FINCH. 149 



146— AUTUMNAL FINCH. 



Fringilla autumnalis, Ind. Orn. i. 455. Lin. i. 320. Gm. Lin. i. 908. Shaw's Zool. 



ix. 481. 

 Autumnal Finch, Gen. Syn. iii. 298. 



THIS is said to be greenish in colour; top of the head ferru- 

 ginous ; vent testaceous ; tail even at the end. 

 Inhabits Surinam. 



147.— YELLOW-WINGED FINCH. 



Fringilla passerina, Yellow-winged Sparrow, Amer. Orn. iii. pi. 24. f. 5. 



LENGTH five inches, extent eight. Bill dusky, beneath pale 

 bluish white ; head above blackish, divided by a slight line of white ; 

 hindhead and neck above, marked with short lateral touches of black 

 and white; above the eye, from the nostril, aline of yellow ; cheeks 

 plain brownish white ; back streaked black brown, and pale ash ; 

 shoulders above and below, and lesser wing coverts, olive yellow ; 

 greater coverts black, edged with pale ash; primaries light drab; 

 tail the same, the feathers rather pointed at the ends, the outer ones 

 white ; breast plain yellowish white ; belly and vent white ; three or 

 four slight touches of dusky at the sides of the breast; legs flesh- 

 colour. Male and female much alike. 



Inhabits the lower parts of New York and Pennsylvania ; very 

 numerous in Staten Island, and along. the sea coast of New Jersey : 

 makes the nest on the ground, among the grass, of loose materials, 

 lined with hair, and fibrous roots ; lays five greyish white eggs, 

 sprinkled with brown. A female found sitting the 1st of August : 

 feeds both on insects and seeds; does not remain there during the 

 winter ; the breast, being pale ochre, distinguishes it from the Sa- 

 vaunah Sparrow, pi. 22. f. 3. 



