Plate XIII. Male and Female.
Male with the head, hind neck, fore part of the breast, back, wings,
and upper parts of the sides, greyish-black, deeper on the head and
throat; quills margined with whitish; tail with the two lateral
feathers on each side, and a patch on the inner web of the next white,
as are the breast and abdomen. Female lighter grey, on the back tinged
with brown.
_Male_, 6-1/4, 9.
Distributed, in winter, over the Southern, Western, and Middle
Districts, as far as the base of the Rocky Mountains, and in the Fur
Countries. Breeds from Maryland eastward, on the mountains. Very
abundant.
Snow Bird, Fringilla nivalis, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 129.
Fringilla hyemalis, Bonap. Syn. p. 109.
Fringilla hyemalis, Black Finch, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer.
v. ii. p. 505.
Common Snow-Bird, Fringilla Hudsonia, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 491.
Snow-Bird, Fringilla hyemalis, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 72; v.
v. p. 505.