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COWPEN FINCH. 

 (Fringilla Pecoris.) 



Tv.Jusca subtus dilutior, cauda subforcijjata. 



Fuscous Finch, palest beneath, with the tail slightly forked. 



Fringilla Pecoris. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. giO, — Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 443. 28. 

 Fringilla virginiana. Bris. 3. 165. 41. 

 Le Brunet. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 138. 



Cowpen Finch. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 241 .—Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 

 269. 29. — Lath. Syn. Sup. 165. 



Larger than F. montifringilla, being near seven 

 inches in length : beak dusky : prevailing colour 

 of the plumage brown; with the back, wings, and 

 tail darkest, and glossed with green and blue : 

 under parts lightest : legs brown : female deep 

 brown : breast and belly ash-coloured : chin whitish: 

 wings and tail dusky, bordered with brown. 



This species is a native of Virginia, Carolina, 

 and New York : it delights to feed in the pens 

 with cattle, and lays five eggs about June. 



