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FERRUGINOUS FINCH. 

 (Fringilla ferruginea.) 



Fr. Jusca Jerrugineo marginata, suhtus pallida, pectore maculis 



obscuris, regione oculorum alba. 

 Fuscous Finch margined with ferruginous, beneath pale, breast 



with obscure spots, region of the eyes white. 

 Fringilla ferruginea. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 92 1. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 445. 35. 

 Little Sparrow. Edwards. 354. f, 2. 



Ferruginous Finch. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 25 1 . — Lath. Gen. Syn. 

 3. 272. 31. 



This bird is the size of Motacilla modularis : 

 the length is about five and a half inches : the 

 beak is dusky: space round the eyes white : upper 

 parts of the body, quills, and tail, dark brown, 

 bordered with reddish : under parts light-colour- 

 ed; the breast sprinkled with long dark spots : legs 

 flesh-colour. Inhabits various parts of North 

 America. 



