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176, the fore neck and breast greyish-yellow. The band formed by the tips of the large wing-coverts is dull white.

Length and other dimensions nearly as in the male.

, Wild. Sp. PI. vol. iii. p. 1666. Pursh,. vol. ii. p. 506. Smith, Engl. Bot. vol. iii.p. 388.—, Linn., Juss.

This well known species of Thistle, common in the temperate and colder parts of both continents, it is unnecessary to describe.