498 



STRIPED-HEADED FINCH. 



(Fringilla striata,) 



Fr. Jusca nebulosa, subtus gem's gulaque alba, capite vittis tribus 



nigrisyfronte lorisque Jlavis. 

 Brown clouded Finch, beneath with the cheeks and throat 



white, head with three black vitta, forehead and lores yellow. 

 Fringilla striata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 923. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 446. 44. 



Striped-headed Finch. Venn. Arct. Zool. 2. 250. — Lath. Gen. 

 ' Syn. 3. 275. 38. 



Beak lead-coloured : lores and forehead yel- 

 low : head with three black stripes, and one be- 

 hind the eye: sides of the head and chin white, 

 the latter the clearest : breast blue grey : upper 

 parts clouded with brown, the shafts of the fea- 

 thers darkest: wing -coverts plain brown: quills 

 dusky : belly pale-coloured : tail brown, and slight- 

 ly wedge-shaped: legs pale brown: length five 

 inches and half. Found at New York, 



