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FRINGILLA PENNSYLVANICA— LATH. 

 WHITE-THROATED FINCH. 



White-throated Sparrow, Fringilla albicollis, VVils. Amer. Orn. 

 Fringilla Pennsylvanica, Bonap. Syri. 



Fringilla (Zonotrichia) Pennsylvanica, White throated Finch, Sw. & Rich. 

 White-throated Sparrow, Fringilla Pennsylvanica, Nutt. Man. 

 White-throated Sparrow, Fringilla Pennsylvanica, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — A broad white patch on the throat. Adult 

 male with a band of yellow from the nostril to the eye, changing 

 to white as it passes over the eye, fading into dull brownish-white 

 as it continues to the occiput, bordered above with a broad band of 

 black ; middle space on the upper part of the head white, changing 

 into brownish-white on the hind neck ; fore part of the back bright 

 bay, streaked with dusky and reddish-yellow ; rump yellowish 

 gray ; primaries brown, edged with yellowish-gray ; secondaries 

 and their coverts broadly margined with bright red ; secondary 

 coverts, and first row of small coverts, tipped with dull white ; 

 cheeks, sides of the neck, and a large portion of the breast, ash 

 gray ; throat white ; rest of the lower parts grayish- white, the 

 sides tinged with yellowish-gray ; tail feathers brown, edged with 

 rufous. Length six inches and a half, wing two and seven-eighths. 

 Female with the colors duller, and rather smaller. 



This large and handsome Sparrow visits us from the North. 

 It associates in flocks, and frequents the borders of swampy 

 thickets. It does not breed on Long Island, merely visiting us 

 in autumn. It frequents similar situations, and is usually 

 found in company with the preceding. 



