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with a large white spot at the tip: tail-feathers black, the three 

 Iter ones with a large white mark near the end of the inner web, 

 decreasing towards the centre of the tad; crown of head lores 

 Lther ronnd the eye, ear-coverts, cheeks, sides of neck, and throat 

 black- fore neck and chest with a large patch of beautiful rose- 

 clur' extending in a line down the centre of the breast ; sides ,of 

 fore neck mottled with black; breast abdomen sides of body, 

 flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts white, the sides of body and 

 flank washed with ashy, spotted with black, as also the thighs ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries beautiful rose-colour, those near 

 the edg^ of the wing black; quills below dusky, with white bases 

 to the primaries • inner edge of quills white at base : " bill white ; 

 feergreylTblue ; iris hazel" (Audubon) Total length finches, 

 culmenO-7, wing 4-1, tail 3-9, tarsus 0-4. 



AZltfmaU. Different from the male General co our above 

 ochreons brown, streaked with black centres, the mantle-feathers 

 with slightly lighter edgings; rump and upper tad-coverts uni- 

 form ashy brown ; lesser wing-coverts ochreous brown ; median and 

 greater coverts dusky, externally lighter brown, with a white spot 

 at the ends; bastard-wing dusky brown; primary-cove rts dark 

 brown; quills dusky brown, externally pale ashy brown, with a 

 small white speculum formed by white on the base of the primaries ; 

 "ner secondaries with white spots at the end of the inner web; 

 tail-feathers light brown, edged with ashy brown ; c ™jn <ff M 

 blackish brown on the sides, with a mesial streak of white or 

 ochreous white: round the hind neck an indistinct whitish-brown 

 shade • lores ochreous ; a broad white streak above the ear-coverts ; 

 feathers below the eye spotted with white; ear-coverts blackish 

 brown, with pale shaft-lines ; cheeks and under surface of body dull 

 white, with a tinge of yellowish buff on the cheeks ; throat, fore 

 iTeck and chest with broader triangular spots of blackish brown ; 

 brea t and centre of abdomen dull white; sides of body and flanks 

 longitudinally streaked with blackish brown; thighs dull white ; 

 under tail-coverts dull white, with dark-brown centres ; under wmg- 

 ^rtsandaxillaries pale orange-yellow; quills below dusky ashy 

 town- inner edge of quills ashy: « bid brown above, paler beneath ; 

 feet as in the male; iris hazel " (Audubon) Total length 7'2 inches, 

 culmen 0'7, wing 3-84, tail 2-9, tarsus 0-85. 



Tounrj male. Similar to the old female, but much deeper ochreous 

 brown The upper tail-coverts and scapulars with pale ochreous tips ; 

 S coverts P Ld inner secondaries with large termma spots of 

 oXeoTwhite; otherwise the quills and tail as m the old female ; 

 head as 1 the latter sex, but rather more ochreous ; facial 

 maikints as in old female ; under surface of body as in old female, 

 Sra her more deeply tinged with ochreous buff, and less strongly 

 SS nT^otted'with blackish ; the centre of the fore neck and 

 breast with a concealed rosy tinge; axillaris and under wmg- 



C ° The* ^rS^'r.-e-colour on the breast of the young male 

 greatly develops when the bird is in its winter-quarters, and the 



