The New Student's Reference Work/Yellow Bird

Yel′low Bird, the name in general use for two different birds of the United States.  One of them is the goldfinch, which is one of our most attractive birds.  It is about five inches long, and in the summer has a yellow body, with black on the crown and black and white on the wings and tail.  It also is a winter resident, but the winter dress is different, being grayish-brown, with a yellowish crown and soiled white below and a yellowish throat.  The name is also given to the yellow warbler, which is also locally called the wild canary.  See Goldfinch and Warbler.