LEUCOSTICTE GRISEINUCHA. 
GRAY-HEADED FINCH. 
LINARIA GRISEINUCHA. Brandt. Orn. Ross. 1842. 
LEUCOSTICTE GRISEINUCHA. Bonap. Consp. (1850), p. 537. Baird. B. of N. Am., p. 430. 
LEUCOSTICTE GRISEOGENYS. Gould. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1843), p. 104. Ib. Voy. Sulphur (1844), Yol. I., p. 42, Plate NXII. 
Tins rare bird was described over twenty years ago by Mr. Gould, in the “ Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London,’ 
and figured in the “Voyage of the Sulphur.” Nothing was recorded of Us habits at that time, it being merely stated that it came 
from Russian America. It has only lately been received in any American collection, one specimen having been obtained by the 
naturalists connected with the Overland Telegraph Expedition at Sitka, and sent to the Smithsonian Institution. This example, through 
the kindness of the Secretaries of that Institution I have been enabled to represent upon the accompanying plate. I much regret 
that nothing further is known of this handsome species than when it was first described. 
Head gray ; forehead and throat rich dark brown. Wing coverts, upper and under tail coverts, flanks, and abdomen conspicuously 
marked with rosy-red. Primaries and tail feathers brown margined with red. Rest of plumage a rich umber-brown. Bill yellow, 
feet black. The figures are life-size. 
