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yellowish-grey, with a short dusky streak on each side ; lower parts 
light yellowish-grey, the fore part of the breast and the sides tinged 
with brown, 
Male, 6, 72- 
Georgia and South Carolina. Rather rare. Migratory. 
Bachman’s Finch, Fringilla Bachmanii, Ann. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 366. 
177. 2. Peucasa Lincolnii, Aud. Lincoln’s Pinewood-Finch. 
Plate CXCIII. Male and Female. 
Bill shorter and more slender. Upper parts yellowish, streaked with 
brownish-black : on the head a thin greyish-blue longitudinal band ; 
quills dusky brown, margined with yellowish-brown ; tail-feathers 
broadly margined with yellowish-brown ; cheeks greyish-brown, with 
an inferior band of ochreous ; throat white, streaked with dusky, and 
having a line of dusky spots on each side ; fore part of breast and sides 
pale greyish-yellow, streaked with dusky ; the rest of the lower parts 
greyish-white. 
Male, 5 1, 
New York and Labrador. Rather rare. Migratory. 
Lincoln’s Finch, Fringilla Lincolnii, Aud. Oni. Biog. v. ii. p. 539. 
GENUS VII. LINARIA, Ray. LINNET. 
Bill short, conical, moderately stout, higher than broad 
at the base, compressed toward the end, acuminate ; upper 
mandible with the dorsal line straight, the nasal sinus very 
short and broad, the ridge distinct and narrow, the sides 
convex, the edges ascending at first, afterwards direct, the 
tip very narrow, without notches ; lower mandible with the 
angle short and semicircular, the dorsal line straight or 
very slightly concave, the sides convex, the tip acuminate. 
Nostrils basal, roundish, concealed by the feathers. Head 
of moderate size, roundish ; neck short ; body moderate. 
Feet of moderate length ; tarsus short, compressed, with 
seven scutella ; toes rather stout, the first large. Claws 
long, moderately arched, much compressed, very acute. 
Plumage soft and blended. Wings rather long, the first 
three quills nearly equal, the second generally longest, the 
first longer than the third. Tail rather long, deeply emar- 
