Plate CCCCXXIV. Fig. 3. Male.
Male dark umber-brown; upper part of head ash-grey, anteriorly spotted
with black; first row of small wing-coverts, rump, and upper
tail-coverts broadly edged and tipped with rose-red, as are the
feathers of the sides, and the lower tail-coverts, feathers of wings
and tail dusky brown, margined with brownish-white, the secondary
coverts with dull red.
_Male_, 6; wing, 4.
Saskatchewan River. Very rare. Migratory.
Linaria (Leucosticte) tephrocotis, Swainson's Grey-crowned
Linnet, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 265.
Grey-crowned Linnet, Fringilla tephrocotis, Aud. Orn. Biog. v.
v. p. 232.
GENUS XII. CORYTHUS, Cuv. PINE-FINCH.
Bill short, robust, bulging at the base, conical, acute; upper
mandible of the same breadth as the lower, with its dorsal line very
convex, the nasal sinus semicircular, the sides convex, the edges
sharp, overlapping, gently ascending at the base, then arched, with a
slight festoon, the notches obsolete, the tip declinate, acute; lower
mandible with the angle semicircular, the dorsal line slightly convex,
the back rounded at the base, the sides convex, the edges somewhat
inflected, the tip obtuse. Nostrils basal, round, concealed by bristly
feathers. Head large, roundish-ovate; neck short; body moderately
stout; feet short; tarsus short, compressed, with seven scutella; toes
stout, the first proportionally large, the lateral nearly equal, the
outer adherent at the base. Claws long, moderately arched,
compressed, acute, that of the third toe longer than that of the
first. Plumage soft, full, rather blended; two tufts of bristly
feathers at the base of the upper mandible directed forwards. Wings of
moderate length, pointed, the first, second, and third, nearly equal.
Tail rather long, deeply emarginate. Roof of the mouth concave, with
five prominent ridges; tongue deeper than broad, in its distal half
oblong, concave, obtuse, and horny; œsophagus dilated about the
middle; stomach large, muscular, with the lateral muscles distinct,
and the epithelium rugous, intestine long, and rather slender; cœca
very small; cloaca oblong.