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FniNGILLA SAVANNA. 
The very slight distinctions of colour which natuf 
has drawn between many distinct species of this fanUv 
of finches, render these minute and tedious descripOO'** 
absolutely necessary, that the particular species may ® 
precisely discriminated. 
166. FRINaiLZA SAVANNA, WltSON. — SAVANNAH FINCH' 
WILSON, PLATE XXNIV. FIG. IV. MALE. 
The female of this delicately marked sparrou' 
been already taken notice of. The present descripO® 
is from a very beautiful male. j 
The length, five and a half inches ; extent, eight , 
a half; bill, pale brown; eyebrows, Naples yell®"f 
breast and whole lower jiarts, pure white, the ^ 
marked with small pointed spots of brown ; upp®, 
parts, a pale whitish drab, mottled with reddish hro^^ 
wing-coverts, edged and tipt with white ; terti^ 
black, edged with white and bay ; legs, pale cW’ 
ear feathers, tinged with Naples yellow. The fei®^ 
and young males are less, and much darker. 
This i.s, probably, the most timid of all our sparrof’ 
In winter it frequents the sea-shores; but, as spr*^ 
approaches, migrates to the interior, as I have 1»*Y^ 
discovered, building its nest in the grass neaidy m 
same form, though with fewer materials, as that of 
hay-winged bunting. On the 23d of i\Iay, I fouudj^ 
of these at the root of a clump of ru-shes iu a 
field, with three young, nearly ready to tiy. The 
counterfeited lamouess, spreading its wings and tail. * ^ 
using many affectionate stratagems to allure me from 
place. The eggs I have never seen. 
167. FXJNaiLLA PVS/iia. —FIELD SPABROW, 
WILSON, PLATE XVI. PIG. II. 
This is the smallest of all our sparrows, 
Pennsylvania, is generally migratory. It arrives c* f 
in April, frequents dry fields covered with long 
builds a small nest on the ground, generally at the * 
