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SWAMP FINCH. 



(Fringilla iliaca.) 



Fr. cinereo-olivacea, pennis apice fuscis, subtus alba, pectore 

 maculis griseo^fuscis, remigibus. fuscis margine riifis? uropygio 

 caudaque rufis. 



Grey-olive Finch, with the tips of the feathers fuscous ; beneath 

 white; breast spotted with grey brown; quills fuscous with 

 rufous margins ; rump and tail rufous. 



Fringilla iliaca. Gmel, Syst. Nat. l. g23.—Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 

 438. 16. 



Swamp Finch. Lath. Syn. Sup. II, 206. 1. 



This bird, which is known at Hudson's Bay by 

 the name of Swamp or Wilderness Sparrow, is a 

 large species, measuring above seven inches in 

 length : the beak is yellow : cheeks white : body 

 greyish olive above ; all the feathers with black 

 tips : beneath white : breast spotted with grey 

 brown : rump and tail rufous : legs yellow. In- 

 habits Georgia and Hudson's Bay. 



