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SWAMP FINCH. 

 ( Fringilla iliaca.) 



Fr. cinereo-olivacea, pennis apice Ju^cis, subtus alba, pectore 



maculis griseo-^fuscis, remlgibus fuscis margine riifis^ uropygio 



caudaque ntfis. 

 Grey-olive Finch, with the tips of the feathers fuscous; beneath 



white; breast spotted with grey brown; quills fuscous with 



rufous margins ; rump and tail rufous. 

 Fringilla iliaca. Gmel. Syst. Nat. l. 923. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



438. 16. 

 Swamp Finch. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 206. 2. 



This bird, which is known at Hudson's Bay by 

 the name of Swamp or Wilderness Sparrow, is a 

 large species, measuring above seven inches in 

 length: the beak is yellow : cheeks white: body 

 greyish olive above ; all the feathers with black 

 tips : beneath white : breast spotted with grey 

 brown : rump and tail rufous : legs yellow. In- 

 habits Georgia and Hudson's Bay. 



