Black-headed Siskin, Fringilla magellanica, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 46. 183. 3. Carduelis psaltria, Say. Arkansaw Goldfinch. Plate CCCC. Fig. 1. Male. Bill moderately stout; second quill longest, third scarcely shorter. Male with the upper part of the head black; hind neck, back, and scapulars yellowish-green, spotted with greenish-brown; rump greenish-yellow; upper tail-coverts dusky, margined with yellow, as on the smaller wing-coverts; the other coverts and quills black; secondary coverts broadly tipped with pale yellow, forming a conspicuous band; quills margined with yellowish-white, all except the outer three and the inner secondaries, white toward the base; tail-feathers brownish-black, narrowly edged with whitish, and all, except the middle and lateral with a whitish space at the base, running out along the outer margin so as to form a conspicuous patch. Female similar, but without the black on the head. _Male_, 4-1/2, 8. Eastern bases of Rocky Mountains, and Western Plains. Accidental in Lower Louisiana. Common. Migratory. Arkansaw Siskin, Fringilla psaltria, Say, Long's Exped. v. ii. p. 40. Fringilla psaltria, Bonap. Syn. p. 111. Arkansas Siskin, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 510. Arkansaw Siskin, Fringilla psaltria, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 85. 184. 4. Carduelis Yarrellii, Aud. Yarrell's Goldfinch. Plate CCCCXXXIII. Fig. 4. Male. Fig. 5. Female. Bill very thick; second quill longest, third slightly longer than first. Male with the upper part of the head black, the back and scapulars yellowish-green, the hind neck and rump yellow; the wings and tail brownish-black; the former, when extended, crossed by two bands, one greenish-yellow, tipping the first row of small coverts, the other bright yellow and broad, on the base of the primary and secondary quills; tail also yellow in its basal half; lower parts bright yellow. Female with the upper parts yellowish-green, the lower dull greenish-yellow. This species, which has the bill thicker than any other here described, although it is otherwise inferior in size, not having been found by me any where noticed, I propose to honour with the name of my excellent friend Mr Yarrell. In my ornithological biography it is described as the Mexican Goldfinch, but that species has the back black, and the bases of the quills and tail-feathers white. _Male_, 4, wing, 2-1/2. Upper California. Mexican Goldfinch, Fringilla Mexicana, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 282. 185. 5. Carduelis Stanleyi, Aud. Stanley Goldfinch. Not figured.