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441. Clithagra Selbyi, Smith; Swain., An. in 

 Menage., p. 319 ; Dr. Smith, Appendix to Report of 

 Exp., p. 50 ; G. Cinerea, Swain. 



CINEREOUS grey, striped above, and immaculate beneath > 

 those on the crown, and the spots on the back, dark-brown ; 

 wing and tail feathers, blackish-brown, edged with light- 

 grey; stripe above the eye, a small spot beneath it, and 

 another divided into two ; beneath the ears, white ; rump, 

 yellow ; middle of throat, belly, and vent, white. Length, 

 6"; wing, 3"; 2'". 

 Inhabits South Africa. Dr. Burchell. 



442. Crithagra Butyracea; Fringiiia 



racea, Linn. ; Chloris Indica, JBris. ; Loxia 

 racea, L., Sh., Vol. 9, p. 274 ; Yellow Finch, Shaw., 

 Vol. IX, p. 477 ; C. Flava, Swain., An. in Meng., 

 p. 318; Kleine Seisje of Dutch Colonists. 



PLUMAGE above, olive-green ; quills the same, with whitish 

 edges; from the forehead over the eyes, a yellow streak, 

 and one of the same colour beneath, from the angle of the 

 bill ; under parts of body and rump, yellow ; tail yellowish- 

 green, and slightly forked. Length, 5" 2"' ; wing, 2" 10'" ; 

 tail, 2" 4'". 



Abundant throughout the colony, congregating during the autumn 

 in large flocks, and doing extensive mischief to the grain crops. It 

 sings very sweetly, and thrives well in confinement. The nest is a 

 cup-shaped structure, found in a low bush ; the eggs, three to five in 

 number, are precisely like those of No. 440, only rather less spotted, 

 and smaller : axis, 8"' ; diam., 5'". 



The type of Swainson's C. Flava is in the Cambridge Museum, and 

 is nothing more than a 9 or a d in the non-breeding plumage. 



443. Crithagra Strigilata, Swainson; Aa in 



. Menag., p. 317. 



ABOVE, greyish-olive, striped with dusty; rump and tail- 

 covers, greenish-yellow ; sides of the head, grey-brown, 

 with two whitish stripes, one above the eyes, the other 

 beneath the ears ; body beneath with dusky stripes ; belly 

 white; inner wing- covers, yellow. 

 Inhabits South Africa. Swainson, loc. cit. 



444. Orithagra Chrysopyga, Swains., Nat. 



Lib., Vol. 11, p. 206 ; Hartlaub, Orn. W. Af, p. 154. 

 UPPER plumage, including the crown, ears, wings, and tail, 

 olive- gray, with a dark stripe down each feather ; a broad 



