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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. Mus. Nost. 



Size of C. canicollis. AUhough I have two specimens of 

 this obscurely coloured species, apparendy male and female, 

 I do not feel sure that either are in very perfect plumage. It is, 

 however, quite distinguished, as a species, by the white longi- 

 tudinal bands on the sides of the head, and the brown stripes on 

 the under plumage : the ground colour of this latter is (in one 

 sex) grey yellow, whitish only on the throat and vent ; in the 

 other it is white, with the brown stripes smaller and much 

 darker. 



112. Crithagra histrigata. 



Above, bright rufous ; beneath, white : head, throat, 

 and stripe on each side of the breast, deep black : 

 wings black : tail rufous. 



Inhabits South Africa. Mus. Nost. 



Size of C. ruficauda ; but the bill is proportionally 

 much larger, which precludes the idea of these two being 

 different sexes. Total length 4^ inches ; bill, gape J'g ; wings 

 2fjj ; tail, from the base 2; tarsus i ; middle toe and claw fg ; 

 hinder ditto |q. This, like C. riificauda, is disguised in the 

 plumage of Pyrrhulauda. The sides of the neck are pure 

 white, which forms a sort of collar half round the nape : the 

 black of the throat descends to the breast, and then is divided 

 into stripes, which branch off obliquely to the flanks: the quills 

 and part of the covers are deep black : under tail covers and 

 thighs tinged with rufous: bill pale : claws brown. 



113. Crithagra canaria. 



Above, grey, with darker spots : face, throat, breast, 

 shoulders, and rump, yellow : tail distinctly forked. 



Inhabits Madeira. 



Total length 5^ inches; bill, gape -f^; wings 2-^; tail, be- 

 yond, 1^^; ditto, base 2fg ; tarsus -j^o ; hind toe and claw f ^ ; 

 middle ditto ji. Sir W. Jardine obliged me with a native 

 specimen of this bird, to which I have thought it preferable to 

 retain the name by which it is so universally known in a 

 domesticated state, particularly as Linna;us expressly states the 

 F. butyracea is a native of India. 



114. Crithagra flaim. 

 Above, green: frontal band, spot on the ears, and all 



