. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. I' -TIIK I'INCIIHS. 123 sliadc, mid wnslii'd with prnyisli; niiddli! of tliv hclly only wliilish; tlio uiulcr tail-covfi'ta pall! nit'oiis, .-luKliiij; into lii;lilii' iiImhiI (lie vciil miil sides i)t' Inwi'r licily ; cliiii mid lliroat wcil-di lined [liilf iiiliiiis, iiiaij^'ined all nmnd liy luciwii simls, a lew of tlieiii scaltuied. Pipilo fUACiiff vur criysalif. within the ninri,'iii. Kyelids and sides of head, anlerior to tiio eye, rnroiis liko the throat. One or two leathe
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. I' -TIIK I'INCIIHS. 123 sliadc, mid wnslii'd with prnyisli; niiddli! of tliv hclly only wliilish; tlio uiulcr tail-covfi'ta pall! nit'oiis, .-luKliiij; into lii;lilii' iiImhiI (lie vciil miil sides i)t' Inwi'r licily ; cliiii mid lliroat wcil-di lined [liilf iiiliiiis, iiiaij^'ined all nmnd liy luciwii simls, a lew of tlieiii scaltuied. Pipilo fUACiiff vur criysalif. within the ninri,'iii. Kyelids and sides of head, anlerior to tiio eye, rnroiis liko the throat. One or two leathers on the lower part of the lireiist with a eoneealed brown blotch. Outer primary not odjrod with white. FilUi quill loni;est ; lirst shorter than ninth, or even than seeondaries. Hill pale brown, darker above; lei,'s lifrhl. lien;,'lh, inches; wing, '; tail, 4.(10. IIau. Coast region of Culilbrnia, The bill is sinuated, ns in F. abcrti, did'erins from that of P. vriithroph- race is very similar to the ori<j;inal of , the orio;inal description of Swainsou answering lUmost exactly. It is, however, consider- ably larger ; the projxn'tions of wing are similar ; and there is no decided in- dication of whitish in tlie middle of the body beneath, such as is always distinctly ajijjfeciable in fii.^iciis, and still more in iiu'xd/cKnis. A young bird dillers but little from the adult except in having obsolete dusky streaks below ; the tii)i)er i)arts are nniform. IIahits. The Brown, or (Jafion Fintih ol' California is found nearly throughout tiie State of California. Mr. Xantus obtained it at Fort Tejon, and Mr. Eidgway observed it among the chai)arrals on the loothills of the western slo])e of the Sierras. Dr. Cooper considers the name of Canon Finch ill applied to this species, as it is eipially jdentiful in level districts, wherever trees and shrubbery exist. He regards it as one of the most abundant and characteristic birds of California, residing
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