CHESTNUT-COLOURED FINCH. BLACK-HEADED SISKIN. BLACK CROWN BUNTING. ARCTIC

GROUND FINCH (PLATE CCCXCIV) Chestnut-collared Longspur, "Calcarius ornatus." Hooded Siskin, "Carduelis notatus." Golden-crowned Sparrow, "Zonotrichia atricapilla." Rufous-sided Towhee, "Pipilo erythrophthalmus" JWTM 37 19 3/8 by 12 1/4 in.; 494 by 310 mm. Taken from a composition probably painted in Charleston in the winter of 1836- -37, from specimens collected in the West.