110 Synopsis of the Birds 



177. Fringilla pusilla, Wils. Crown deep chesnut, with a 

 drab streak ; cheeks, line over the eye, throat and breast, 

 brownish clay ; bill reddish-cinnamon. 



Field Sparrow, Fringilla pusilla, Wils. Am. Orn. ii. p. 121. 

 pi. 16. fig. 2. 



Inhabits, during summer, the middle and northern states : 

 winters in the southern : common. 



168. Fringilla palustris, Wils. Front black ; crown bay ; a 

 whitish spot between the eye and nostril ; sides of the neck, 

 and breast, dark ash ; tail emarginate, lobes rounded ; bill 

 dusky, lower mandible bluish. 



Swamp Sparroio, Fringilla palustris, Wils. Am. Orn. in. 

 p. 49. pi. 22. fig. i. adult male. 



Inhabits swamps and river shores ; during summer in the 

 northern and middle states ; winters in the southern : common. 



179. Fringilla caudacuta, Wils. nee Lath. Two Stripes of 

 brownish-orange each side of the head ; breast pale buft* 

 with small black spots ; tail cuneiform, feathers acute. 



Sharp-tailed Finch, Fringilla caudacuta, Wils. Am. Orn. 

 iv. p. 70. pi. 34. fig. 3. Oriolus caudacutus, Gm. Lath. 

 Inhabits the sea-coast from New-York to Georgia ; not rare. 



180. Fringilla maritima, Wils. Streak over the eye, and 

 edge of the shoulder, yellow ; breast cinereous ; tail cunei- 

 form ; bill elongated. 



Sea-side Finch, Fringilla maritima, Wils. Am. Orn. iv. p. 

 68. pi- 34. fig. 2. 



Inhabits marshy grounds on the Atlantic coast ; rather 

 common. The last three species, but especially the two 

 latter, have a peculiar form and general habit, which might 

 entitle them to a separate subgenus or section. 



