FRINGILLINiE. SPIZA. 
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quills margined with whitish ; tail with the two lateral feathers on 
each sidcj and a patch on the inner web of the next white, as are the 
breast and abdomen. Female lighter grey, on the back tinged with 
brown. 
Male, 6|, 9. 
Distributed, in winter, over the Southern, Western, and Middle 
Districts, as far as the base of the Rocky Mountains, and in the Fur 
Countries. Breeds from Maryland eastward, on the mountains. Very 
abundant. 
Snow Bird, Pringilla nivalis, Wins. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 129. 
Fringilla hyemalis. Bo nap. Syn. p. 109. 
Fringilla hyemalis, Black Finch, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 259. 
Common Snow-Bird, Fringilla Hudsonia, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 491. 
Snow-Bird, Fringilla hyemalis, Aon. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 72 ; v. v. p. 505. 
168. 2. Niphaea Oregona, Towns. Oregon Snow-Bird. 
Plate CCCXCVIII. Fig. 3. Male. Fig. 4. Female. 
Male with the head, neck all round, and a portion of tlie breast 
black ; the rest of the lower parts white, excepting the sides, which 
are tinged with brown ; fore part of back reddish-brown, rump dull 
grey ; quills dusky, the primaries edged with grey, the secondaries 
with reddish-brown ; tail dusky, with the outer two feathers on each 
side white. Female with the head and neck blackish-grey, the back 
and wing-coverts dull brownish-red, the other parts as in the male. 
Male, 6^ ; wing, 
Columbia River. Common. Migratory. 
Fringilla oregona, Oregon Snow-Finch, Towns. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philadelphia, 
V. vii. p. 188. 
Oregon Snow-Finch, Fringilla oregona, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 68. 
GENUS IV. SPIZA, Bonap. PAINTED-BUNTING. 
Bill short, moderately stout, conical, acute ; upper man- 
dible rather narrower, with the dorsal line somewhat convex, 
the ridge narrow, the sides sloping and a little convex, the 
edges inclining upwards for a third of their length, then 
direct, with a slight notch close to the narrow declinate 
tip ; lower mandible with the angle short and rounded, the 
dorsal Tine very slightly convex, the sides rounded, the 
edges involute, the tip acute. Nostrils basal, roundish) 
partly concealed by the feathers. Head broadly ovate ; 
neck short; body rather full. Feet of moderate length; 
