HIRUS. PASSERES. 20. Fringilia, 3D 



79. E. miliaria. Pjle olive-brown with blackish spots, - 

 beneath yellow, sh-whitc with oblong dusky spots: 

 orbits rufous-brown. 



Common Hnhtin<r. Lenin t. 83. Donovan t. 50. W&kot #.-213. 



Length 7 inchr.s ;,nd a half : extent \ i and a half: weight nearly 

 2 ounces. Kill drown : iris dark ha/.cl : ,;?//y dirty -white, without 

 fpocs : quill-JLi.iUie>-s dusky, \vith paler edges : tail a little forked, 

 dusky, the oui.er-fe.atliers pale : /tfgs dull yellow. 



SO. E. 'Sckawidus. Head and throat black : back and 

 wings reddish-brown with black spots : underneath 

 whitish : 1 2 outer taii-feathcrs with a while wedge- 

 shaped spot. 



Reed Bunting. Levain t. 82. Walcott. 214. Albin ii. t, 51. 



Length 6 iirches ; weiglit nearly 5 drachms and a half. 

 Bill dusky : iris haxel ; from the corners of the mcutJi a white 

 ftripe encircling the head: breast and belly whitish, the sides darker, 

 with a few brown lines : feathers of the back blackish, with broad 

 reddish-brown borders : shoulders thefnut : quill-feathers dusky, with 

 tawny borders : tail blackish, 2 middle-feathers with broad rufous 

 borders, the others tawny on the outer-webs, 2 outer-ones ^vith a 

 white oblique i'pot towards the ends : legs reddish-brown. 



Female head rufous with dusky streaks, without the white circle 

 round the nape, and brownish beneath. 



20. FRINGILLA. Finch. 



31. F. domestica. Body black and s^rey, a white mark 

 behind the .eyes: wings and tail biT'vn, the former 

 with a single white band. 



Ilouie Sparrow. Br. Zoo/. ..51. Lewin t. 71. Donovan t. 8-3. 



Length about 6 inches : weight nearly 7 drachms. 



Bill dusky : iris ha;:el : crown and cheeks grey : round the eyes and 

 from them to the bill black : throat black ; nape and neck chefnut : 

 back and wing-co-jrts mixed rufous and black ; lefscr coverts tipt 

 with white forming a band acrofs the wings : belly grey : tail dusky, 

 edged with grey : legs brown. Female dull brown, with a white 

 line above the eye, without the black near the eye and on the 

 throat. Is sometimes found entirely white. 



S2. F. montana. Body black and grey : head and nape 

 chesnut : wings and tail brown, the former with a 

 double white band. 



Tree Sparrow. .Er. Zool. t. 52. Lewi a t. 72. Donovan t. 88. 



Lefs than the laft. Bill dusky: iris hazel : chin black : behind 

 the eyes a black fpot : cheeks and sides of the head white ; back and 

 shoulders rufous-brown, with black fpots: wing-coverts rufous, edged 

 with black : quills blackish with rufous borders : breast and belly 

 dull white: tail dusky rufous, edged with chefnut: legs pale-red 

 brown. Female without the black on the chin and sides of the 

 head. 



83. F. ccelebs. Wings and tail blackish : quill-feathers 

 marked with white on both webs at the base : outer- 

 most tail-feathers obliquely marked with white. 



Chafrinch, Lew in t. 73. Albin i. /. 63. U'alcot t. 217. 



Lefs than the Sparrow. Bill bluish, tipt with black: iris hazel : 

 front black: crown, nape and sides of the nee A Mulsh-grey; chfn, 

 throat and breast dull orange : back dull chefnut; shoulders white ; 

 fecondary wing-coverts tipt with white: quills dusky, with a green- 

 ish yellow edge on the outer-webs : middle tail-feathers edged and 

 tipt with grey; rump greenish : belly dirty white ; /^j brownish. 



