch is a verygeneral inhabitant of the United States. It is also found insummer in the remote
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