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WHITE-THROATED FINCH. 



(Fringilla pensylvanica.) 



Fr. n igricans riifo varia, subtus genisque cinereo-alba, fascia ocu- 

 lari nigricante, super ciliis Jidvis, gula alba. 



Blackish Finch, varied with rufous ; beneath and cheeks greyish- 

 white, with a blackish stripe near the eyes ; supercilia fulvous ; 

 throat white. 



Fringilla pensylvanica. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 445. 36. 



Passer pensylvaticus. Bris. App. JJ. 



Fringilla albicollis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 921. 



White-throated Sparrow. Edwards. 304. 



White-throated Finch. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 248. — Lath. Gen. 

 Syn. 3. 272. 32. — Lath. Syn. Sup. 166. 



In length six inches and a half: beak dusky: 

 supercilia yellow ; stripe from the jaw to the eyes 

 dusky : prevailing colour of the plumage above 

 reddish brown : edge of the wing pale yellow : 

 throat white : cheeks and under parts of the body 

 dirty white: irides hazel: legs flesh- colour: the 

 supposed female wants the white spot on the chin ? 

 and has the yellow stripe on the sides of the head 

 very obscure. Native of Pensylvania, New York, 

 and Newfoundland. 



