FKINGILLIDJi-TlIK FINCHES. 54Q 



Synopsis of Species. 



_ Common Charactkh.. Cmwn and \nu-k .treak,.,! with bia.,.- npon an a.l.y olivo or 

 cnestnut gmnn,l ; bcMu.atl, wl,iti.h, tingcMl across the breast wi,n odna.:.,.,;' or a^hv 

 plan, or wtl. l.la.k.sli streaks 0,1 tl.e brea.st. A liffht suporeilia.y strip... 



A. l\ul-leathurs attenuato.l, acute at (.■mis, innd. graduated. ()„ tbe crown 



a median liglit stripe. 



«. A dusky streak on ,.ach side oC the throat, and one above the h-ht 

 ocliraceons inaxiilary stripe. '^ 



i. C. henslowi. itill very robust, .35 alonj? ctthnen by .30 deep • 

 at base W n,;r, '.'.•25; tail, l.'.2l). Head oehraeeous or greenish 

 ohve, hghter on the throat; a blackish stripe on each si.le .,(' tlie 

 crown, lireast streaked with black at .all ages. /lab. Eastern 

 1 rovinco of United States. 

 ft. Ko dusky streak <,n si.le of throat nor above the tnaxilhu. 



2. C. leoontei. Bill very narrow, only .10 broad by .20 deep at 

 base. AIe.l,an stripe of tl,e crown ochrac..ous Ibr anterior third 

 the remaining part ashy-white; snpeiriliary strip-i wholly oehra- 

 eeous; edge of wing white; breast sparsely sticuked in the .i.lult 

 J^Vmg, 2.1-), tail, -.'.I'O. JM. Plains west of the Missouri, from 

 Texas to Dakot.a. 



3. C. passerinuB. Bill robust, .23, or in..re, broa.l, by .24, or more, 

 deep at base. Median strii)c of the crown ochr.aceous through- 

 out; superciliary stripe yellow anteriorly, ashy jiosteriorly ; e.h'e 

 of wing bright yellow, breast nnsticakod in th.; adult, strJaked hi 

 the yonng, in which tlie head stripes arc ashy, with no yellow on 

 wing or over lore. 



Colors dark, the black markings predominating above. Ad. 

 Anterior lower parls deep l)uff at all seasons. Juv. Dusky 

 streaks ou bivast very distinct. Bill, .33 and .30 ; wing, 2.00; 

 tail, 1.90. Hub. Eastern I'roviiice of United States, an.l 

 West Indies . . ,..,,. „,„ 



Colors pale, the light markings pre.lominating abf)vo. Ad. 

 Buff of the breast scaiTcly ol)servable in siininicr. ./hi: Dusky 

 streaks on breast scarcely appreciable. Bill, .33 an.l .24 ; wing, 

 2.G0 ; tail, 1.90. Ilab. Western Province of United States 



B. lail-feathcrs broa.l, rounded at en.ls; only slightly rounded. Crown not 

 divided by a median strip.\ 



4. C. manimbe. Head clear nshy, whitish on throat; crown uni- 

 formly streaked with bla.l-. Supr.i-loral streak and e.lge of wing 

 bright yellow. Xo streaks on breast in adult. 



Breast tinge.l with .ishy ; black streaks on upper parts iniieli 

 narrower than the intervening ones of the ashy grouiul-color ; 

 dorsal feathers rufescont-uml)er medially, c g.-.i with ashy, and 

 with a shaa-streak of black. Wing, 2.3.')'; tail. 2.00. J/ub. 



^''^^•^^ . v.ir. VI a II im be. 



Breast tinged with oehraeeous; black stivaks on upp.'r parls 

 much bro.a.ler than the ashy oni's of the groun.l-eolor ; .lor^^al 

 feathers bla.-k, edge.l with ashy; wing, '/•:.■); tail, 1.90. /f„l,. 

 Buenos Ay res and Uruguay var. d o r .v ,/ lis. 



