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SHARP-TAILED FINCH. 

 (Fringilla caudacuta.) 



Fr.jusco rufoque varia, superciliis gula cerviceque rufis, cauda in* 



tegra, rectricibus omnibus apice acutis. 

 Finch varied with fuscous and red, with the supercilia," throat, 



and neck rufous; tail intire, with all the feathers acute at the 



tip. 

 Fringilla caudacuta. Lath. Ind. Om. 1. 459. 85. 

 Sharp-tailed Finch. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 208. 9. 



Above four and a half inches in length : beak 

 pale : irides dark brown : prevailing colour of the 

 plumage mottled brown and pale rufous ; the 

 margins of the feathers being the latter : throat, 

 and streak over the eyes, pale rufous : lower part of 

 the neck dark rufous: feathers of the tail with 

 acute tips. Found in the inner parts of Georgia, 

 in North America. 



