SPECIES 14. FRINGILLJi FERRUGINEJi* 
FOX-COLOURED SPARROW. 
[Plate XXII.— Fig. 4.] 
Rusty Bunting, Jlrct. Zool. y. 364, tA'’o. 23 1 . Ib. 233 . — Ferruginous 
Finch, lb. 575, JSTo. 251 . — Fringilla rufa, Bartuam, p. 291. — 
Peale’s Museum, JYo. 6092. 
This plump and pretty species arrives in Pennsylvania from 
the north about the twentieth of October; frequents low sheltered 
thickets; associates in little flocks of ten or twelve, and is almost 
continually scraping the ground, and rustling among the fallen 
leaves. I found this bird numerous in November among the rich 
cultivated flats that border the river Connecticut; and was in- 
formed that it leaves those places in spring. I also found it in 
the northern parts of the state of Vermont. Along the borders 
of the great reed and cypress swamps of Virginia, and North 
and South Carolina, as well as around the rice plantations, I ob- 
served this bird very frequently. They also inhabit Newfound- 
land.! They are rather of a solitary nature, seldom feeding in 
the open fields; but generally under thickets, or among tall rank 
weeds on the edges of fields. They sometimes associate with 
the Snow-bird, but more generally keep by themselves. Their 
manners very much resemble those of the Red-eyed Bunting 
(Plate X, fig. 4.); they are silent, tame, and unsuspicious. 
They have generally no other note while here than a shep, 
shep; yet I suspect they have some song in the places where 
* Fringilla iliaca, Merrem, Beylr. ii, p. 40. t. 10. — Gmel. i, p. 923. — Lath. 
Ind. Orn. i, p. 438. — Fringilla ferrvginea, Gmee. Syst. i, p. 921. -.-Lath. 
Syn. Ill, p. 272. 31. — Ibid. Ind. Orn. i, p. 445. 
■j- Pennant. 
