. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . ally rugous. Intestine 9% inches long, from 3 twelfths to 2 twelfthsin width: cceca 3? twelfths long, |- twelfth in width, 1 inch distant from theextremity. Trachea 1 inch 8 twelfths long, 1 twelfth in breadth; the rings72, and 2 dimidiate, firm; bronchial rings about 15; the muscles as usual. Male, 7£, 101-. Female, 7^. Dispersed in winter throughout the Southern and Western from Nova Scotia to Labrador and the Fur Countries. Rathercommon. Fox-coloured Sparrow, FringUla rufa, Wils. Amer.
. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . ally rugous. Intestine 9% inches long, from 3 twelfths to 2 twelfthsin width: cceca 3? twelfths long, |- twelfth in width, 1 inch distant from theextremity. Trachea 1 inch 8 twelfths long, 1 twelfth in breadth; the rings72, and 2 dimidiate, firm; bronchial rings about 15; the muscles as usual. Male, 7£, 101-. Female, 7^. Dispersed in winter throughout the Southern and Western from Nova Scotia to Labrador and the Fur Countries. Rathercommon. Fox-coloured Sparrow, FringUla rufa, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. iii. p. 53. Fringilla iliaca, Bonap. Syn., p. 112. Fringilla (Zonotrichia) iliaca, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer., vol. ii. p. 257. Ferruginous Finch, FringUla iliaca, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 514. Fox-coloured Sparrow, FringUla iliaca, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. ii. p. 58; vol. v. p. 512. Adult Male in summer. Bill short, robust, conical, acute; upper mandible broader than the lower,almost straight in its dorsal outline, as is the lower, both being rounded on N?38. 1M Drawn ihaa RttHrr b\ J J .tariubon t K irWbv J ;,ilart- TOWNSENDS FINCH. 143 the sides, and the lower with inflected acute edges; the gap-line nearlystraight, a little deflected at the base, and not extending to beneath the basal, roundish, open, partially concealed by the feathers. Headrather large, neck shortish; body robust. Legs of moderate length, ratherstrong; tarsus shorter than the middle toe; covered anteriorly with a fewlongish scutella; toes scutellate above, free, the lateral ones nearly equal;claws slender, arched, compressed, acute, that of the hind toe rather large. Plumage compact above, soft and blended beneath; wings short, curved,rounded, the second, third and fourth quills longest, and nearly equal; thefirst and fifth equal; tail longish, even, or slightly rounded. TOWNSENDS Fringilla CLXXXVIL—Female. This species was dis
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