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the north about the middle of October and enter the mai'shcs of the Carolinas and Gooriria 

 where they are exceedingly abundant. They arc also common in tlie marshy country jn.st 

 north of the St. Johns River, Florida, but are not to be found in any numbers south ot 

 tlii 5 point on the east coast. In fact I never saw a single specimen below Mosquito Inlet. 

 There were a few, however, about Cedar Keys in company with the Gray Shore Finch, 

 but I saw no indications whatever of their breeding, as was the case with the preceding 

 species, and I think, beyond a doubt, that they all leave Florida by the middle of April. 

 They linger somewhat while on the migration, for they do not reach their breeding grounds 

 until late in spring; in fact they are one of the very last among the Sparrows to make their 

 appearance. 



GENUS XVU. PEUC^A. THE GRASS PINCHES. 



Gen. Ch. Dill, slender, hut not thick nor swollen at base. Upper mandible, eonsiderahly curved. Win(/s, shorter than 

 the tail which is much c/raduated, and with tlie feathers narrow but not acuminate. Sternum, stout, with the coracoids about 

 e.jual in length to the top of the keel. Keel, exceeding in heii/lit one third the length of the coracoids. Feet, small. 



All the species are streaked above but liave only a few markings below. The toes are quite short and the feet small. 

 The edge of the wing is yellow. 



PEUCJEA ^STIVALIS. 



Pine Wood Finch. 



Peucaa testivalis Cabixis, Mus. Hein., 1850, 132. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Sp. Cn. Form, rather slender. Size, medium. Tongue, tliin and homy, provided with a bifid tuft of long, terminal, 

 hair-like fibers. Sternum, as given above. 



Color. Adult. Above, including the outer edges of the wings and tail feathers, dark-chestnut, with tlie featbci-s ed- 

 ged with ashy. T!ie Ijack and upper tail coverts are streaked with dark-brown. Tliere is a median line of ashy extending 

 f.-om the Ijill to the occiput. Wings and tail, brown. Under parts, supercUary line, and ring around eye, brownish-yellow, 

 clearest un the belly and aliclomen, darkest on the breast. Edge of wing, yellow. Bill, brown, very much lighter at base 

 f.f lower mandible. Feet, pale-brown. 



Young. Similar to the adult, but more reddish above where there is less ashy. There are indications of maxillary 

 lin.^s of dusky and there are some narrow streakings across the breast where the brownish-yellow tinging is somewhat 

 darker Sexes, similar in all stages. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



Specimens vary greatly in the amount of ashy edging to the feathers above. The females, although quite similar to 

 the males, are inclined to be redder above and to have streakings below. ReadUy dLstinguLshed from all others by the 

 ithestnut markings above combined with the graduated tail and yellow edge of wing. Found in summer through tlie dry 

 pin?y woods along the coa.st, from Middle Florida to the Carolinas, and in the interior as far north a.s Southern Indiana. 

 Winters in Florida. 



DIMENSIONS. 



Average measurements of twenty-five specimens. Length, 570; stretch, 7'87; wing, 2'37; tail, 2"44; bill, '50; tarsus, 

 ■|>y. L. ingest spjci.uen, G-20; greatest extent of wing, 820; longest wing, 2"56; tail, 2-60; bill, '55; tarsus, "76. Shortest 

 specimen, 5'GO; s.iuUc^t extent of wing, 7'75; shortest wing, 2'25; tail, 2"35; bill, '45; tarsus, •C2. 



DESCRIPTION OF NESTS AND EGGS. 



iVci/.s, jilaced on the gi-ound. They are loosely constructed, being composed of rather coarse grass lined with finer. 

 Dimensions; external diameter, 4'00, internal, 3'00. External depth, 2-50, internal, 1-50. 



L(/r/s, f )Ur or live in number, rather oval in fonn, pure, brilliant white in color. They are, I believe, never snotted. 

 I) !mcn-i,in; from 'SO-K'OO to 'Six '63. 



