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feathers of the back and scapulars black in the centre, bordered 

 with red; three lateral feathers of the tail white, with black spots. 

 6 inches long. Inhabits Siberia. Tern. Man. 340. 



P. lineola, Tern. (Loxia, Lin.) Bill gibbous and black, with a 

 white spot on the base of the upper mandible, and a line of the 

 same colour from the forehead to the crown ; upper parts of the 

 body glossy blue-black ; under parts and base of the primaries 

 white; tail black, slightly forked. Inhabits Africa. Sharv,ix.326. 



P. minuta, Tern. (Loxia, Lin.) Plumage above gray-brown ; be- 

 neath and rump ferruginous, with the fourth, fifth, and sixth, 

 quill-feathers white at the base. Size of the Wren. Shaw,ix. 334. 



P. cmereola, Tern. Head, cheeks, back, and scapulars ashy-blue ; 

 under parts and spot on the wings white; wings and tail dusky; 

 bill red ; legs ash-coloured. 4 inches long. Inhabits Brazil. 

 Tem.Pl.Col.il, fig. 1. 



Gen. 9- FRTNGILLA, Illig. Tern. 



Bill short, stout, straight, and conical ; upper mandible gibbous, 

 depressed above, a little inclined at the point ; nostrils basal, 

 round, placed near the forehead, and partially concealed by 

 the feathers in front; tarsus shorter than the middle toe, and 

 the fore-toes entirely divided ; wings short, the third and 

 fourth quills the longest ; tail of varied form. 



The birds of this genus subsist on all sorts of seeds and grains, which they open 

 with their bill, while they reject the husk, and they rarely partake of insect food. 

 They are very generally scattered over the face of the earth, but are most numerous 

 in the warm and hot latitudes. Many of them are subject to a twofold moulting, in 

 which case the male takes in winter the plumage of the female. 



* Bill thick., gibbous, more or less dilated. 



F. coccothraustes,Tem. (Loxia, Lin.) The Hawfinch. Rump, head, 

 and cheeks red brown ; around the bill and throat deep black ; 

 neck ash-coloured ; a longitudinal white stripe on the wings ; tail- 

 feathers white interiorly, and blackish-brown on the exterior web; 

 lower parts wine-red ; legs and bill grayish. 7 inches long. In- 

 habits Southern Europe. B. Selby, Illust. pi. 55, fig. 1. 



F. Chloris, Tern. (Loxia, Lin.) Green Finch or Green Linnet. 

 Plumage yellowish-green, with the primary quills in front, and 

 the four lateral tail-feathers, yellow ; bill thick and whitish ; head 

 and back yellowish-green, edges of the feathers grayish ; rump 

 and breast yellow ; tail slightly forked. The plumage of the fe- 

 male is less bright. 6J inches long. Inhabits Europe. B. Selby 

 Illust. pi. 54, fig. 3. 



F. petronia, Lin. Foolish Sparrow. Plumage brown ash-coloured, 

 mixed with whitish on the lower parts ; eyebrows reddish white ; 

 feathers generally terminated with whitish ; a rounded white spot 

 on the interior web of the tail-feathers, and a large yellow spat 

 on the fore part of the neck. 5^ inches long. Inhabits Europe. 

 Shaw, ix. 434, 



