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GENUS FRINGILLA— LINN 



FINCH. 



[Bill short, stout, conical, pointed — upper mandible with the ridge straight ; 

 nostrils concealed by feathers ; head rather large ; neck short ; body compact ; 

 wings of moderate length ; tail of moderate length, slightly emarginate ; tarsi 

 of moderate length — hind toe strongest.] 



FRINGILLA ILIACA— MERREM. 

 FOX-COLORED FINCH, 



Fox-colored Sparrow, Fringilla rufa, Wils. Amer. Orn. 



Fringiiia iliaca, Bonap. Syn. 



Fringilla (Zonotrichia) iliaca, Sw. & Rich. 



Ferruginous Finch, Fringilla iliaca, Nutt. Man. 



Fox colored Sparrow, Fringilla iliaca, Aud. Orn. Bio^. 



Specific Character — The conspicuous reddish markings on the lower 

 parts, and the uniform bright reddish color of the upper tail 

 coverts and tail are at all times a specific distinction. Adult 

 with the upper parts light red, intermixed with light bluish on 

 the upper part of the head and hind neck ; a band of white 

 anterior to the eye ; lower parts white ; the throat and fore- 

 neok marked with small spots of light red, the spots on the 

 breast larger, with the sides of the body broadly streaked with 

 the same color ; tail light red, the color more uniform and lighter 

 than that of the back ; quills brown, margined externally with 



