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FEINGILLIDiE, FINCHES, ETC. C4EN. 70, 71. 



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Var. iNsiGNis Be, Traus. Chicago Acad. 1869, 319, pi. 29, f. 1. Plumbeous 

 brown, not rafous, the dorsal streaks fine ; beneath, plumbeous white, with almost 

 confluent ashy-brown streaks. Large ; 7 ; wing and tail 3^ ; bill slender and very 

 Kadiak, Alaska. 



long, .60. 



70. Genus PEUC^A Audutoon. 



* Edge and bend of wing yellowish, as in C'oturmculus, which the sjoecies much 

 resembles in the color of the upper parts ; but it has no obvious j'ellowish about 

 the head ; the wings are not longer than the tail, and the tail feathers, though very 

 narrow and lanceolate, are not acute at tip. 



Bachman's Finch. Upper parts, including crown, continuously streaked 

 with blackish, dull chestnut and ashy-graj' ; wing coverts and inner second- 

 aries marked like the back; below, dull brownish-ash, or brownish-gray, 

 whitening on the l)elly, deepest on sides and across breast, nowhere 

 obviously streaked in adult plumage ; some obscure dusky maxillary streaks, 

 some vague dusky markings on auriculars, a slight ashy suiDerciliary line 

 and very obscure median asbj' line on crown ; bill dark above, pale below ; 

 legs very pale ; lateral claws falling far short of base of middle claw ; hind 

 claw much shorter than its digit ; tarsus not longer than middle toe and claw ; 

 tail much rounded, with obscure graj'ish-white area on the lateral feathers. 

 Young have the breast and sides evidently streaked. 5J-6; wing 2J ; 

 tail 2^-. Southern States. Nutt., i, 568; Aud., iii, 113, pi. 176. 



Bd., 484 iESTIVALIS. 



Var. CASSiNii. Similar ; paler and grayer ; wings and tail rather longer. 

 Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, and southward. Bd., 485 ; Coop., 219. 



* * Edge and bend of wing without yellow. 



Rufous-crmvned Finch. Similar ; rather smaller ; croAvn uniform chest- 

 nut, aud maxillary streaks sharp, distinct. California. Cass., 111. 135, 

 pi. 20; Bd., 486; Coop., 218 huticeps. 



71. Genus POOSPIZA Cataanis. 



*jt* Southwestern species, with rounded blackish tail not shorter than the wings, 

 plumlieous-black bill and feet, and few decided streaks, or none. 



Black-throated Finch. Face, chin and throat sharply jet-black ; a strong 

 pure white superciliary line, and another bounding the black of the throat ; 

 under eyelid also pure white ; auriculars dark slate ; 

 no 3'cllow anywhere. Below, pure white; the sides, 

 flanks and crissum shaded with ashy or fulvous- 

 brownish, but no streaks. Above, uniform grayish- 

 brown ; wings dusky, coverts and inner quills edged 

 with the colors of the back; tail black, with narrow 

 grayish edgings, the outer feather sharijly edged and 



Fig. 85. Black-throated rinch. ^ i •,. i.^ i i ^i •.,,■%. 



tipped with white and several others similarly tipped. 

 Small, 5-5 J ; wing ab(5ut 2J ; tail 2§. In the young the head-markings 

 are obscure, there is little or no black on the throat, aud a few pectoral 



