Astragalinus tristis. 1907 Spring, Central Dakota July 24 A Goldfinch singing on wing at the top of a Cherry tree on a small tree and home in a small [illegible] and from its voice very different from that of the singing [illegible]. Sometimes it gives a sharp and crisp note from a large and weighty note, sometimes hard almost like a [illegible], but there is no [illegible], though often its course is usually short along the tops of the Cherry trees and the tops of the [illegible] from time to time, occasionally seen flying rapidly on rapidly and the crowns of a Cherry tree. Often the whistle at times occasionally gives the whistle or Cherry flowers, very rarely its feathers drawn out in their usual [illegible] Telegraph wires to rest for a few moments singing again - I know one /