122 FINCH. 



Moineau de Cayenne, Pl.enl. 181. 1. 



Black-faced Fincb, Gen. Syn. iii. 253. Id. Sup. 164. 



LENGTH six inches and a half. Bill red ; irides pale rufous; 

 plumage above, wings and tail reddish brown ; beneath and rump 

 crimson ; top of the head crested, and of the last colour ; sides of the 

 head, under the crest, black ; legs brown. The female is without the 

 crest, and the general colours are less bright. 



Inhabits Cayenne, found also in Paraguay, but not seen farther 

 south than 30 deg. nor is it very common. Often kept in cages, 

 and fed with hulled maize ; sometimes in winter seen in small troops. 

 Makes the nest of dry grass, lined with hairs ; eggs white. 



101— CAROLINA FINCH. 



Fringilla Carolinensis, Ind. Om. i. 435. Gen. Syn. ix. 439. 



— — cristata, Gm. Lim i. 926. 



Moineau de la Caroline, Buf. iii. 496. PL enl. 181. f. 2. 



Black-faced Finch, Arct.Zool. ii. No. 255. Gen. Syn. iii. 253. 3.— 2d. parag. 



IN this the top of the head, round the eyes, and chin, are black ; 

 neck to the breast crimson ; rump the same ; upper parts of the body, 

 wings, and tail, pale reddish brown ; quills black ; on the breast a 

 bar of black ; the rest of the under parts white, mixed with a little 

 black on the thighs ; legs brown. — Inhabits Carolina. 



102.— SWAMP FINCH. 



Fringilla iliaca, Ind. Om. i. 438. Gm. Lin. i. 923. Menem. Ic. 37. t. 10. Shaw's 



Zool. ix. 488. 

 Fringilla palustris, Swamp Sparrow, Amer. Om. iii. pi. 22. f. 1. 

 Swamp Finch, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 206. 



LENGTH almost seven inches, breadth eleven ; weight one 

 ounce and a quarter. Bill yellow ; top of the head ferruginous, 



