232 GREY-CROWNED LINNET. 



deeply emarginate, the wings with the second quill longest, the third 

 next, and the first intermediate between the third and fourth. The 

 proportions having been given erroneously in the description of that 

 species (at p. 25, vol. i.), which is otherwise however correct. It is 

 clear that the present bird is not a Bullfinch, but must be placed beside 

 the Purple Finch. 



GREY-CROWNED LINNET. 



FrINGILLA TEPHROCOTIS. 

 PLATE CCCCXXIV. Male. 



This species, which in form and proportion is allied to Fringilla 

 purpurea on the one hand, and to F. cannabina on the other, is of ex- 

 tremely rare occurrence, a single specimen only being mentioned as 

 having been obtained by Dr Richaedson on the Saskatchewan, in 

 May 1827, from which my figure was taken. 



Fringilla tephrocotis. 



LiNARiA (leucosticte) Tephrocotis, Svoainson, Grey-crowned Linnet, 

 Richards, and Swains. Fauna Bor.-Amer. vol. ii. p. 265. 



Adult Male. Plate CCCCXXIV. Fig. 3. 



Bill short, thick, conical, its upper and lower outlines straight, the 

 ridge and sides convex, the edges inflected, the gape-line slightly arch- 

 ed, but at the base a little deflected. Nostrils basal, roimd, concealed 

 by short bristly feathers. 



Head rather large, broadly ovate ; neck short ; body moderate. 

 Feet of moderate length ; tarsus of the same length as the middle toe 

 and claw, compressed, anteriorly scutellate, with two lateral plates 

 meeting behind so as to form a sharp edge ; hind toe stout, lateral toes 

 nearly equal. Claws rather long, arched, compressed, acute, that of the 

 hind toe largest. 



Plumage soft and blended. Wings long, pointed ; the second quill 

 longest, the first slightly shorter, the rest rapidly graduated ; second- 



