GREY-CROWNED PURPLE-FINCH. 177 
Linaria (Leucosticte) tephrocotis, Swainson's Grey-crowned Linnet , Swains, 
and Rich. F. Bor. Amer., vol. ii.p. 265. 
Grey-crowned Linnet, Fringilla tephrocotis , Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 232. 
Adult Male. 
Bill short, thick, conical, its upper and lower outlines straight, the ridge 
and sides convex, the edges inflected, the gap-line slightly arched, but at 
the base a little deflected. Nostrils basal, round, concealed by short bristly 
feathers. 
Head rather large, broadly ovate ; neck short ; body moderate. Feet 
of moderate length ; tarsus of the same length as the middle toe and claw, 
compressed, anteriorly scutellate, with two lateral plates meeting behind so 
as to form a sharp edge ; hind toe stout, lateral toes nearly equal. Claws 
rather long, arched, compressed, acute, that of the hind toe largest. 
Plumage soft and blended. Wings long, pointed ; the second quill 
longest, the first slightly shorter, the rest rapidly graduated ; secondaries 
rounded. Tail of moderate length, emarginate, the middle-feathers a 
quarter of an inch shorter than the longest. 
Bill black ; tarsi and claws dusky brown. The general colour of the 
plumage is dark umber-brown ; the feathers margining the bill whitish ; 
the upper part of the head ash-grey, spotted with black anteriorly ; the 
first row of smaller wing-coverts, the feathers of the rump and the upper 
tail-coverts are broadly edged and tipped with rose-red, as are the feathers 
of the sides and the lower tail-coverts, of which however the tint is paler. 
The quills, larger coverts, and tail-feathers, are dusky brown ; the primary 
and secondary coverts edged with dull red, the quills and tail-feathers with 
brownish-white. 
Length to end of tail 6 inches ; bill along the ridge f-|, along the edge 
of lower mandible ft. ; wing from flexure 4 ; tail 2j^ ] tarsus f|- ; hind 
toe T \, its clawfV ; middle toe its claw =|. 
