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two and seven tenths inches, light rufous-brown above, 

 beneath whitish. 



The Mountain Song-Sparrow, M.fallax, Baird, of the 

 Rocky Mountains, is very similar to M. melodia, but with 

 smaller bill and longer wings and tail. 



Lincoln's Finch, M. Lincolnii, Baird, of North America, 

 is five and six tenths inches long, the wing two and six 

 tenths inches ; crown chestnut, with a median and super- 

 ciliary ashy stripe ; back streaked with black ; beneath, 

 white ; a stripe behind the ear-coverts, band across the 

 breast, and under tail-coverts, brownish yellow. 



The Swamp Sparrow, M. palustris, Baird, of the United 

 States east of the Missouri, is five and three quarters inches 

 long, the wing two and two fifths inches ; the middle of 

 the crown chestnut, forehead black, superciliary streak,, 

 sides of the head, and back, ash, the latter broadly 

 streaked with black ; under parts whitish tinged with 

 ashy across the breast. The nest is built at the foot of 

 a tuft of grass ; eggs four or five, dull white, speckled 

 with reddish. 



The Genus Peuccea has the upper mandible curved, 

 very short and much rounded wings, tail long and much 

 graduated, and the toes short. 



Bachman's Finch, P. cestivalis, Cab., of Georgia, is six 

 and a quarter inches long, the wing about two and a third 

 inches, the feathers above dark brownish-red margined 

 with bluish ash, under parts pale brownish-yellow, and 

 edge of wing yellow. 



Cassin's Finch, P. Cassinii, Baird, of Texas, is similar 

 to the last, but paler. 



The Brown-headed Finch, P. ruficeps, Baird, of Cali- 

 fornia, is five and a half inches long, the wing over two 

 and a third inches, ashy brown above, the crown and 

 nape chestnut, superciliary stripe ashy ; under parts pale 

 yellowish-brown, chin with a line of black on each side. 



