D im en s io n s.
Inch. Lin. Inch. Lin.
Length total . . . 7 0 Length of bill above . . 0 4f Length of middle claw
„ of tail . . 3 1 „ of tarsus . . 0 11 „ of hind toe
„ of folded wing . 3 1 „ of middle toe . . 0 7 i » of its claw
,, of bill from rictus 0 5^
Inch. Lin.
. 0 2|
0 4 . 0 3$
[72.] 3. F r in g il l a (Z o n o t r ic h ia ) P e n n s y l v a n ia . (Swainson.) The
White-throated Finch.
Ge n u s , Fringilla,'L in n . Sub-genus, Zonotrichia, Sw ain s.
White-throated Sparrow (Passer gutture albo). E dwards, pi. 304.
Le Moineau de Fennsylvanie. B r iss. Om. Append., p. 97-
White-throated Finch. P e n n . Aret. Zool., ii., p. 373, No. 248.
White-throated Sparrow (Fringilla albicollis), Wins, iii., p. 51, pi. 5, f. 2.
Fringilla Pennsylvanica. B onap. Sgn., p. 108, No. 269.
Oochae-chimmenaw-kawmawkaw-seesh. Cr e e I n dia ns.
This handsome species winters in the southern parts of the United States,
frequenting in flocks the borders of swampy thickets, and feeding on seeds.
It departs for the north about the 20th of April, reaches the Saskatchewan in
the middle of May, and spreads throughout the fur-countries, up to the sixty-sixth
parallel, to breed. . I found a female sitting on seven eggs, on the 4th of June,
at Cumberland House. The nest, placed under a fallen tree, was built of grass,
lined with deer’s hair and a few feathers. Another, found at Great Bear Lake,
was lined with the seta: of Bryurn uliginosum. The eggs were very pale
mountain-green, thickly marbled with reddish-brown. When the female was
disturbed, she made her escape by running silently off in a crouching manner,
like a Lark. The male has a clear song of two or three very distinct notes,
but without variety.
DESCRIPTION
Of a male, killed at Cumberland House, June 1, 1827.
Colour.—Crown of the head blackish-brown, with a central white line. A broad superciliary
streak is lemon-yellow from the nostrils to the eye, and white posteriorly. The nape
is slightly mottled with brownish-white. The feathers of the upper part of the neck, and middle
of the back, and the scapulars, have dark liver-brown centres, which gradually pass first into
chestnut-brown, and then into pale wood-brown margins, the chestnut-brown predominating.
The rump and tail coverts are broccoli-brown, without edgings. Wing coverts liver-brown,
margined with grey, the two lower rows tipped with two white bands. Primaries clove-
brown, edged with grey; secondaries and tail feathers liver-brown. Undersurface.—Chin,
middle of the belly, and vent white; throat and breast ash-grey; flanks and inner wing coverts
brownish-grey. Bill dark horn-colour. . Legs flesh-coloured.
Form.— Wings an inch and a half shorter than the tail; fourth quill the longest, but
scarcely passing the third and fifth ; eighth equal to the first, which is five lines shorter than
the fourth. Tail rather long, and rounded at the* end. Hind nail very little longer than
the middle one.
The female resembles the male in plumage.
D im en sio n s
Of the male.
Inch. Lin. Inch. Lin. Inch. Length, total . 6 6 Length of bill above , . 0 6 Length of middle claw Lin. . 0 „ oftail 3 b ,, of tarsus . . 0 10£ „ of hind toe . 0 2* 4
„ of folded wing
. 2
9 „ of middle toe . . 0 n . •’ „ of its claw . . 0 3
„ of bill from rictus
0
[73.] 4. F r in g il l a (Z o n o t r ic h ia ?) il ia c a . (Swains.) Ftix-coloured Finch.
Su b -fa m il y , Fringillinje, Swains. Genus, Fringilla, L in n . Sub-genus, Zonotrichia ? Sw.
Fringilla iliaca. M e r r em , I c. A v ., p. 37, t. 10.
Rusty Bunting. P e n n . Aret. Zool., ii., p. 364, No. 231 ?
Ferruginous Finch. I d em , p. 375, No. 251 ? magnitudine descrepat.
Fox-coloured Sparrow (Fring. rufa et ferruginea). W ilso n , iii., p. 53, pi. 22, f. 4.
Fringilla iliaca. B onap. Syn., p. 112, No. 185.
This handsome species breeds in the woody districts of the fur-countries, up to
the sixty-eighth parallel of latitude. It constructs its nest in a low bush, of dry
grass, hair, and feathers; laying five eggs, of a pale mountain-green tint, marbled
with irregular brown spots. The male, perched near his mate, sings cheerfully and