130 FINCH. 



corner of the mouth, through the eye, a dusky streak ; on the sides 

 of the crown a narrow line of white, and above the eye one of orange- 

 colour ; upper parts of the plumage reddish brown ; throat white ; 

 cheeks, and the rest of the under parts cinereous white ; edge of the 

 upper part of the wing pale yellow ; tail a trifle cuneiform ; the legs 

 flesh-colour. In the female the stripe on the head is light drab-colour ; 

 the breast not so dark ; throat dusky white ; the line of yellow above 

 the eye shorter; all beneath pale drab. 



Inhabits Pennsylvania; has been seen in small flocks at New 

 York, in January, retires to the inland parts to breed; it comes in 

 October, and departs about the 29th of April ; supposed to pass the 

 summer in Newfoundland; found in the winter in the States south of 

 New England, particularly about Roanoke River, but retires also 

 from these as summer advances. 



Some birds have the orange spot at the base of the bill very 

 obscure, and want the white spot on the chin, from which circum- 

 stances such may be supposed to be females. 



115— ASH-CROWNED FINCH. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill pale brown ; crown deep ash-colour, 

 surrounded with black as a wreath ; below the nape a ferruginous 

 collar, passing to the throat before, where it is a little mingled with 

 dusky; back brown, middle of the feathers blackish ; wings dusky, 

 the feathers margined with ferruginous; greater quills plain ; rump 

 pale brownish ash ; tail even, plain brown ; under part of the body, 

 from chin to vent, dusky white ; legs brown. 



Inhabits South America. — Mr. Bullock. 



