188. 3. Fringilla cinerea, Gmel. Brown Finch.
Plate CCCXC. Fig. 4. Male.
Hind claw and toe of equal length; upper parts brownish-grey tinged with olivaceous, streaked with dark reddish-brown; three longitudinal bands of bluish-grey on the head; secondaries and their coverts broadly margined with dull chestnut; tail-feathers with a fainter tint of the same; on the cheek a whitish line, and beneath it a dusky brown band; throat and fore part of the neck white, with longitudinal dark reddish-brown streaks; the middle of the breast yellowish-white, the sides dark yellowish-brown, streaked with dark reddish-brown; lower tail-coverts brown, broadly margined with pale yellowish-grey.
Male, 6, 8.
Platte River, North California, and Columbia River. Common. Migratory.
Fringilla cinerea, Gmel. Syst. Nat. v. i. p. 922.
Cinereous Finch, Arct. Zool. v. ii. N. 260.
Brown Song Sparrow, Fringilla cinerea, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 22.
189. 4. Fringilla melodia, Wils. Song Finch.
Plate XXV. Male and Female.
Hind toe and claw of equal length; upper parts yellowish-grey, streaked with brownish-black and brownish-red; on the head three greyish-blue longitudinal bands; quills dusky brown, margined with brownish-red, tail-feathers dull light brown, edged with lighter; sides of the head yellowish-grey, with two bands of dusky brown; throat white, with a broad band of dusky brown on each side; lower parts white, the fore neck and sides tinged with reddish, and streaked with dusky brown. Bill stouter than in the preceding species.
Male, 6, 81/2.