Plate CXXX. Male.
Bill very short and stout; tail-feathers acute. Upper parts light
greyish-brown, mixed on the neck with ash-grey, the central parts of
all the feathers brownish-black, the margins of those of the back
bright chestnut; upper part of the head brownish-black, with a
longitudinal central line of yellowish-white, and a yellow line over
each eye; secondary coverts dusky, margined with greyish-white; the
edge of the wing at the flexure bright yellow; quills and
tail-feathers dusky brown, margined with whitish; lower parts pale
yellowish-grey, the fore neck and lower tail-coverts of a richer tint;
the sides inclining to grey, and faintly streaked with dusky.
_Male_, 4-9/12, 8.
Passes from Texas to Connecticut; breeds from Maryland to Connecticut.
Columbia River. Rather Common. Migratory.
Yellow-winged Sparrow, Fringilla passerina, Wils. Amer. Orn.
v. iii. p. 76.
Fringilla passerina, Bonap. Syn. p. 109.
Savannah Finch or Yellow shouldered Bunting, Nutt. Man. v. i.
p. 494.
Yellow-crowned Sparrow, Fringilla passerina, Aud. Orn. Biog.
v. ii. p. 180; v. v. p. 497.