THE FINCHES. 



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American Bullfinch. 



Arabian Bullfinches. 



The American Bullfinch is found in Brazil. The head, cheeks, back, and scapulars ashy-bluish, wings 

 and tail darker, but all the feathers of those parts are bordered with ash-color. There is a small white spot 



on the wing, formed by the white towards the base 

 of the quills, beginning with the fourth ; the three 

 first have no white. All the lower parts are white, 

 with the exception of the flanks, which are clouded 

 with ash-color. Bill coral red, very strong, large, 

 and as it were swollen ; feet ash-colored ; length 

 four and-a-half inches. Inhabits Brazil where it is 

 said to be common. 



The Arabian Bullfinch is found near Mount Sinai, 

 in Arabia. The adult male is ornamented round the 

 base of the bill with a circle of rich red, going off in 

 spots upon the cheeks. The front is covered with small 

 lustrous white feathers, of a silvery white, lightly 

 shaded upon the borders with red ; all the lower 

 parts of the body, the inferior coverts of the tail are 

 of a brilliant rose-color, or clear carmine; tlie upper 

 parts are ash-colored, lightly tinged with rose , 

 wings and tail brown, with ash-colored borders. 

 The female is brown, of a light brown or earth-coloi 

 above, with longitudinal lines of deeper brown upon 

 u^t^,.<i.i/" each feather. 



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