1(32 SIXGIXd I'.lllDS— OSCINKS. 



A specimen, apparently young, pevliaps a female, differs in liaving a duller 

 lint, and a tinge of olivaceous-yeUow on the middle of the abdomen and 

 crissum. Tlie lining of the wings is witliout any rose-color. Bonaparte and 

 Schlegcl describe tlie young of this species also without any tinge of rose. 



Specimens of tliis bird were obtained by Dr. T. T. IMiner at Aonalaska, 

 and by Mr. Dall at St. Cleorgu's Island, Behring's Sea, with the eggs, which 

 are white. (Baird.) 



Leucosticte littoralis, B.mrd. 

 HEPBURN'S FINCH. 



Leucosticte gri'seimicha, Elliot, Illust. Bii-Js Anier. I. pi. 11, 1S68. 

 Ij-ucostkte lilloralis, Baird, IISS. 



Sp. Guar. Bodv ilioi-olatc-lji-own ; tlic iVatliers nan-oAvjy margined with p.ilcr, those of 

 the back with rather darker, centres. Abdomen, llank,^, crissum, rump, upper tail coverts, 

 wing coverts, and quills, edged with rose-red, more or less continuous (least so in the 

 rump), tlie outer edges of secondaries and tail feathers pale fulvous, tho latter with a ro.sy 

 shade. Head silvery-gra_v ; the forehead and patcli on crown black ; tlie chin ashy, like 



and continuous with the cheek ; the throat dusky-brown, shading into tlie chocolate of 

 breast. Bill reddish, with extreme tip dusky. Total length, 7.00 ; wing, 4.30 ; tail, 3.10 ; 

 exposed portion of first primary, 3.40. Bill: length from forehead, 0.60; from nostril, 

 0.35. Legs: tarsus, 0.76. 



Hab. Sitka (Bischoft'), Fort Simpson, British Columbia (Hepburn). 



This species, lielieved to be ne^v, bears much resemlilance to L. griscimi- 

 cho, but is considerably smaller, the colors brighter and lighter, more like 

 those of tcphrocotis, the bill shorter and more conical ; tlie dark patcii on 

 the head more restricted ; the wliole clan a.shy. From tcphrocotis it is dis- 

 tinguished by the extension of the ash of the head below the eye, and from 

 campcstris by ha\ing the ear coverts ashy, instead of the anterior portion of 

 cheeks only ; there is also apparently a greater extent of gray on the chin. 



The only specimens I have seen are one from Sitka, collected by Bischoff, 



