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it with wool, feathers, or other soft and warm material. 

 The young are fledged in June and July. It seeks its 

 food upon the ground, usually in small flocks, and, when 

 disturbed, takes refuge in the nearest tree or hedge ; it 

 occasionally utters a kind of chirping twitter. 



The bill is pale yellowish brown, the legs and toes 

 bright straw-yellow. 



Measurements of a male : 



in. lin. 



Entire length 5 10 



Length of folded wing 30 



tarsus ..08 



middle toe 07 



tail 20 



bill 07 



The female is somewhat smaller. 



209. Alario aurantia (Gmel.). Berg Canarie Finch. 



Le Bouvreuil du Cap de Bonne Esperance, Buffon's PI. Enl. vol. v. 



pi. 204. fig. 2 (male). 

 Amadina alario, Layard's Cat. No. 396. 

 Alario alario, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 7285. 



I only met with this pretty Finch in Great Namaqua 

 Land, where it occurred in small flocks at the water. 



210. Hypochera ultramarina (Gmel.). Ultramarine Finch. 



Fringilla miens, Vieillot's Ois. Chant, pi. 21. 



Amadina nitens, Layard's Cat. No. 398. 



Hypochera nitens, Finsch & Hartlaub's Vb'gel Ost-Afrika's ; p. 430. 



Hypochera ultramarina, Sharpe's Cat. No. 603. 



[This species is not referred to in Mr. Andersson's notes ; but 

 his last collection contained a specimen obtained in Ondonga on 

 January 22nd, 1867. ED.] 



