sis1, siss2 (sis)

[Also in dim. si y; a general use of the fem. name Sis, Si , formerly also Cis, Sys, sist chízh = Pol. czyzh = Upper Sorbian chizhik =Little Ru . chyzh = Ru . chizhű; cf. Hung. czíz, OPru . czilix, a siskin. In view of this origin, the word is not connected with Sw. dial. sis a, expre ing the sound of the wood-grouse, or with E. si , D. si en, hi .] A small fringilline bird, Chrysomitris (or Spinus ) spin us, related to the goldfinch, inhabiting the temperate parts of the Pale arctic region; the aberdevine or black headed thistle finch; the tar in. The length is 44 inches, the extent 9 inches; the male has the crown and throat black, the back grayish-green, streaked with black IMG:content-1157.png:[graphic] shaft-lines, the breast yellow, the abdomen whitish, the sides streaked with black, the wings and tail varied with yellow. The female is duller and more simply colored. The bill is extremely acute. The name is extended, with a qualifying term, to a few closely related birds: thus, the American siskin is the pine-finch, Chry somitris (or Spinus ) pin us. - Siskin parrot, one of the pygmy parrots of the genus Nasiterna. Siskin (Chrysomitris spin us).