Plate CLXXX. Male and Female.
Upper parts yellowish-grey, streaked with dark brown; feathers of the
wings dusky, the primaries margined with yellow, of which there is a
patch formed by the bases of all the quills, except the outer three,
and a few of the inner; tips of first row of small coverts, secondary
coverts and outer edges of secondary quills dull white; tail-feathers
dusky, their bases and outer edges yellow; lower parts greyish-white,
streaked with brown, the fore neck tinged with reddish.
_Male_, 4-9/12, 8-1/2.
Wanders during winter to South Carolina, Louisiana, and Kentucky.
Breeds north of the United States, in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and
Labrador. Columbia River. Plentiful.
Pine Finch, Fringilla pinus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 133.
Fringilla pinus, Bonap. Syn. p. 111.
Pine Finch, Fringilla pinus, Nutt. Man. v.i. p. 511.
Pine Finch, Fringilla pinus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 455; v.
v. p. 509.
GENUS VIII. CARDUELIS, Cuv. GOLDFINCH.
Bill short, or of moderate length, conical, very stout at the base,
compressed toward the end, and tapering to a fine point; upper
mandible a little broader, with the nasal sinus very broad, the dorsal
outline very slightly convex, the ridge narrowed toward the end, the
sides convex, the edges a little inflected and overlapping, the edges
slightly ascending at the base, the notches obsolete, the tip very
acute; lower mandible with the angle short and rounded, the dorsal
line straight, the sides convex, the tip very acute. Nostrils basal,
roundish, concealed by the feathers. Head roundish-ovate; neck short;
body rather full. Legs rather short; tarsus short, compressed,
slender, with seven scutella; toes moderate, the first large, the
lateral nearly equal. Claws long, compressed, moderately curved, very
acute. Plumage very soft and blended. Wings rather long, pointed, the
first, second, and third quills about equal and longest. Tail rather
short, deeply emarginate. Roof of upper mandible deeply concave;
tongue grooved above, pointed; œsophagus dilated about the middle;
stomach small, broadly elliptical, moderately muscular; intestine
short; cœca very small.