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equal length, tail ligliter, tlie head and neck intermixed with light 

 bluish-grey ; inner webs of quills brown, secondary coverts slightly 

 tipped with whitish ; lower parts white, and, except the abdomen, 

 spotted with light red, the spots on the breast smaller and inclining 

 to black ; a patch of dusky on its fore part, produced by the inner 

 webs of several of the feathers. 

 Male^ 1^, lOi. Female, T^. 



Dispersed in winter throughout the Southern and Western 

 Districts. Breeds from Nova Scotia to Labrador and the Fur 

 Countries, Eather common. 



Fox-coloured Sparrow, Fringilla rufa, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p. 53. 



Fringilla iliaca, Bonap. Syn. p. 112. 



Fringilla (Zonotrichia) iliaca, Swains. & Rich F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. 



p. 257. 

 Ferruginous Finch, Fringilla iliaca, Nutt, Man. v. i. p. 614. 

 Fox-coloured Sparrow, Fringilla iliaca, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 58 ; 

 V. v. p. 512. 



2. Fringilla melodia, Wils. Song Finch. 



Hind toe and claw of equal length ; upper parts yellowish-grey, 

 streaked with brownish-black and brownish red ; on the head 

 three greyish-blue longitudinal bands ; quills dusky brown, mar- 

 gined with brownish red, tail-feathers dull light brown, edged with 

 lighter ; sides of the head yellowish-grey, with two bands of dusky 

 brown ; throat white, with a broad band of dusky brown on each 

 side ; lower parts white, the fore neck and sides tinged with red- 

 dish, and streaked with dusky brown. Bill stouter than in the 

 preceding species. 

 Male, 6, 8^. 



Breeds from Texas to Nova Scotia. Not observed in Kentucky. 

 Winter resident in the Southern States. Very abundant. 

 Fringilla melodia, "Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 125. 

 Fringilla melodia, Bonap. Syn. p. 108. 



Common Song Sparrow, Fringilla melodia, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 486. 

 Song Sparrow, Fringilla melodia, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 226; v. 

 V. p. 507. 



3. Fringilla Pennsylvanica, Lath. White-throated Finch. 

 Male with the bill dusky ; the upper part of the head black, 

 with a central white band ; a bright yellow band from the nostril 



