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smaller wing coverts white ; shoulders black ; greater wing co- 

 verts and secondaries jet black tipped with white ; primaries 

 wholly black ; tail square, black, with a white spot at the ex- 

 tremity of each outer vane. 



Ventral aspect. Tail and wing coverts white ; all the other 

 parts bright gamboge yellow. 



Winter plumage. Dorsal aspect. Brovniish olive ; paler on 

 the rump; greater wing coverts and secondaries tipped with 

 brownish olive, which also supplies the white spots of the tail. 



Ventral aspect. Chin yellow ; breast and flanks pale brownish 

 olive ; belly and vent soiled white. 



2nd primary longest ; 1st and 3rd equal. Length 4j inches ; 

 alar expanse YJ inches. 



F. pinus. Pine Finch. 



Chrysometris pinus. Wils. ! Bon. ! Baird ! 



v.s.p. Bill brown ; legs and feet purplish black ; irides hazel ; 

 eggs unknown. 



Dorsal aspect. Crown, neck, dorsal region, scapulars and 

 rump clove brown, with broad light brown emarginations to the 

 feathers, causing a dusky appearance ; greater and smaller wing 

 coverts clove brown edged and tipped with olive brown ; primaries 

 and secondaries blackish brown, the former edged with yellow on 

 their outer vanes, the latter edged and tipped with olive brown, 

 and a gamboge yellow spot on the outer vane near the quills, con- 

 cealed by the greater wing coverts ; tail subfurcate yellow at the 

 quills, the remainder blackish brown. 



Ventral aspect. Chin, breast, belly, flanks, and tail coverts 

 clove brown, broadly edged and tipped with soiled white ; vent 

 soiled white. 



2nd primary longest ; 1st subequal to 2nd ; and 3rd scarcely 

 shorter than the 1st. Length 4j inches ; alar breadth Y inches. 



F. linaria. Lesser Red Poll. 

 Linaria rubra minor. Ray ! 

 Linaria minor. Ray ! 

 Aegrothus linaria. Linn. ! Baird ! 



v.s.p. Bill horn colour; legs and feet black; irides hazel; 

 eggs 6, bluish white spotted with red. 



Dorsal aspect. Crown shining lake colour; neck, back and 

 scapulars dusky brown edged with flaxen ; on the rump the tips 

 are almost white ; great and small wing coverts clove brown tip- 



