24. FRINGILLA. 



Sabsp. (8. Fringilla canariensis. 



Fringilla canariensis, 1'icill. X. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xii. p. 232 (1817)*; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 80, no. 7169 (1870). 

 Fringilla tintillon, Webb # Berth. Orn. Canar. p. 21, pi. 4. fig-. 1 

 (1836-44); Bp. Consp. i. p. 507 (1850); Bolle, J.f. O. 1854, 

 p. 457, 1857, p. 315 ; God/nan, Ibis, 1872, p. 211 ; Dresser, B. 

 Eur. iv. p. 9, pi. 183. fig. 1 (1873). 



Adult male in summer plumage. Differs from F. maderensis in 



having the back dark slaty blue, the lower back and rurnp yellowish 

 green, the crown glossy blue-black with no distinct frontal band ; 

 under surface of body pale salmon-rufous as well as the facial 

 markings, the sides of the breast paler salmon-rufous but without 

 the distinct pink tinge seeu in F. maderensis. In winter plumage 

 the back is evidently washed with olive-yellow, remains of which 

 are seen in some spring-plumaged individuals. Total length 5*7 

 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 3 - 3, tail 2-9, tarsus - 85. 



Adidt female. Similar to the female of F. maderensis, but rather 

 more fulvous below and not so ashy. Total length 6 inches, culmen 

 0*6, wing 3, tail 2 - 5, tarsus OS. 



Hab. Canary Islands. 



a, b. cJ ad. ; c, Orotava, Teneriffe, April Salvin-Goduian Coll. 



d. 2ad.sk. {F. D. G.). 



e. $ ad. sk. Orotava, May (F. D. G.). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



4. Fringilla spodiogenys. 



Fringilla spodiogenys, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1841, p. 146; Gray, Gen. B. 



ii. p. 371 (1849). * 

 Fringilla africana, Levaill. Expl. AlgSr. pi. 7. figs. 1, 2 (1850). 

 Fringilla spodiogenia, Bp. Cunsp. i. p. 507 (1850) ; Tristr. Ibis, 



1859, p. 159 ; Salvin, t. e. p. 313 ; Tristr. Ibis, 1860, p. 152 ; 



Irby, B. Gibr. p. 118 (1865) ; Tyrwhitt Drake, Ibis, 1867, p. 427 ; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 80, no. 7167 (1870) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1871, 



p. 293. 

 Fringilla spodiogena, Deyl. et Gerbe, Orn. Eur. i. p. 273 (1867); 



Locke, Expl. Sci. Alger., Ois. i. p. 146 (1867) ; Dresser, B. Eur. 



iv. p. 13, pi. 183. figs. 2, 3 (1873) ; Dixon, Ibis, 1882, p. 674 ; 



Reid, Ibis, 1885, p. 245. 



Adult male. General colour above yellowish green, the lower 

 back and rump being slightly greener than the mantle ; upper tail- 

 coverts grey ; scapulars bluish grey : lesser wing-coverts black, edged 

 with bluish grey, the lower ones white like the median coverts, 

 which form a conspicuous shoulder-patch ; greater coverts black, 

 broadly tipped with white, forming a wing-bar ; bastard-wing, 

 primary-coverts, and quills black, the latter edged with pale yellow, 

 the inner secondaries with white or brown on the innermost, the 



* Not to be confounded with the Canary. Crithagra eanaria (L.). 

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