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ORNITHOLOGY. 
Fringilla Canadensis.? Lath., Ind. Orn. p. 434. sp. 3. — Pr. of Musignano, 
Syn. p. 109. sp. 175. 
Moineau de Canada.? Buff., PI. Enl. 223. f. 2. 
I mark this species with a doubt. Three specimens which are in the collection, two from 
San Francisco and one from Monterey, agree generally with the descriptions of the above species, and 
the plates of BufFon and Wilson, with the exception of their exhibiting a tinge of yellow on the under 
wing-coverts, and on the adjoining feathers at the bend of the wing. This being a character which is 
likely to be passed over in description, I leave the species in doubt until a comparison with specimens 
of the described species enables us to decide the point. 
Fringilla hyemalis. Linn., Sgst. Nat. vol. 1. p. 183. ed. 10 .—Prince of Musig- 
nano, Syn. p. 109. sp. 173. 
Emberiza hyemalis. Linn., Syst. Nat. vol. 1. p. 308. sp. 2. 
Snow-bird. Cat. Car. vol. 1. t. 36. 
Black Bunting-. Penn., Arct. Zool. vol. 2. p. 359. sp. 223. 
Several specimens of this species are in the collection. One is marked Monterey. 
Fringilla arctica. 
Emberiza arctica.? Lath., Ind. Orn. p. 414. sp. 55. 
Unalaslia Bunting.? Penn., Arct. Zool. vol. 2. p. 363. sp. 229. 
I feel some doubt also of the propriety of assigning the above name to the present bird, which is 
much smaller than the bird described under that name, at least as far as can be judged from the 
descriptions. The strong mark, however, of the yellow line over the eye, as well as the locality, in 
which both birds agree, incline me to consider them the same. Our bird, it is true, is not a Bunting ; 
but several Finch-like birds are described by the old writers as Buntings, which no more belong to 
that group than the present bird. 
Pyrrhula INORNATA. n. S. 
Pyrr. supra brunnea, fusco obsolete lineatim maculata; subtus albescens, brunneo maculata. 
Rostrum pedes que brunnescentes. Alas caudaque subtus griseo-fuscte. Longitudo corporis, 4J; alee, a carpo ad 
apicem remigis secundae, 3 ; rostri, g ; caudce, 2J ; tarsi, 5 . 
Besides the birds belonging to the present family enumerated above, there are four or five species 
more in the collection, which, from their deficiency in condition, it is not easy to refer to any known 
species, and which it would be dangerous to describe as new. Even respecting those few which have 
been referred to, I feel much doubt; and I am by no means satisfied with the place assigned them in 
the family. But for the reasons assigned before (page 14), I consider it more advisable to leave them 
as they are, than to attempt a more accurate distribution of them from imperfect materials. 
Fam. STURNIFLE. 
Sturnella militaris. Vieill. 
Sturnus militaris. Linn., Mant. 1771. p. 527. 
Etourneau des Terres Magellaniques. Buff., PI. Enl. 113. 
Magellanic Stare. Lath., Gen. Hist. vol. 5. p. 8. sp. 5. 
This species appears to have been found in some abundance at Conception. A specimen 
examined by Mr. Collie had “the tip of the tongue penicillated. The stomach was chiefly muscular, 
containing beetles, seeds, and hard earth. Two worms were in the membranous part.” 
