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FRINGILLA TEXENSIS 







Bill short, robust, conical, head ovate; neck short; body compact; nostrils con- 

 cealed by feathers ; second and third quill longest and equal, first scarcely short- 

 er ; head, back, scapulars and upper tail-coverts black, glossy, with a few touches 

 of yellow ; rump white, intermixed with black ; wings and tail blackish- brown, a 

 spot of white on the primaries, commencing on the third quill ; secondaries broad- 

 ly edged with white, tipped with the same ; secondarie coverts tipped with pale 

 yellowish- white, a spot of white on the inner webs of the three latteral tail-feath- 

 ers extending about two thirds the length ; tail nearly even ; the entire lower plu- 

 mage yellow. Length from bill to end of tail 4 inches, wings from flexure 2 4-12, 

 tarsus 6-12, middle toe, rather longer, hind toe strongest, lateral toes equal, the 

 outer connected as far as the first joint ; bill on the back 4-12, gap 44-12. 



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