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GRASS FINCH. 

 (Fringilla graminea.) 



Fr. cinereo Jerrugineo nigroque mria, subtus alba, pectore lateribus- 

 que maculatis, genis remigibus rectricibusque Juscis. 



Grey Finch varied with ferruginous and black ; beneath white ; 

 breast and sides spotted ; cheeks, quills, and tail-feathers 

 fuscous. 



Fringilla graminea. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 922. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 1. 445. 38. 



Grass Finch. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 253. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 

 273. 34. 



The Grass Finch has the head, upper part of 

 the neck, and back, grey ferruginous and black 

 mixed : lesser wing-coverts bay-coloured ; the 

 others black, margined with white : lower part 

 of the neck, and sides, white, streaked: cheeks 

 brown : belly pure white : primary quills dusky, 

 edged with white : tail dusky. Inhabits New 

 York. 



