Plate CLXV. Male.
Feathers of the upper parts brownish-red margined with bluish-grey,
those on the fore part of the back darker; quills dusky brown,
primaries margined with yellowish-grey, secondaries with brownish-red;
tail-feathers dusky brown margined with grey; a band of ochre-yellow
from the base of the upper mandible over the eye; throat pale
yellowish-grey, with a short dusky streak on each side; lower parts
light yellowish-grey, the fore part of the breast and the sides tinged
with brown.
_Male_, 6, 7-1/2.
Georgia and South Carolina. Rather rare. Migratory.
Bachman's Finch, Fringilla Bachmanii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii.
p. 366.