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WHITE-THROATED FINCH. 

 (Fringilla pensylvanica.) 



Fr. nigricans rufo varia, suhtus genisque cinereo-alba,Jascia ocu- 

 lari nigricante, superciliis Jidvis, gula alba. 



Blackish Finch, varied with rufous ; beneath and cheeks greyish- 

 white, with a blackish stripe near the eyes ; supercilia fulvous ; 

 throat white. 



Fringilla pensylvanica. Lath. hid. Orn. 1. 445. 36. 

 Passer pensylvaticus. Bris. App. 7J. 

 Fringilla albicollis. Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 1. Q21. 

 White-throated Sparrow. Echvards. 304. 



White-throated Finch. Penn. Arct. Zoo!. 2. 248. — Lath. Gen. 

 Syn. 3. 272. 32. — Lath. Syru Sup. 166. 



In length six inches and a half : beak dusky : 

 supercilia yellow ; stripe from the jaw to the eyes 

 dusky : prevailing colour of the plumage above 

 reddish brown : edge of the wing pale yellow : 

 throat white : cheeks and under parts of the body 

 dirty white: irides hazel: legs flesh-colour: the 

 supposed female wants the white spot on the chin, 

 and has the yellow stripe on the sides of the head 

 very obscure. Native of Pensylvania, New York^ 

 and Newfoundland. 



