FINCH. 141 



131.— MUSTACHOE FINCH. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill pale brown ; top and sides of the 

 head chestnut ; forehead for one-third black ; the crown divided down 

 the middle by a whitish line ; over the eye, from the nostrils, a dusky 

 white line ; chin and throat white ; on each side of the under jaw a 

 long streak like a whisker ; upper parts of the body brown, streaked 

 with darker ; beneath dusky white ; tail rounded, the outer feather 

 white on the outer web, and half of the inner ; from the base to the 

 middle brown ; the others brown, more or less, from the base on both 

 webs; the white shorter as the feather is more inward; the two centre, 

 or middle feathers, wholly brown ; that is, on the first the white 

 occupies one inch ; on the second three-eighths of an inch ; on the 

 third a quarter of an inch ; the fourth three-eighths ; and fifth white 

 only just at the tip; the quills reach one-third on the tail; legs 

 yellow. — In the collection of Lord Stanley. 



132— HYBERNAL FINCH. 



Fringilla pusilla, Field Sparrow, Amer. Orn. ii. pi. 16. f. 2. 

 Passer agrestis, Little Field Sparrow, Bartr. Trav. p. 289. 



LENGTH four inches and three quarters, breadth eight inches 

 and a half. Bill and legs pale ; top of the head red brown, streaked 

 with black dots ; sides of the head, and all beneath dusky white, 

 inclining to yellow on the sides of the head ; through the eye, from 

 the bill, an ash-coloured streak, curved behind ; and under the eye a 

 short curved one ; back black, and pale cinereous yellow, mixed ; 

 lower part of the back and rump ash ; wings dusky within, and the 

 outer margins of the feathers rufous ; tail somewhat forked, the 

 feathers of it and the quills dusky, with pale margins. 



