140 FINCH. 



retiring north as spring advances ; is seen among the Cedar trees, but 

 is rare about Savannah ;* and although found in the Southern, is 

 certainly much more plentiful in the Northern States. 



A. — Crimson-headed Finch, Arct. Zool. ii. No. 257. 



Head and breast crimson, the first faintly spotted with dusky ; 

 behind each eye dusky ; back, wing coverts, primaries, and tail, 

 black, edged with crimson ; belly white tinged with red. 



Inhabits America, seen first at New York in April ; frequent 

 among the red cedars, and shifts most nimbly round the stems. — 

 General Davies. 



130— GEORGIAN FINCH. 



Fring-illa Georeiana, Ind. Orn. i. 400. Skaiv's ZooL ix. 537. 

 Georgian Finch, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 209. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill dusky ; irides brown ; head brown, 

 full of feathers; middle of the back dusky brown, the under parts 

 white ; chin and throat grey ; beneath the jaw a divaricated black 

 streak ; lesser wing coverts rufous; quills and tail feathers rufous on 

 the outer edges ; legs brown, 



Inhabits Georgia, under the name of Grass Sparrow, which seems 

 to be a common appellation for several of the Finch kind. 



In the collection of drawings from Mr. Abbot, I find a similar 

 bird under the name of Ground Sparrow. This seems to answer as 

 to the general description ; the tail brown, a trifle hollowed at the 

 end, the outer feather white, with the shaft dusky, the inner web 

 brown for three-fourths from the base ; the next white, fringed on 

 the outer web and tip, the rest brown ; legs pale brown. 



* Mr. Abbot 



