700 



FRINGILLIDJE. 



streaked with black ; lores and feathers at base of bill and in front 

 of the eye ashy whitish : eyelid and ear-coverts fulvous-brown, the 

 latter with paler shaft-streaks and rather dusky ; cheeks pale ful- 

 vous, with a distinct black line along the upper edge ; throat white, 

 with numerous small triangular spots of black, forming below the 

 cheeks a tolerably defined moustachial line ; sides of neck ashy grey, 

 streaked with black ; fore neck and chest fulvescent, with slightly 

 larger spots than the throat ; breast and abdomen white ; sides of 

 bodj- and flanks ashy brown, a little more fulvescent on the latter, 

 both streaked with black ; thighs brown ; under tail-coverts buffy 

 whitish, with broad blackish centres ; under wing-coverts and axil- 

 laries whitish, with ashy bases, the edge of the wing pale yellow ; 

 quills below dusky, ashy along the inner edge : " bill dark brown at 

 the end ; greyish blue at the base ; feet yellowish brown ; iris 

 brown " (Audubon). Total length 5-1 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2*6, 

 tail 2-5, tarsus 0*8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour, but with the bands 

 on the head not so distinctly pronounced. Total length 5"3 inches, 

 culmen - 4, wing 2 - 45, tail 2-25, tarsus 0'7. 



The winter plumage scarcely differs from the summer plumage, 

 being merely a little more ashy above, and having the spots on the 

 throat and chest a little less distinct. 



Hab. North America at large, breeding chiefly north of the 

 United States, and in the higher parts of the Rocky Mountains ; 

 south in winter to Guatemala. (A. 0. U. Check-list, I. c.) 



a, b. <S 2 ad. sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. 5 a d- sk. 



/. 3 ad. sk. 



g. Ad. sk. 

 h. <$ ad. sk. 



**. Ad. sk. 



k. c? ad. sk. 



/. Ad. sk. 



vi. 9 ad. sk. 



n. 2 ad. sk. 

 o. j ad- sk. 



p. cJ ad. sk. 



a. Ad. sk. 



Fort Simpson. 



Lake of Woods, Manitoba, 



July 20, 1873 (G. Dawson). 

 Colville, British Columbia. 

 Colehour, Illinois, May 16, 



1880. - 

 Hyde Park, Cook Co., 111., May 



5, 1883. 

 Pennsylvania (S. F. Baird). 

 Wheatland, Indiana, May 5, 



1883 (M. Ridgway ; Sm. no. 



90313). 

 Fort Laramie, Nebraska, Sept. 



10 (J. G. Cooper; Sm. no. 



37198). 

 Denver, Colorado, May 17, 



1873 (H. W. Henshaiv; Sm. 



no. 66947). 

 Denver, May 17 (H. W. Hen- 

 shaiv; Sm. no. 66940). 

 Mount Graham, Arizona, Sept. 



25 {H. W. Hemhaw; Sm. 



no. 69595). 

 Tucson, Arizona. 

 Apache, Arizona, Oct. 7 (H. 



W.Henshaw; Sm. no. 68827). 

 Kendall Co., Texas, March 4, 



1880 (N. C. Brovm). 

 California. 



B.R.Ross, Esq. [P.]. 



N. A. Boundary Com- 

 mission. 



J. K. Lord, Esq. \V.\ 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 [P.j. 



H.K.Coale,Esq.[P.]. 



Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



U.S. Nat, Mus. [P.]. 



U.S. Nat. Mus. [P.]. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. [P.]. 



H.K.Coale, EsqJP.J. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Old Collection. 



