HARRIS’ FINCH. 
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be a female, near Fort Croghan, on the 5th of October, which I have figured 
along with a fine male. The female differing in nothing from the latter. 
All our exertions to discover the nest of this species were fruitless, and I 
concluded by thinking that it proceeds further northward to breed. 
Harris’ Finch, Fringilla Harrisii, Aud. 
Male 7§, 10 T V 
Found on the Upper Missouri. Not abundant. 
Adult Male. 
Bill dusky ; head and throat black, descending by streaks of the same 
colour on the breast. Cheeks and a broad line nearly meeting on the nape, 
ash-grey ; back dull bay, streaked with brownish-black ; rump dull oliva- 
ceous ; edge of wing whitish. Two bands of white on the wings, formed 
by the tips of the secondary coverts and first row of small coverts. Tail 
feathers brown, edged with light greyish-olive. Sides of the breast thickly 
streaked with black dots. The lower parts white, tinged with light 
brownish-yellow. Legs dusky, the claws darker. Second quill longest. 
Bill along the ridge \ inch, along the gap f ; from bill to pinion 11 ; to 
end of wing 5 inches, to end of claws 6£, to end of tail 7 ; alar extent 10 T V ; 
wing from flexure 3 T V ; tarsus % ; middle toe its claw \ ; hind toe I 1 , its 
claw -§. Feet cinnamon colour. 
Young, supposed to be a Female. 
The general appearance is. the same as the above, as well as the colouring, 
except that the upper part of the head is covered with black feathers, each 
edged with yellowish-brown, as well as the sides of the head. A streak of 
black descends from the base of the lower mandible, and the upper parts of 
the breast and sides are thickly streaked with deep brownish-rufous ; lower 
parts as in the adult ; measurements the same. The adult female exactly 
as in the male. 
