274 f i n c h .
CINEREOUS F.
D escription.
Place»
36.
N ORTON F.
D escription.
Place.
37-
WINTER F.
B e s c r i p t i o n .
Cinereous Finch, Ar£i. Zoot,
g I L L long and dufky ; head, and upper parts of the body,.
deep cinereous brown, edged with obfcure ruft-colour : at
the corner of the upper mandible a light grey line : on the
cheeks, beneath, a lecond band, bounded by a dufky one : throat
of a light grey: under fide of the neck pale alh-colour, varied
with whitiffi marks: legs dufky.
- Inhabits Aaonalajhka. In the colledtion of Sir Jofeph Banks.
Norton Finch, Arc:. Zool,
E A D, upper part o f the neck, and fecondaries, black,
edged with bright bay; the middle order crofted with a
white line : primaries dufky : belly and fides white : fides of the
neck, and fore part, fpotted down the middle of each feather
with ruft-colour: tail dufky, edged with dirty white : along the
middle of the outer feather a pure white line, ending at the
tip.
Inhabits Norton Sound *.
Winter Finch, Arlt. ZorAp
j E A D , neck, and breaft, light brown, mottled with black:
fore part of the neck, breaft, and fides, white, marked with
fmall brown fpots : belly plain white: wing coverts and primaries
brown, edged with white.
Found at New York,-in the winter.
* Mr. Pennant.
LENGTH
J ^ E N G T H five inches and a half. Bill lead-colour: between
that and the eye, and the forehead, yellow: on the head
three black ftripes: behind the eye another: fides of the head
whitiffi : chin white : all the upper parts like the Linnet in colour
; middle of each-feather very dark : wing coverts and tail
plain brown, and fomewhat cuneiform : quills dufky: the breaft
blue grey : belly very pale : legs pale brown.
One of thefe was lhot at New York, in May. In the collection
of Major Davies.
Le Bouvreuil violet de la Caroline, Brif. orn. lii. p. 324* ^ ' 8.— Buf. oif. iv.
P- 395-
Purple Finch, Catejb. Car. i. pi. 41.— Arch ZcoL
g I Z E of a Chaffinch: length five inches two-thirds: colour
of the plumage violet: the quills brown within : and the
Belly white : the tail is a trifle forked.
The female is all over brown, except the breaft, which is
fpotted with white like a Thruffi.
Thefe are found in Carolina, appearing firft in November: af-
femble in fmall flights, and retire on the approach of winter:
.during their ftay live on the Juniper-berries; they alfo deftroy
ahe buds o‘f fruit-trees.
38.
STRIPEDHEADED
F.
D escription.
P lace.
59-
PURPLE F.
D e s c r i p t io n .
F emale.
Place.
N n 2 FringilU