FRINGILLID^ — THE FINCHES. 493 



A. Crown with a quadrate patfh of crimson, in adult ; throat and chin with 

 a duslcy spot ; quills and tail-li'athei's not edged couspimiously with white. 

 (J with the breast tinged with red. 



1. A. canescens. , Eump uustreaked white (both sexes, at all sea- 

 sons) ; tlie lower tail-coverts with white shafts ; tlie red tinge on the 

 breast in the ^, of a delicate pale rosaceous-pink tint. 



Bill very short and thick, its height through the base nearly 

 equalling the length of the cuhnen. Wing, 3.20; tail, 2.05. Bill: 

 culmen, .35; height, .30. Hub. Greenland . . var. canescens 



Bill much smaller, more acute, its height through the base much 

 less than the length of the cuhnen. Wing, 3.00 ; tail, 2.50. Bill : 

 culmen, .30 ; height, .22. Hab. Continental arctic America 



var. ex Hip e: 



2. A. liuarius. Rump always streaked ; lower tail-coverts with dusky 

 shalt-streaks ; the red tinge on the breast of the ^ of a rosaceous- 

 carmine tint. 



Bill about .35 in length by .22 in height ; wing, 2.80 ; tail, 

 2.-10. Hub. Continental arctic and cold temperate North America 



var. Una r i u s . 



Bill about .40, or more, in length, by .30 in height; wing, 3.20; 

 tail, 2.()0. Hab. Greenland in summer, and Continental arctic and 

 cold temperate North America in winter . .• . var. holboUi. 



B. Crown without any red ; throat and chin without any dusky spot ; quills 

 and tail-feathers of adult male edged conspicuously with white. $ with- 

 out red tinge on the breast. 



3. A. flavirostris. Rump rose-pink in the ^, firown streaked with 

 dusky in 9 • -No red on crown or breast. 



9 . Above umber-brown streaked with dusky ; ground-color of 

 rump light brown ; throat and jugulum strongly ochraceous-buff. 

 Hab. Europe. ....... var. flavirostris. 



9 • Above olive-brown streaked with dusky ; ground-color of 

 rump sulphur-yellow ; throat and jugulum faintly .siilphur-yellow, 

 tinged with buff. Hab. North America . . . va,r. b re ivsieri. 



.ffigiothus linarius, Cabanis. 



LESSEE BED-FOLI. 



Fringilla Unaria, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 322. — AuD. Orn. Biog. IV, 1S38, 538, p(. ' 

 ncclxxv. Fringilla {Jmnthis) Unaria, Keys. & Blas. Wirb. Europ. 1840, No. 115, 

 page 161. — Acanthis linarin, Br. Conspectus, 1850, 541. JEr/iotlms Unaria, CjIBANIS, 

 Mas. Hein. 1851, 161. — Baird, Birds N. Am. 1858, 428. — CoUES, Pr. A. N. S. Nov. 

 1861, 382. —Cooper & Sucklet, 198. — Samuels, 294. — M.w.vard, B. E. Mass. 

 1870, 110. —Ball & Banxi-stei;, Tr. Chic. Acad. I, 1869, 281. —Cooper, Orn. Cal. 

 I, 159. Linaria minor, Sw. F. Bor. Am. II, 1831, 267. — AuD. Syn. 1839, 114. 

 — Ib. Birds Am. Ill, 1841, 122, pi. clxxix. 1 Lhiaria IwlbolU, Breiim, Vogel Deutsch- 

 lands. Acanthis holhulU, Br. & Sciii.eoel, Mon. Loxiens, 1850, 50, pi. liii. .-Efiiuthus 

 Iwlbolli, Coites, Pr. A. N. Sc. 1861, 385. Linaria americana, Max. Cab. Joimi. W, 

 1858, 338. j^giothm fuscescens, CouES, P. A. N. S. Aug. 1861, 222 (Labrador ; breed- 

 ing dress). — Ib. p. 380. ^gioflms rostratus, Elliot, Illust. B. Am. I, pi. ix. — 

 CouEs, P. A. N. S. Nov. 1861, 378 (Greenland). — Elliot, lUust. Birds N. A. I, 

 pi. X. 



