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Synopsis of the Birds 
Inhabits the northern and middle states during winter : rare : 
common at Hudson’s Bay. 
168. Fringilla grammaca, Say. Head striped with black and 
white ; tail rounded, lateral feathers partly white. 
Lark Finch , Fringilla grammaca , JYob. Am. Orn. i. p. 
47. pi. 5. fig. 2. 
Inhabits the western regions between the Mississippi and 
the Rocky Mountains ; and Mexico. 
169. Frtngilla pensylvanica, Lath. (15.) Head striped with 
black and white ; a yellow line from the eye to the nostrils ; 
cheeks and breast cinereous ; throat and belly white. 
White-throated Sparrow , Fringilla albicollis , Wils. Am. 
Orn. in. p. 51. pi. 22. fig. 2. 
Inhabits the middle and southern states in winter ; more fre- 
quent to the north : common. 
170. Fringilla graminea, Gm. Breast and flanks spotted 
with brown ; lesser wing-coverts bright bay ; tw o outer tail 
feathers partly white. 
Bay-winged Bunting , Fmberiza graminea , Wils. Am. Orn . 
iv. p. si.pl. 31. fig. 5. 
Inhabits throughout the Union ; wintering in the southern 
states ; common. 
171. Fringilla melodia, Wils. Crown dark chesnut, diyided 
by a dirty white line ; breast and flanks spotted with blackish ; 
tail rounded; first primary shorter than the second. 
Song Sparrow, Fringilla melodia, Wils. Am. Orn. ii. p. 25. 
pi. 16. fig. 4. Fringilla fasciata^ Gm. (16.) 
Inhabits throughout the Union ; common : the greater part 
resident in the middle states ; only during winter in the 
southern states. 
172. Fringilla savanna, Wils. Eye-brow 7 s and auriculars yel- 
low ; breast and flanks spotted with blackish ; tailemarginate ; 
first primary equal to the second. 
