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to tLe eye, continued into a white band passing over and behind 

 it, and margined beneath with bkck ; fore part of back bright 

 bay, streaked with dusky and reddish-yellow ; rump yellowish-grey ; 

 edge of wing light yellow ; quills brownish-black, primaries edged 

 with yellowish-grey, secondaries and their coverts with light red • 

 two narrow bands of white on the wings, formed by the tips of 

 the secondary coverts, and first row of small coverts ; tail-feathers 

 brown, edged with rufous ; throat white ; cheeks, sides, and fore 

 part of neck, and a portion of breast, ash-grey ; the rest of the 

 lower parts greyish-white, the sides tinged with yellowish-o-rey. 

 Female similar, but with the colours duller. 



Male, 6^, 9. Female, 6^, 8^. 



Winter resident from Louisiana to Maryland, and inland as far 

 as Kentucky. Breeds from Maine to the Fur Countries. Abun- 

 dant. 



White-throated Sparrow, Fringilla albicollis, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii. 



p. 51. 

 Fringilla Pennsylvanica, Bonap. Syn. p. 108. 

 Fringilla (Zonotrichia) Pennsylvanica, White-throated Finch, 



Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 256. 

 White-throated Sparrow, Fringilla Pennsylvanica, Nctt. Man. v. i. 



p. 481. 

 White-throated Sparrow, Fi-ingilla Pennsylvanica, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



V, 1. p. 42; V. V. p. 497. 



4. Fringilla leuooplirys, Gmel. Wliite-crowned Finch. 



— ^White-crowned Sparrow. 

 Male with the bill yellowish-red tipped with brown ; upper part 

 of the head with four longitudinal black, and three white bands ; 

 fore part of the back streaked with reddish-brown and yellowish- 

 grey ; rump light yellowish-brown ; quills dark brown, primaries 

 edged with yellowish-grey, secondaries and their coverts with yel- 

 lowish red ; edge of wing whitish ; two bands of white on the 

 wing, foraied by the tips of the secondary coverts and first row of 

 small coverts ; tail-feathers brown, edged with yellowish-brown ; 

 throat greyish-white ; cheeks, sides, and fore part of the neck, 

 •and a portion of the breast, ash-grey ; abdomen white, sides, and 

 lower tail-coverts, yellowish-brown. Female similar to the male. 

 Young in first plumage with the back, wings, and tail as in the 

 adult, but duller, and the bands inconspicuous; on the head three 



