FKIN( JiLLIIhK - THE FINCIIIX 



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intorscapular rc^'ion stroak«'<l with lilark. A siiperoiliary anrl maxillju y line, chin and 

 throat, and c'<Mitial hue of under parts Iroin the hreiust to crissuni, white; the e<l<re of the 

 wing, a!id a glo.ss on the hreast and niidtlle of belly, yellow. A hlaek spotted line from 

 the lower corner of the h>wer mandible down the side of the throat, eonnectini,^ with a 

 crescent of streaks in the upper edge of the slate portion of the breast. Length, T).?') ; 

 wing, 2.8(i; tail. 2.50. 



TIab. Chester County, Penn. But one specimen known (in the Mus. Smith.). 



It is Still a question whether tliis is a distinct species, or only a variety 

 of E. anuricana. There is, however, little ground for the last supposition, 

 althoii<di its rarity is a nivsterv. 



The original type specimen of this species, collected by Dr. J. K. Town- 

 sen«l, still continues to be tiie only one known, and has been presented ])V 

 its (nvner. Dr. E. Michener, to the Sndthsonian Institution. 



Habits. Only a single sj)ecimen of this apparently well-marked si)ecies 

 has been observed, and nothing is known as to its Instory. The bird was 

 shot by Mr. ^. K. Townsend, in an old fiekl grown up with cedar-bushes, near 

 New Garden, Cliester Co., Penn., May 11, 1833. 



Genus 



, Cabaxis. 



IGoniaphai, l>owi). " Kxiurs. iii Madeira, 182r»," Agassiz. ( Tyiit", Loxia ludoviciana, ac- 

 cording to ('ray. ) 



Habia, IIf.ichkxb. Av. Syst. Nat. IS.'jO, pi. xxviii. iTyiie, L. hidoviciaiia ; not Ilabia of 

 Lesson, 1831). 



Ucdymclcs, Cadanis, Mus. Hein. 1851, 153. (Same type.) 



Gex. Char. Bill very largo, much swollen ; lower mandible scarcely deeper than the 

 upper: feet almost coc- 



cothraustine, tarsi and 

 toes very short, the claws 

 strong and much curved, 

 though blunt. First four 

 primaries longest, and 

 nearly e<iual, abrui)tly 

 longer than the fifth. 

 Tail bro'"' perlectly 

 square. Colors: Black, 

 white, and red, or black, 

 cinnamon, yellow, and 

 white, on the male ; 

 the females brownish, ST^Vv 

 streaked, with the axil- V//' 

 lars and lining of the ' ' 

 wiuiT yellow. 



Hedymelfs mdanocfphalus. 



There seems to be abundant reason for separating this genus from 

 Guiraca ; the latter is, in reality, much more nearly related to Cifanospiza, 

 it being impossible to define tlie divitling line between them. 



