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MOUNTAIN FINCH. 

 (Fringilla canadensis.) 



Fr. castaneo et griseo-fusco varia, subtus cinerascens, macula ad 

 basin rostri rufescente, fascia alarum duplici alba. 



Finch varied with grey-fuscous and chesnut, beneath cineras- 

 cent, with a rufescent spot at the base of the beak, and a 

 double white stripe on the wings. 



Fringilla canadensis. Lath. hid. Orn. 1. 434. 3. 



Fringilla monticola. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. Ql% 



Passer canadensis. Bris. 3. 102. 15. 



Le Soulicet. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 500. 



Moineau de Canada. Buff. PI. Enl. 223./. 2. 



Mountain Finch. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 265. 16. 



Size of F. domestica : length above six inches : 

 beak reddish : crown of the head chesnut, varie- 

 gated with grey, brown in the middle: sides of 

 the head, and neck, white : upper parts brown, 

 mixed with darker brown : quills and tail much 

 darker, margined with paler : wings with two 

 white bars : under parts of the body white : legs 

 brown. Found in Canada. 



