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FRINGILLIN^. FRINGILLA. 
reddish-brown streaks ; the middle of the breast yellowish-white, the 
sides dark yellowish-brown_, streaked with dark reddish-brown ; lower 
tail-coverts brown, broadly margined with pale yellowish-grey. 
Male, 6, 8. 
Platte Rivei’j North California, and Columbia River. Common. 
Migratory. 
Fringilla cinerea, Gmel. Syst. Nat. v. i. p. 922. 
Cinereous Finch, Arct. Zool. v. ii. N. 260. 
Brown Song Sparrow, Fringilla cinerea, Ann. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 22. 
189. 4. Fringilla melodia, Wils. Song Finch. 
Plate XXV. Male and Female. 
Hind toe and claw of equal length ; upper parts yellowish-grey, 
streaked with brownish-black and brownish-red ; on the head three 
greyish-blue longitudinal bands ; quills dusky brown, margined with 
brownish-red, tail-feathers dull light brown, edged with lighter ; sides 
of the head yellowish-grey, with two bands of dusky brown ; throat 
white, with a broad band of dusky brown on each side ; lower parts 
white, the fore neck and sides tinged with reddish, and streaked with 
dusky brown. Bill stouter than in the preceding species. 
Male, 6, 8^. 
Breeds from Texas to Nova Scotia. Not observed in Kentucky. 
Winter resident in the Southern States. Very abundant. 
Fringilla melodia, Wils. Amer. Orn. y. ii. p. 125. 
Fringilla melodia, Bonap. Syn. p. 108. 
Common Song Sparrow, Fringilla melodia, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 486. 
Song Sparrow, Fringilla melodia, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 126 ; v. v. p. 507. 
190. 5. Fringilla Mortoni, Aud. Morton’s Finch. 
Not figured. 
Wings of moderate length, the first quill two-twelfths of an inch 
shorter than the second, which is almost equal to the third ; tail of 
moderate length, nearly even ; bill dusky ; feet and claws yellowish- 
brown ; upper part of head ash-grey, with a longitudinal band of black 
on each side, externally of which is a greyish-white band ; loral space, 
cheek-feathers, and auriculars dusky, the feathers under the eye tipped 
with white ; throat white, surrounded with a black band ,* a light 
chestnut-red band surrounding the neck unless for a short space in 
front ; fore-part of back and scapulars light dull ellowish-red, streaked 
with brownish-black, the hind part, rump, and upper tail-coverts yel- 
lowish-grey ; the smaller-wing-coverts yellowish-grey, the first row 
brownish-black toward the end with the tip white, the secondary 
coverts and inner secondary quills brownish-black, broadly margined 
with light yellowish-red, the former tipped with white, the rest of the 
quills dusky brown, edged with yellowish-red fading on the outer 
