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various quadrupeds. Of the former, I may mention in particular the Wild 

 Turkey, several species of Grouse, the Wild Pigeon, the Turtle Dove, some 

 Loxias, and several Thrushes. Among the latter, the Black Bear stands pre- 

 eminent, although Racoons, Foxes, Oppossums, and others destroy great 

 quantities. 



MORTON'S FINCH. 



Fringilla Mortonii. 



PLATE CXC. 



A single specimen of this pretty little bird, apparently an adult male, has 

 been sent to me by Dr. Townsend, who procured it in Upper California. 

 Supposing it to be undescribed, I have named it after my excellent and much 

 esteemed friend Dr. Morton of Philadelphia, Corresponding Secretary of 

 the Academy of Natural Sciences of that city. 



North California. 



Morton's Finch, Fringilla Mortoni, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 312. 



Adult Male. 



Bill short, stout, conical, compressed toward the end; upper mandible 

 with its dorsal outline declinate, almost straight, being slightly convex 

 toward the end, the ridge indistinct, the sides rounded, the edges sharp and 

 somewhat inflected, with a very faint notch close to the tip; lower mandible 

 about the same depth and nearly as broad at the base, its angle very short 

 and rounded, its dorsal line ascending, almost straight, being very slightly 

 convex, the back and sides convex, the edges inflected, the tip acute. Gap- 

 line considerably declinate at the base. Nostrils small, roundish, marginate, 

 basal, in the fore part of the short nasal depression, and partially concealed 

 by the feathers. 



Head rather large, ovate; neck short. Feet of ordinary length, tarsus 

 much compressed, with seven anterior scutella, and two plates behind meet- 

 ing so as to form a very thin edge; toes rather stout, compressed, the first 

 large, the second or inner scarcely shorter than the outer, which is united to 



