Plate CIX. Male and Female.
Outer four quills almost equal; tail emarginate, with the feathers
pointed. Upper parts light greyish-brown, streaked with dusky; smaller
wing-coverts like the back; a faint yellow band over the eye, and a
faint whitish band in the middle of the crown; two whitish bands on
the wing, formed by the tips of the first row of small coverts and the
secondary coverts, the latter very inconspicuous, quills and
tail-feathers dusky brown, edged with paler, the lateral tail-feathers
merely of a lighter tint; cheeks dull yellow, streaked with brown;
lower part white, the throat and sides streaked with dusky.
_Male_, 5-1/2, 8-1/2.
From Texas to the Columbia River, and along the whole Atlantic coast
to Nova Scotia. Extremely abundant during winter in all the Southern
States. Breeds from Maryland eastward.
Savannah Finch, Fringilla savanna, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iv. p.
72.
Fringilla savanna, Bonap. Syn. p. 109.
Savannah Sparrow, Fringilla savanna, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 489.
Savannah Finch, Fringilla savanna, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p.
63; v. v. p. 516.