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FRINGILLIN^. PEUCtEA, 
neck and part of the breast pale bluish-grey, the abdomen whitish, the 
sides yellowish-brown, streaked with dusky. 
Male, 5i, 7^. 
From Texas to North Carolina in winter. Spreads in spring and 
summer to the Missouri westward, and to Labrador eastward. Abun- 
dant. 
Swamp Swallow, Fringilla palustris, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ill. p. 49. 
Fringilla palustris, Bonap. Syn. p. 110. 
Swamp Sparrow, Fringilla Georgiana, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 502. 
Swamp Sparrow, Fringilla palustris, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 331 ; v. v..p. 508. 
GENUS VI. PEUC^A, Aud. PINEWOOD-FINCH. 
Bill of moderate length, rather stout, straight, consider- 
ably compressed, acute ; upper mandible with the dorsal 
line somewhat convex, the ridge rather narrow, the sides 
convex, the edges inflected, with the notches obsolete, the 
tip acute ; lower mandible with the angle short and rounded, 
the dorsal line ascending and slightly convex, the ridge 
rounded, the sides convex, the edges involute, the tip acute. 
Nostrils small, roundish, partially concealed by the plumage. 
Head ovate ; neck short ; body moderately stout. Tarsus 
rather short, compressed, with seven scutella ; toes mode- 
rate, very slender, hind toe rather large, lateral toes about 
equal, outer adherent at the base. Claws of moderate length, 
very slender, extremely compressed, arched, tapering to a 
fine point. Plumage very soft, blended. Wings very short, 
convex, rounded, the third and fourth quills longest, the 
first and seventh about equal. Tail rather long, graduated, 
of twelve narrow rounded feathers. No difference in the 
colours of the sexes. Name from UsvzYj, a pine. 
176. 1. Peucsea Bachmanii, Aud. Bachman’s Pinewood- 
Finch, 
Plate CLXV. Male. 
Feathers of the upper parts brownisb-red margined with bluish-grey, 
those on the fore part of the back darker ; quills dusky brown, pri- 
maries margined with yellowish-grey, secondaries with brownish-red ; 
tail-feathers dusky brown margined with grey ; a band of ochre-yel- 
low from the base of the upper mandible over the eye ; throat pale 
