PINCH. 



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with white; primaries dusky, with white edges; lower part of the 

 neck and sides white, marked with small streaks ; belly pure white ; 

 tail dusky, subcuneiform, outer feathers white on the outer edge 

 and tip; the next tipped, and edged for half an inch, with white; 

 the rest dusky ; bill and legs pale brown. The male and female are 

 much alike. 



Inhabits New York, where it stays all the winter, and known by 

 the name of Grass Bird ; it only winters in Georgia, and does not 

 breed there. 



One sent to Mr. Francillon, similar, if not the same with this, had 

 the outer tail feather white, except the base half within ; the next 

 mostly white on the outer web ; the third white at the extreme tip; 

 this is called Summer Grass Sparrow, and is the only one which 

 stays the whole year ; the rest leave Georgia in spring ; it has a 

 pretty note, chiefly seen on the ground on the grass, the nest on the 

 ground, of dried grass, under some small bush ; eggs small, oblong, 

 white : it generally has two broods in a year. 



123— SPOTTED FINCH. 



LENGTH six inches, breadth nine. Bill and legs pale ; 

 plumage in general pale ash, marked with large brown spots, except 

 the quills and the tail, which are plain ; the under parts paler than 

 above, but have the same brown spots; tail a trifle hollowed; at the 

 top of the head a pale streak ; sides of it buff-colour ; over the eye 

 whitish, appearing as a stripe; behind the eye a dash of brown, and 

 on the lower jaw a longer one of the same. 



Another, supposed to differ in sex, is six inches and a quarter 

 long, extent of wing ten. General colour of plumage as in the 

 male, but paler ; on the crown an obscure whitish streak, and on the 

 under jaw a curved white one ; shoulders of the wings ferruginous, 

 the rest of the wing and tail brown, the margins paler; tail a trifle 



