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MOUNTAIN FTNCH. 

 (Fringilla canadensis.) 



Fr. castaneo et griseo-fusco varia, subtus cinerascens y macula ad. 



basin rostri rufescente^Jascia alarum duplici alba. 

 Finch varied with grey-fuscous and chesnut, beneath cineras- 



cent, with a rufescent spot at the base of the beak, and a 



double white stripe on the wings. 

 Fringilla canadensis. Lath. Tnd. Orn. 1. 434. 3. 

 Fringilla monticola. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 912. 

 Passer canadensis. Bris. 3. 102. 15. 

 Le Soulicet. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 500. 

 Moineau de Canada. Buff. PI. Enl. 223./ 2. 

 Mountain Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 265. 16. 



Size of F. domestica : length above six inches : 

 beak reddish : crown of the head chesnut, varie- 

 gated with grey, brown in the middle : sides of 

 the head, and neck, white : upper parts brown, 

 mixed with darker brown : quills and tail much 

 darker, margined with paler : wings with two 

 white bars : under parts of the body w T hite : legs 

 brown. Found in Canada. 



