FRINGILLID.E — THE FINCHES. 549 



Synopsis of Species. 



Common Characters. Crown and back streaked with black upon an ashy, oHve, or 

 chestnut ground ; beneath whitish, tinged across the breast with ochraceous or ashy, 

 plain, or with blackisli streaks on the breast. A light superciliary stripe. 



A. Tail-feathers attenuated, acute at ends, much graduated. On the crown 

 a median light stripe. 



a. A dusky streak on each side of the throat, and one above the light 

 ochraceous maxillary stripe. 



1. C. henslowi. Bill very robust, .35 along culmen by .30 deep 

 at base. Wing, 2.25; tail, 2.20. Head ochraceous or greenish 

 olive, lighter on the throat ; a blackish stripe on each side of the 

 crown. Breast streaked with black at all ages. Hah. Eastern 

 Province of United States. 



&. No dusky streak on side of throat nor above the maxillae. 



2. C. lecontei. Bill very narrow, only .16 broad by .20 deep at 

 base. Median stripe of the crown ochraceous for anterior third, 

 the remaining part ashy -white ; superciliary stripe wholly ochra- 

 ceous ; edge of wing white ; breast sparsely streaked in the adult. 

 Wing, 2.15; tail, 2.20. Hah. Plains west of the Missouri, from 

 Texas to Dakota. 



3. C. passerinus. Bill robust, .23, or more, broad, by .24, or more, 

 deep at base. Median stripe of the crown ochraceous through- 

 out ; superciliary stripe yellow anteriorly, ashy posteriorly ; edge 

 of wing bright yellow, breast unstreaked in the adult, streaked in 

 the young, in which the head stripes are ashy, with no yellow on 

 wing or over lore. 



Colors dark, the black markings predominating above. Ad. 

 Anterior lower parts deep buff at all seasons. Juv. Dusky 

 streaks on breast very distinct. Bill, .33 and .30 ; wing, 2.60; 

 tail, 1.90. Hah. Eastern Province of United States, and 

 West Indies ....... vai-. i^as^serinus . 



Colors pale, the light markings predominating above. Ad. 

 Buff of the breast scarcely observable in summer. Juv. Dusky 

 streaks on breast scarcely appreciable. Bill, .33 and .24 ; wing, 

 2.60 ; tail, 1.90. Hah. Western Province of United States 



var. p e r p allidus. 



B. Tail-feathers broad, rounded at ends ; only slightly rounded. Crown not 

 divided by a median stripe. 



4. C. manimbe. Head clear ashy, whitish on throat; crown uni- 

 formly streaked with black. Supra-loral streak and edge of wing 

 bright yellow. No streaks on breast in adult. 



Breast tinged with ashy ; black streaks on upper parts much 



narrower than the intervening ones of the ashy ground-color; 



dorsal feathers rufescent-umber medially, edged with ashy, and 



with a shaft-streak of black. Wing, 2.35 ; tail, 2.00. Hah. 



Brazil ........ var. manimhe. 



Breast tinged with ochraceous ; black streaks on upper parts 



much broader than the ashy ones of the ground-color ; dorsal 



feathers black, edged with ashy; wing, 2.25; tail, 1.90. Hah. 



Buenos Ayres and Uruguay . .... var. dor sails. 



