246 BIRDS. GRANIVOUJ*. 



lowish-green ; wings and tail black, bordered with greenish. 4J 

 inches long. Inhabits Southern Europe. Tern. Man. 370. 



F. spinus, Lin. The Siskin. Top of the head and throat black ; 

 shaded with greenish on the neck ; a broad yellow band behind 

 the eyes ; back and scapulars greenish, with a little black streak 

 on each feather ; two bands on the wings, one black, the other 

 greenish-yellow ; wings and the extremity of the tail black. 4 

 inches long. Inhabits N. Europe. B. Selby, Illust. pi. 55, fig. 6, 7. 



F. linaria, Lin. {Linaria, Vieill.) Red-headed Linnet. Top of 

 the head, breast, lateral parts of the belly and rump, crimson-co- 

 loured; belly rose-coloured; upper parts reddish ash-coloured, with 

 longitudinal black spots ; wings, throat, and tail black. 5 inches 

 long. Inhabits Europe. B. Selby, Illust. pi. 54, fig. 10. 



F. carduelis, Lin. {Carduelis, Cuv.) The Goldfinch. Forehead 

 and throat crimson ; occiput and neck black; fore part of the neck 

 and lower parts of the body white ; back, scapulars, and lateral 

 parts of the breast brown ; upper half of the wing-feathers pure 

 yellow, the other black, with whitish spots towards the end; 

 tail black, with whitish longitudinal spots ; bill whitish, the ti 

 black. 5J inches long. Europe. B. Selby, Illust. pi. 55, fig. 8, 



F. cucullata, ( Carduelis, Swainson.) Plumage orange-coloured, with 

 the head, throat, a band across the coverts, quills, and tail black; 

 primary quills at the base obliquely banded with orange. 4 in- 

 ches long. Inhabits South America Swainson, Zool. III. pi. 7. 



F. melanotis, Tern. Plumage above olive-green, beneath whitish- 

 red, with a black spot on the eyes and ears ; head and neck be- 

 hind lead-coloured ; rump and upper coverts vermilion-red. 3| 

 inches long. Inhabits Southern Africa. Tern. PL Col. 221, fig. 1. 



Gen. 10. PHYTOTOMA, Gmel. 



Bill short, strong, conical, edged, with the margins of the man- 

 dibles serrated and equal ; nostrils basal, lateral, ovoid ; four 

 toes, three before, one behind. 



P. rara, Gmel. Chili Plant-Cutter. Plumage dusky gray above, 

 paler below ; quills and tail-feathers spotted with black ; tail 

 rounded. Size of a quail. Inhabits Chili. Shaw, ix. 336. 



Gen, 11. HYREUS, Stephens. 



Bill conical, thick, straight, somewhat serrated ; nostrils ovate; 

 feet with three toes, two before and one behind. 



H. Abyssinicus, Steph. {Phytotoma tridactyla, Baud.) Plumage 

 above black, with the head, throat, and jugulum red ; wing-co- 

 verts brown, with white margins. Abyssinia. Shaw, ix. pi. 53. 



Gen. 12. COLIUS, Gmel. 



Bill short, thick, conical, somewhat compressed at the point; 

 mandibles convex, the upper one covering the lower; nostrils 



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