332 HARRIS' FINCH. 



be a female, near Fort Croghan, on the 5th of October, which I have figured 

 along with a fine male. The female differing in nothing from the latter. 



All our exertions to discover the nest of this species were fruitless, and I 

 concluded by thinking that it proceeds further northward to breed. 



Harris' Finch, Fririgilla Harrisii, Aud. 



Male 7|, 10 T V 



Found on the Upper Missouri. Not abundant. 



Adult Male. 



Bill dusky; head and throat black, descending by streaks of the same colour 

 on the breast. Cheeks and a broad line nearly meeting on the nape, ash- 

 grey; back dull bay, streaked with brownish-black; rump dull olivaceous; 

 edge of wing whitish. Two bands of white on the wings, formed by the 

 tips of the secondary coverts and first row of small coverts. Tail feathers 

 brown, edged with light greyish-olive. Sides of the breast thickly streaked 

 with black dots. The lower parts white, tinged with light brownish-yellow. 

 Legs dusky, the claws darker. Second quill longest. 



Bill along the ridge ^ inch, along the gap f; from bill to pinion 1-|; to end 

 of wing 5 inches, to end of claws 6|-, to end of tail 7; alar extent 10 T V; wing 

 from flexure 3 T 7 g-; tarsus ^; middle toe ^-*, its claw i; hind toe %-*, its claw §» 

 Feet cinnamon colour. 



Young, supposed to be a Female. 



The general appearance is the same as the above, as well as the colouring, 

 except that the upper part of the head is covered with black feathers, each 

 edged with yellowish-brown, as well as the sides of the head. A streak of 

 black descends from the base of the lower mandible, and the upper parts of 

 the breast and sides are thickly streaked with deep brownish-rufous; lower 

 parts as in the adult; measurements the same. The adult female exactly as 

 in the male. 



