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celerity. They are fond of open grounds, and alight on detached trees, 

 when these are high, but at most times they prefer thickets of bushes. 



Wanders during winter to South Carolina, Louisiana, and Kentucky. 

 Breeds north of the United States, in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and 

 Labrador. Columbia river. Plentiful. 



Pine Finch, Fringilla pinus, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. ii. p. 133. 



Fringilla pinds, Bonap. Syn., p. 111. 



Pine Finch, Fringilla pinus, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 511. 



Pine Finch, Fringilla pinus, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. ii. p. 455; vol. v. p. 509. 



Adult Male. 



Bill rather short, conical, very acute; upper mandible a little broader than 

 the lower, almost straight in its dorsal outline, rounded on the sides, as is 

 the lower, which has the edges sharp and inflected; the gap-line almost 

 straight, slightly deflected at the base. Nostrils basal, roundish, concealed 

 by the feathers. Head of moderate size, the general form compact. Legs 

 of moderate length, slender; tarsus compressed, covered anteriorly with a 

 few longish scutella, sharp behind; toes scutellate above, free, the lateral 

 ones nearly equal, the hind toe strong; claws arched, much compressed, 

 very acute. 



Plumage soft, blended, with very little gloss. Wings of ordinary length, 

 the first quill longest, the second and third a little shorter; secondaries short, 

 emarginate. Tail of ordinary length, forked, the lateral feathers straight, 

 but spreading. 



Bill light yellowish-brown, dusky at the tip. Iris brown. Feet purplish- 

 brown. The general colour of the upper parts is yellowish-grey, streaked 

 with dark brown; the wings and tail dusky, margined with greyish-white; 

 the bases of the secondary quills, the tips of their coverts, and the margins 

 of the rump feathers, cream-coloured. The lower parts are gre}nsh-white, 

 tinged with brown on the fore neck, and all streaked with dull brown. 



Length 4^ inches, extent of wings 8^; bill along the ridge T 5 2 -, along the 

 ed ge tV; tarsus T V 



Adult Female. 



The female scarcely differs from the male in external appearance. 



The Black Larch. 



Pinds pendula, Pursch, Fl. Amer. Sept., vol. ii. p. 645. Lambert, Monogr., p. 55. pi. 

 36. — Moncecia Polyandria, Linn. — Conifers, Juss. 



Abundant in the Northern States, where it attains a great size. It resem- 



